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Building Data MEP Content Manager 2013 and Autodesk Fabrication Installation Manual

Copyright ©2012 Technica l Sales Internationa l, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Rev A3

Autodesk Fabrication 2013

&Building Data MEP Content Manager 2013 Ver 3.0.1.5

Installation Manual

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Tableof Contents

1 Introduction and Instructions ................................................................................................................... 2 2 Download and Install Autodesk Fabrication Software............................................................................ 4

2.1 Download and Install MEP Content Manager 2013 From Fabrication 2013 .......................................... 12 2.2 Upgrading Your 2012 MAP Database ........................................................................................................ 20 2.2.1 Repairing Item Paths................................................................................................................................... 23 2.2.2 - Service Button Items Still Missing? Try This! ................................................................................... 25 2.3 Downloading a New Building Data Content Pack ..................................................................................... 27

3 Download and Install MEP Content Manager 2013 From Website ..................................................... 30 4 Get Serial Number for Fabrication 2013. ............................................................................................... 32





1 Introduction and Instructions

This instruction document will help assist you with the installation of Autodesk Fabrication 2013, Building Data

MEP Content Manager 2013, and getting your serial numbers for Fabrication 2013.

If you currently have a TSI Building data Icon running on your task bar (see screen shot below, it must first be

uninstalled before continuing with the installation instructions.

1. Close the BDInformationService by right-clicking on the icon in the task bar and select EXIT from the

context menu.

2. Remove the BDInformationManager shortcut from the Startup menu:

a. Go to START – ALL PROGRAMS – STARTUP

b. Right-click the program’s icon

c. Select “Delete” from the context menu.

3. Start Windows Explorer.and navigate to C:\Program Files\BuildingData\Support. Delete the following

files from this directory:

a. BDInformationManager.exe

b. BDNotify.exe

c. BDSvc.exe

d. BDWSvc.exe

Please start from the top of Page_3 to ensure the correct installation.

If you have any questions or issues please contact support at www.MAP-CC.com.





PLEASE READ BEFORE MOVING FORWARD

! For new and existing customers who haven’t downloaded Autodesk Fabrication 2013 please

proceed to Section 2 or click on the link below.

Download and Install Autodesk Fabrication Software

! For new and existing customers who have downloaded Autodesk Fabrication 2013 and during the

installation you didn’t click on the (see screen shots below showing location) please proceed to

Section 3 or click on the link below.

Downloading and Installing Autodesk Fabrication Software





2 Download and Install Autodesk Fabrication Software

To begin, you will need to access the Building-Data.net site to download and install the Autodesk

Fabrication software to your local computer. To do so:

1. Open an internet browser. Internet Explorer 9 is strongly suggested.

2. In the address bar, input http://www.building-data.net/GoFabrication2013.aspxas the web address and

press [ENTER] or click link above.

3. Scroll down to where it reads “Step 2: Download the new Autodesk Fabrication software”. Underneath that

header, you will see pictures of the multiple Autodesk Fabrication software packages listed. (Hovering

your mouse pointer over the pictures will pop up the name of the software.) Click on the software you wish

to download. (In this example, we will download Autodesk Fabrication FABmep.)

4. Once you left-click your mouse button on the software package you wish to download, a yellow pop-up will

appear at the bottom of your browser asking “Do you want to run or save Autodesk_Fabrication_

FABmep201….exe (489 MB) from building-data.net?” (where “FABmep20….exe (489 MB)” will be

different depending on what package you selected). Click the RUN button.





5. The yellow pop-up at the bottom will change to a download status display. Please wait while your software

is downloaded to a temporary location.

6. When your download is complete, you should get a message in a red pop-up stating “This program is not

commonly downloaded and could harm your computer.” Please click the ACTIONS button at the bottom.

7. A “SmartScreen Filter” window appears alerting you that executable software may harm your computer.

Please click the more options drop down then click RUN ANYWAY option.





8. The “WinRAR self-extracting archive”

window will appear. Please accept thedefault destination folder (which depends on

the software you are installing, but will

always be located under the C:\Autodesk

folder) and click the INSTALL button. This

process unpacks the installation files to the

destination folder so the installation may

continue.

