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AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2019, CAD Management, Tip, Web Stuff

Still can’t download AutoCAD 2019? Read this

By Steve Johnson 3 April 2018, 12:53 pm 3 April 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"2

Timeline of AutoCAD 2019 events to date 20 March 2018 – Somebody (a reseller?) posts a video on YouTube with a collection of Autodesk video materials describing AutoCAD 2019; this is quickly removed 22 March 2018 – AutoCAD 2019 Released 22 March 2018 – Reports surface of AutoCAD 2019 activation acting as a killswitch for AutoCAD 2018 23 March 2018 – Attempts by myself and others to download AutocAD 2019 are thwarted by the non-availability of links and other issues 24 March 2018 – AVA, Autodesk Account and Autodesk desktop app all know nothing about AutoCAD 2019 24 March 2018 – …

Autodesk, Customer Service, Fail, Tip, Web Stuff, Win

How to download Autodesk software without the Akamai download manager

By Steve Johnson 29 October 2016, 11:12 am 28 March 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"4

Note: this post is now out of date. AVA no longer provides the facility mentioned here. Instead, it tries (and fails) to be clever. For reasons beyond my understanding, Autodesk chooses to make life difficult for customers and prospective customers who want to download its products by imposing the use of a download manager (DLM) by Akamai. You really don’t want to let such a thing loose on your system even if it works, for reasons that have been explained in previous posts. Until a couple of years ago, Autodesk allowed prospective customers to get at a direct download link …