Installing AutoCAD 2022 and newer software

Using the Control key to modify how polylines are selected in AutoCAD or Civil 3D

Create layers, colors, linetypes and descriptions from an Excel Spreadsheet. Use Dynamo in 3 stages to generate a template drawing for standards.

Error 4005 when installing AutoCAD 2023. You receive an “Install error: AutoCAD 2023 The install couldn’t finish. Error 4005”

The underlying issue has to do with user rights. Here's what you need to know to fix it.

​​​​​​​Here's how to turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off in Windows 10 and later to troubleshoot an install or software issue

If you get this exit code in the setup.log file: 2022-09-13T15:51:01.516 [Bootstrap: 12932, single] [Bootstrap ERROR] [ BS_Setup::ExecuteCommand ]     => Process failed to launch. System exit code  12

Starting with the 2023 Products, you notice that when you open the software it does not automatically start a blank drawing named Drawing1

On a machine that you did not create these items (PC3 file or page setups), when you select the page setup, it does not hold the page setup name

You are creating a custom deployment in your Autodesk portal and are using Civil 3D, AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD MEP and the icon that is created doesn’t work properly.

Use AutoCAD Mobile or AutoCAD Web to create and edit AutoCAD drawings on an Apple iPad.

Sometimes when you launch the Autodesk Desktop App it won’t show you any updates.  Sometimes even the “My Update” button is missing (as in this image below) when you are signed in.

The uninstall tool is no longer supported with the new Autodesk installer. Here's the steps you'll need to know.

Here's what you need to know to address the issue in AutoCAD: When saving DWG File(s) exponentially grow.