9. After unpacking the installation

files, a window titled “Autodesk

FABmep” appears (where “FABmep” will

be different depending on what software

you are installing). Please click the large

INSTALL – INSTALL ON THIS

COMPUTER button on the bottom right.





10. Autodesk requires .Net Framework 4. If your PC has it installed you can skip to the next step

(Step_15). If you see the following screen shot below you will need to install .Net Framework 4.

Click update to continue with installing .Net Framework 4.

11. If you agree to the license terms from

Microsoft click “I have read and accept

the license terms.” Then click Install.





12. Once the install is finished, click finish.

13. The machine must restart after the

install.

14. After the restart, Fabrication 2013 download needs

to be repeated. To do this Step_3 through 8 need to be

repeated. After step 8 you will see the this screen shot.

Click “yes to all”





15. The “License Agreement” appears. Please read the licensing information. If you agree with the license

agreement pick I ACCEPT radio button at the bottom right ( A ). Then, click the NEXT button (B).

16. In the “Product Information” window, please pick the “Stand-Alone” radio button under the License Type

header ( A ). Next, pick the “I want to try this product for 30 days” radio button under the Product

Information header (B). Click the next button to continue.(C).





17. The “Configure Installation” window appears. If you are so inclined, you can opt out of one of the content

packs provided by unchecking one of the checkboxes on the left, but it is better to leave them both selected.

To accept the default installation location and options, click the INSTALL button at the bottom.

18. The installation may take a while, so please be patient.





19. When the install is done, the “Installation Complete” window appears. Please hover over the as this

will bring up a new Autodesk pop up window (see screen shots below).

20. Click the link http://www.building-data.net/autodeskfabrication.aspx to redirect to our BD Content Site.





2.1 Download and Install MEP Content Manager 2013 From Fabrication 2013

1. To the right, you will see two Building Data cloud icons. Clicking one of these clouds will download

the content type appropriate for a particular location. (From top to bottom; Imperial Content – US

(for the United States), Metric Content – AUS (for Australia). For this example, we will use

“Imperial Content – US.”) Click the Building Data cloud icon of your choice. This will download the

MEP Content Manager and content type of your choice.

[NOTE: You will only need to do this download one time. If you install the US Imperial Content and wish

to download Metric Content later, this will be done with the MEP Content Manager. There is no need to

download it again.

ALSO NOTE: This is not an update. Do not use this install on an existing Building Data Content Manager

2013 installation.]

2. Upon clicking a Building Data icon, the yellow pop-up will appear again at the bottom asking “Do you want

to run or save BD_ImperialUS.exe (45.3 MB) from building-data.net?” (where “ImperialUS.exe (45.3 MB)”

will be different depending on what package you selected.”). Click the RUN button.


is downloaded.





4. When your download is complete, you should get a message in the yellow pop-up stating

“BD_ImperialUS.exe is not commonly downloaded and could harm your computer.” Click the ACTIONS

button on the bottom.



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6. Should any prerequisites need to be

installed, a window will appear alerting you

to them. Click the INSTALL button to go

ahead with these installations.

7. The welcome screen appears. Click NEXT.

8. The “Select Installation Folder” window

appears. The default folder should not be

changed, and the “Just Me” radio button at

the bottom should be selected ( A ). Click

NEXT (B).

9. The “Confirm Installation” window

appears. Click NEXT.





10. When the installation is complete, the

“Installation Complete” window appears.

Click CLOSE.

11. If it was included in the “Prerequisites” window

in Step 6, the system will now install the Building Data

License. When the “Welcome” screen for BDLicense3015

appears, click NEXT.

12. The “Ready to Install the Program” window

appears. Click INSTALL.

13. When the install is complete, the

installer will let you know with an “InstallShield Wizard

Complete” window. Click FINISH when this appears.





19. Upon rebooting and logging in, Building Data should automatically continue the installation process. The

first window to appear will be the “Thank You” window, asking you to either Try the software for 30 days or

Activate it.

a. If you do not have your registration information, please click the TRY button on the bottom left and

skip to Step 24 on Page19 .

b. If you did receive your Registration Key from TSI Support, please click the ACTIVATE button on theright and continue with Step 20 on the next page.





20. Please input your Registration Key into

the textbox on the Product License

Activation window and click NEXT.

