Autocad 2012 Getting Started
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Type in http://students.autodesk.com in your browser Click on Free Software Select Autocad Click on System Requirements for 32 bit or 64 bit. Click on Download now.
6. Click on Register if you don’t already have an account.
7. Enter Country, uspceu email and select: student. 8. Click on Continue to Step 2. 9. Enter username and password. 10. Choose your version: 2012 11. Select language: English 12. Select operating system: 32 bit (2 GB RAM) or 64 bit (4 GB RAM). 13. Click on Next.
14. Click on I understand
15. You will now be issued a Serial Number and a Product Key to activate your product. Without them your software will time out after 30 days. You will see those codes on the screen. Please, write down.
16. Click Download
17. Autodesk applications download are very large. On a typical system setup, downloading the applications will take approximately 1 to 3 hours. The length of the download time is dependent on many factors such as Internet speed, computer speed, site traffic. I highly recommend that you use broadband or better to optimize the download experience. 18. Once the download is finished open the file (doble click on the file called Autocad 2012)
19. Click Install. Installation progress takes some minutes.
20. Click on Install and then select I accept and Next.
21. Click on I have my product information 22. Enter Serial Number and Product Key 23. Click on Next 24. Now Install
25. Click on Finish 26. Restart your computer 27. Open Autocad (double click on the icon in your desktop)
28. Click on Activate, enter user and password 29. Click on Ok, click on Finish Sometimes, the activation is not so easy and requires the following steps: 1. Check your email. You will find a message with an activation code. 2. Copy the activation code (Ctrl or Cmd C). 3. Open Autocad (doble click on the icon). 4. Follow the prompts to activate the product. 5. When requested, paste (Ctrl or Cmd V) the activation code from your clipboard to finish the activation.