CTC BIM and HIVE Suites Installation and Configuration Guide Contents CTC Express Tools Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 5 General Security Requirements Summary........................................................................................................................... 5 Revit Workstations .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Network Floating License Servers ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Upgrading a CTC Suite ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Upgrading the Same Year Suite .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Upgrading to a New Year Suite ........................................................................................................................................... 6 General Licensing Information (Excluding HIVE) ................................................................................................................. 7 Timed Trial Licensing ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Standalone – Locked Licensing ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Network Licensing ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 Network Server Path(s) ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Floating License Server Installation ................................................................................................................................... 11 Floating License Server Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 11 License Server Installation Process ................................................................................................................................... 11 Floating License Server Tools ............................................................................................................................................ 15 CTC License Server Web Application ................................................................................................................................. 16 Accessing the License Server Web Application ................................................................................................................. 16 First Time Usage ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Viewing Purchased and Available Licenses ....................................................................................................................... 18 Viewing Licenses that are Currently in Use....................................................................................................................... 19 Viewing License Usage History.......................................................................................................................................... 20 Using the Options File to do things like Reserve Licenses ................................................................................................ 20 Revit Workstation Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 23 Standard Installation Using the Setup Program ................................................................................................................ 23 Custom Installation (Using Command-Line Parameters) .................................................................................................. 27 Silent Installation .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Automatically Activating a Standalone Locked License ................................................................................................ 27 Automatically Referencing a Floating License Server ................................................................................................... 28 Excluding the Free CTC PDF Writer (BIM Batch Suite Only) .......................................................................................... 28 Installation Using File Copying ("X-Copy Deployment") ................................................................................................... 29 Detecting the Version Installed ......................................................................................................................................... 32 Digitally Signed Code (Autodesk 2017 or Later Products) ................................................................................................. 33 CTC Certificate Installer Utility .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Post-Installation Configuration .......................................................................................................................................... 36 CTC Suites Installation and Configuration April 22, 2020 https://www.ctcsoftware.com Page 2 of 77 Silently Activating a Standalone (Locked) License After Installation ................................................................................ 36 Controlling Licensing Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 37 Controlling Ribbon Button Visibility and Using Active Directory Group Memberships .................................................... 38 Method 1: Direct settings text file ............................................................................................................................... 38 Method 2: Using Active Directory Group Memberships .............................................................................................. 42 Managing the Contact Support Button Visibility .......................................................................................................... 47 Managing the Revit Ribbon Tab Used and Button Appearance ....................................................................................... 48 Using the Suite Settings Program ................................................................................................................................. 48 Using the Icon Settings Configuration File .................................................................................................................... 51 Deploying Default User Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 53 Controlling BIM List Browser ............................................................................................................................................ 54 The BIM List Settings File .............................................................................................................................................. 54 BIM List Cloud Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 55 Controlling Family Processor ............................................................................................................................................ 56 Controlling Model Compare.............................................................................................................................................. 57 ModelCompareDefaultSettings.xml .............................................................................................................................. 57 ModelCompareDefaultSnapshotFilters.xml.................................................................................................................. 58 FileOpenDialogAutomation.txt ..................................................................................................................................... 58 Email SMTP Server Settings.xml .................................................................................................................................... 59 TaskSchedulerDefaultSettings.xml ................................................................................................................................ 60 TaskSchedulerClientSettings.xml .................................................................................................................................. 61 ScheduledExecutableSettings.xml ...............................................................................................................................