21. After waiting a moment, you should get

the “Congratulations” screen. Please click

FINISH when you do.

22. If you have not previously saved a user ID on

this system, the next window to appear asks you

to please save your username and password on

the local system. Click YES to do so.

23. Input your user ID and password (the same username and

password you use for the Building Data website) into the appropriate

textboxes and click VALIDATE.





24. When the system validates you, it will advance you to the next screen, which will appear only if you have

not already implemented a BD 2013 Content Pack. It asks if you would like to download a new Building

Data content pack, or upgrade your old content.

a. If you have a 2012 MAP database you want to convert for use in 2013, click NO to upgrade your

old content and advance to Subsection 2.2 - Upgrading Your 2012 MAP Database.

b. If you want to start anew and download the latest default content pack, click YES and advance to

Subsection 2.3 - Downloading a New Building Data Content Pack.

[NOTE: Neither of the above options will merge a new 2013 content pack with

existing information. Combining existing items and content with the latest content

pack can be accomplished through TSI’s Implementation Services.]





2.2 Upgrading Your 2012 MAP Database

1. The Network Deployment window appears (blank).

NOTE: Before using this function, be sure that all Building Data users on your network are registered.

Select the “Network” radio button at the top left ( A ).

2. Choose the Content Pack you wish to upgrade (B)

(BD_Imperial Content – US 1.0 in the above example.)

3. Select your “Preferred Application” (C), meaning the

Fabrication 2013 product your company uses most. (In the

above example, EST has been selected.)

4. If the desired final destination does not appear in the

“Synchronize with this location” textbox (D), click the

ellipses button at the end (E). This will bring up a “Browse

for Folder” window.

5. Navigate to the shared drive letter you wish to house your

Building Data Content Pack, and click the MAKE NEW

FOLDER button (F) to create the containing folder

(“Fabrication2013-NetShare” in the example on the right.)

6. Select the newly created folder (G) and click OK. (NOTE:

All users must have exactly the same mapped drive.)

7. Back at the Network Deployment window, click “Apply” to

save the Sync settings . These settings will be used during

the implementation of the remaining user computers.

8. Click “Select Configuration Folder (PM Shared)” (H)





9. This opens another Browse for Folder window. Navigate to

the location of your existing PM Shared folder and select it

(I). (If you were running a networked installation, you

would find the PM Shared directory on a shared drive, and

not necessarily under the MAP-Software-US2012 directory.)10. Click OK.

11. Back at the Network Deployment window, click “Select

Application Folder (Map Root)” (J)

12. This opens another Browse for Folder window. Navigate to

the location of your MAP-Software-US2012 directory and

select it. (K )

[NOTE: Your live and active 2012 CAD, CAM, EST, and

FAB directories must be located in the same folder as your

live and active 2012 PM Shared directory. If they are not

(as may be the case with a networked deployment of thesoftware), please copy those program directories (CAD,

CAM, EST, and FAB) into the same folder structure so they

are at the same level as the PM Shared directory (as shown

in the Browse for Folder window above right.)

Furthermore, please check the PM Shared and the other

directories for possible backup copies or accidental copies of

the PM Shared directory. Only one instance of the PM

Shared directory must be present in this folder structure for

this process to complete successfully. Delete or move out any

superfluous copies of PM Shared from this folder structure.]

13. Click OK.

14. Back at the Network Deployment Window, click on the LIST FILES button on the right (L).

15. While the list is populating, a message will appear under the “Synchronize with this location” dropdown

that reads “Please wait while the files list is generated.” When complete, that message changes to “###

configuration files to copy” (where ### is a number) and the gray box at the bottom will populate.16. Click the CREATE NEW button (M) at the bottom to begin the conversion process.





17. As the conversion process begins, the files turn green, the blue spiral on the right spins, and a counter

marks the files as they are converted.

18. If there is a Building Data 2012 archive on your computer, a window will appear titled “Building Data

Convert Existing Archive?” asking if you want to convert those Building Data items as well. Click YES.

[NOTE: This will not combine your existing 2012 content and items with the new 2013 content and

items. It will simply make your 2012 content accessible in 2013. Also, your original 2012 archive will

remain intact.]

