Autodesk Inventor 2020 Standalone Installation Guide

Updated: 8/14/2020
Preparing your system and changes to the Autodesk Portal
*It is imperative that you consult your IT team prior to installing any software or
attempting to amend any settings on your computer. Administrative rights are based on
a profile created by your System Administrator; therefore, a plethora of variances are
possible and these ‘rights’ may not necessarily allow you to install software properly.
1. Disable the UACs (set to ‘Never notify’)
2. Disable the anti-virus software
3. Disable pop-up blocker in the browser you are utilizing
(These settings may be re-enabled once the software is installed and operational.)

Table of Contents
Changes to the Autodesk Portal ................................................................................................. 1
Creating and verifying your Autodesk account ........................................................................... 2
Installing Inventor 2020 .............................................................................................................. 7
Activating Autodesk Licensing...................................................................................................13

Changes to the Autodesk Portal

Autodesk has changed the account creation and verification process. All accounts will
need to be verified every year in order to receive new licensing. Autodesk has also
changed 3 year educational licensing to 1 year licensing. School IT and teachers have
the same licensing types available to them.

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Creating and verifying your Autodesk account

1. Go to https://www.autodesk.com/education/edu-software/overview
2. Select Get Started or Sign In.

3. If you have not created an account, select Create Account. If you have an
account, enter your email, and select Next. The following page will require a
password to log in.

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4. To create an account, fill in the following information.

5. As you select your account, select the appropriate role. Teachers will have
access to Individual and Lab/Class installation types. IT Administrators will have
access to Lab/Class Installations. Select Next.

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6. Fill in your information, agree to the terms, and select Create Account.

7. You will need to verify your email address. Below is the screen you will get with an
example of the screen after step 6, and the sample email for verification.

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8. Go back to https://www.autodesk.com/education/edu-software/overview and Sign In.

9. The following messag will appear at the top of the screen. Select Get Started.

10. Before you can get access to the educational software, you will need to verify that
you attend or work for a Qualified Education Institution through the SheerID
verification system. You will be asked to fill out the form below.

11. In the Name of educational institution box, type in the name of your school slowly
and see the name of your school appear in a drop-down menu below the text box.
If your school is not listed, select School Not Listed from the drop down below the
text box.

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12. On the next page, you will need to upload documentation that the account owner
attends or works at the Qualified Education Institution (see FAQ) during that year.
All teachers and IT staff installing Autodesk products will need to complete the
verification
a. The simplest way to get verified is to use the school letter method.
Depending on your role, you can use the school IT, or teacher letter. Copy
and paste onto school letterhead with your name, matching exactly your
name on your Autodesk account.
b. Other verification methods include a student ID that includes the school
year, or a link to the faculty listing on the school website.
c. Students that are not required to have an account for Inventor, but if they
would like to install at home, they would need to use the student letter for
verification.

Verification is manually processed and will take less than one business day. You
will receive an email notification for approval or denial. If you have questions
about being denied, email SheerID customer service at
[email protected].

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Installing Inventor 2020

13. Once you have a verified account, you can start getting started with the
installation process. Select Class/lab as your installation type.

14. Go to the Inventor section and select Get license.

15. Select Sign In if you are not automatically signed in.

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16. You will need to select School: Deploy without network server for the Standalone
Install. Then Select Inventor Professional 2020. The dropdowns should look like
the image below.

* Note you will want to leave this screen open it will display

17. Select the drop-down arrow next to Download Now and select Browser Download

18. Inventor 2020 downloads will be in 3 files. The files will normally get stopped by
your pop-up blocker. If you do not see the 3 files you will need to turn off your
pop-up blocker and redownload

19. Select OK

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20. The Autodesk Self-Extract tool will begin to set up the install. This process may
take a few minutes

21. Select Install

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22. Select I Accept and Next

23. Confirm that Autodesk Inventor Professional 2020 is selected, then click Next

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24. Make sure that both Autodesk Inventor 2020 & Autodesk Inventor Content
Libraries are checked. Then click Install

25. After the install, make sure that everything was installed successfully. Then click
Finish

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STOP IF YOU ARE USING THIS COMPUTER AS A MASTER IMAGE. DO NOT

FOLLOW THE NEXT STEPS OF ACTIVATING THE SOFTWARE. YOU WILL
NEED TO ACTIVATE AFTER IMAGING.
If you are NOT using this machine as a Master Image, see the next steps.

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Activating Autodesk Licensing

26. Launch Inventor 2020
27. Select Enter A Seral Number

28. Select I Agree

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29. Select Activate

* Note If it takes you to a login screen, you will just need to login again. That just means
that your session timed out due to inactivity. After you log back in, you will be able to
progress as normal

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30. Enter in the Serial Number you received after filling out the dropdowns from Step
4, then press Next

31. When using a School: Deploy without a network server Serial Number, you
will need to activate the license by logging in with your Autodesk User ID (this
may be different than your email address).

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If you do not know your Autodesk User ID, log in to https://accounts.autodesk.com/ and
to the Security Settings tab. Listed here will be your Autodesk ID.

32. Once you have logged into your Register Once account, ensure that the information
is correct, and the correct Institution is selected and then select next

*Note you cannot register Autodesk products under your name. If you do not see your
school listed as an account, you must select Add New Account to add your school.

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32. . Your product has now been activated. Select Finish to close the activation
window.

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