Problem Installing ACAD 2011 (From the Revit Arch Suite)

Hello everybody... I know that this is not a Civil 3D topic but all the installations problem are important, so in case that you come across something like this you know how to make it work...
We were experiencing an installation error try to install AutoCAD 2011 from the Revit Arch Suite packet on Windows 7 64Bit OS, the installation was failing because it wasn't able to install DirectX 9.0, this is one of the requirements to any Autodesk software.
There are many suggestions as workarounds. Here is what we did...
1. Re-starting the computer in "Safe" mode and then run the DirectX 9.0 package. 'Safe' mode should prevent any applications from accessing the DX9 files and putting them in use.
2. Try running install but this time running from a newly setup user account that has full administrator permissions. This may correct the issue if it is due to a corrupt Windows user profile.
3. You can, copy the DVD content on C or in the network to run the installer locally, Autodesk suggested to modified the Setup.ini file commenting out the prerequisite for DirectX 9.0 so that the install will run successfully, but we left it as it was and run the installer normally resulting in a successfully installation of the software.
Hope this can help you in some way...

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How to Create and Set Profiles in Civil 3D!!!

Hi everybody.... I being ask this question a lot lately, How come I create and modified my own profile in Civil 3D, but every time that I open the application is not current???... How I can make it work???...
Well it is a couple of extra steps that you need to do, the first and most important one is creating your own profile with all the changes that you want, and the second one is set it default... Here is a video to show you how....

Hope this will help you to make it work...
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Revit Architectural Suite 2011 Error on Installation...

Hello everybody, even dough this blog is not an Architectural Blog, this is a problem that I came a cross with one of our customers...
The problem was that every time that they were trying to launch the installation for Revit Architectural Suite 2011, the initialization was producing the following error:

There were no install logs, no events logged in the Event Viewer or any other helpful information. When checking the version of Windows Installer on the machine (XP), it was 3.01. The user upgraded to Windows Installer 4.5 and the error was resolved. Here is the link to download the installer base on your respective OS just in case...
Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable
Hope this will help you regardless of the Application that you are using in case that you experience the same problem...

I don't like the Ribbons... What else I can do???... Part 2

Hi there.... In my first post, I don't like the Ribbons... What else I can do???, I show you how you can create your own custom pallets, now I will show you how you can export and import them, in and out your AutoCAD Base software to save them, share them with other people or just install it in a different computer...
Here is the the Part 2...

I don't like the Ribbons... What else I can do???

Hello everyone... Hope that everybody had a WONDERFUL Holidays...
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