If there is no archive present, this window will not appear. Furthermore, if there is no archive at all, a

new one will be downloaded from the Building Data website. [NOTE:The system requires that WinRAR

be installed on your machine.]

19. When complete, the messages will change to “Downloading Complete: ### of ### files downloaded

successfully” and “Your archive has been converted successfully and is ready to use”.

20. When these messages appear, please click the CLOSE button (N) on the bottom right.

21. Continue to Section 2.2.1 - Repairing Item Paths and follow the instructions therein.





2.2.1 Repairing Item Paths1. [NOTE: Only if you upgraded your 2012 MAP Database will you need to

follow the instructions in this section.] On the Primary User’s computer,

open the Autodesk Fabrication 2013 product of your choice. (The below

example uses ESTmep).

2. When asked, choose the BD Content Pack you chose in Step 2 of Section 2.2 (BD_Imperial Content – US

1.0 in this example) and click OK.

3. Log in as user “Full”.

4. When the Browse for Jobs folder appears, click CANCEL.

5. Once the software has started and a blank job opens, select an

active service in the Service Toolbar. ( A )

6. See if there are any missing items (indicated by a button that

has a green cross in a blue circle. ) If so, continue on to Step

7. If not, check other Services. If no Service exhibits missing

items, you have completed your upgrade and need not continue.

7. Right-click in the blank part of the Service Template (B) (in

the section where there are no buttons) and pick “Path Repair

Tool” (C) from the context menu that appears.





8. A new window appears, titled “Path Repair Tool – Select Mapping File”. Navigate to the directory

C:\Users\Public\Documents\BuildingData\Fabrication 2013\BD_Imperial Content - US (where

“BD_Imperial Content - US” is the content pack you chose in Step 2 of Section 2.2). There are three files

to choose from;

a. RepairBDServicePaths.csv –

used if the archive was converted

from an old versionb. RepairServicePathsLocal.csv–

used if you are only working locally

c. RepairServicePathsNetwork.csv–

used if you are going to be working

on a shared, network database

[NOTE: If no .csv files appear here,

close the Fabrication software and

proceed to Section 2.2.2 - -

Service Button Items Still

Missing? Try This! on Page 25

and complete those instructions

before retrying this Section.]

Select the file you wish to use and click the OPEN button.

9. When the paths are reset, you will get a window titled

“Repair Paths” asking if you want to save changes to

disk. Click YES.

10. Open the Service section of the Database.

11. When the Setup Services window opens,

simply click the APPLY button (D), then the

OK button (E). This sets the repaired paths

for all network users, and does not need to

be repeated by anyone.





2.2.2 - Service Button Items Still Missing? Try This!

If you followed all the steps in Section 2.2.1 and you are still missing Items in your Services (indicated by

green crosses in blue circles ), you will have to complete one or both of the following subsections. The

subsection you will use depends on whether you need to remap Building Data content (Section 2.2.2.1),

unmanaged content such as sheet metal (Section 2.2.2.2). or both.

Building Data Items will only need to be remapped if you upgraded from an MAP install that referenced a

2012 archive. If you are remapping to an archive downloaded from the Building Data site, you will need to

redownload previously requested fittings.

2.2.2.1 Remap Managed Content (Building Data) Item Paths

1. In your taskbar, there is a small cloud shaped icon with the letters BD

. Right-click that icon and select “Change Settings”.

2. When the MEP Content Manager Settings window appears, go to the

Deployment tab and click on the “Remap BD Items to Services” ( A )

3. The “Remap Services (BD-Items)” window

appears. Choose the Content Pack to be

remapped (B).

4. If the “Synchronize with this location” (C) is notprefilled, you can click on the ellipses button (D)

to call up the “Browse for Folder” window to select

the network location.

5. After selecting the network location, click the

APPLY button (E), then the REMAP button (F).

6. When the process completes, the “Remap Services

(BD-Items)” window displays a message reading

“The service remapping file was successfully

created in the network share and locally at

C:\Users\Public\Documents\BuildingData\Fabrication 2013\BD_Imperial Content –

US. You may run the Path Repair Tool in any of

the Fabrication 2013 products to remap services

to the new BD items location.” Click the X at the

top right.

7. Back at the “MEP Content Manager Settings” click APPLY and CLOSE.

8. Go to Section 2.2.1 – Repairing Item Paths and follow those instructions to complete this task.





2.2.2.2 Remap Unmanaged Content (NonBuilding Data) Item Paths

1. In your taskbar, there is a small cloud shaped icon with the letters BD

. Right-click that icon and select “Change Settings”.

2.

When the MEP Content Manager Settings window appears, go to theDeployment tab and click on the “Remap Unmanaged Items to Services”

( A ) button.

3.

The “Remap Services (Un-Managed-Items)” window appears. Choose the

Content Pack (B) to be remapped.

4. If the “Synchronize with this location” (C)

is not prefilled, you can click on the

ellipses button (D) to call up the “Browse

for Folder” window to select the network

location.

5. After selecting the network location, click

the APPLY button (E).

6. To select the path to the original PM

Shared folder (F), click the second ellipses button (G) to call up another

“Browse for Folder” window (H) where it can be selected.

7. Once the “Path to the Old Library Items” has been set, click the

REMAP button (I) at the bottom.

8. When the Items have been successfully remapped, you will get a

message at the bottom of the window telling you so.

9. Close this window by clicking the X at the top right, and then APPLY and CLOSE on the MEP Content

Manager Settings window.

10. Go to Section 2.2.1 – Repairing Item Paths and follow those instructions to complete this task.





2.3 Downloading a New Building Data Content Pack

1. Upon clicking YES on the

“Download a New Content

Pack or Convert from

Existing Data?” window in

Step 24 of Section 2.1 theInstall Content Packs

menu will appear. Under

Choose a Content Pack,

click the drop down and

select the content pack that

you would like to download

(BD_Imperial Content –

US in this example).

2. Click List files and wait for

the list to generate.





3. Once the files have been

downloaded click the INSTALL

CONTENT PACK button at the

bottom right corner of the screen.

4. The files will begin queuing

for download and will change from

gray to green. Please wait while thefiles are queued. You can see the

status of the remaining files in the

top center of the screen. You can

also see which group of items are

queuing for download from the item

list at the top right of the screen.

After an item list has been

completed, a check mark will

appear. +





5. Once all the marks

have been checked

the items will begin

downloading and the

status can be seen by

the progress bar.

Once it’s done, closethe “Install Content

Packs” window by

clicking the top right

corner X.

6. At this point, your installation is complete, and you do not need to continue with the other sections in this

document. However, the other users on your network will not be alerted that a change has occurred.





3 Download and Install MEP Content Manager 2013 From Website




3. Scroll down just below where you will see the header “Step 3: Get your copy of Building Data 2013.” To the

right, you will see two Building Data cloud icons. Clicking one of these clouds will download the content

type appropriate for a particular location. (From top to bottom; Imperial Content – US (for the United

States), Metric Content – AUS (for Australia). For this example, we will use “Imperial Content – US.”)

Click the Building Data cloud icon of your choice.

Please Note: You will only need to do this download one time. If you install the US Imperial and wish to

download Metric Content later, this will be done with the MEP Content Manager. There is no need todownload it again.





4. Upon clicking a Building Data icon, the yellow pop-up will appear again at the bottom asking “Do you want

to run or save BD_ImperialUS.exe (45.3 MB) from building-data.net?” (where “ImperialUS.exe (45.3 MB)”

will be different depending on what package you selected.”). Click the RUN button.


is downloaded.

6. When your download is complete, you should get a message in the yellow pop-up stating

“BD_ImperialUS.exe is not commonly downloaded and could harm your computer.” Click the ACTIONS

button on the bottom.



8. Continue your installation with Step 6 of the instructions found under Section 2.1 – Download and

Install MEP Content Manager 2013 From Fabrication 2013 on Page 14. Following these instructions

to the end of the section (including any applicable subsections) will complete your installation.





4 Get Serial Number for Fabrication 2013.




3. Scroll down until Step 4. Click Get Serial Number.





4. You will be taken to the Member Login of Building Data. You will need your Email Address and Password

to continue. Fill in the information needed and click submit.

5. Please read the terms and if you agree with them click accept.





6. Copy to Clipboard will now appear next to Get Serial Number. Click Copy to Clipboard.

7. Depending on your security settings you might get a pop up asking to allow access to copy to your clipboard.Click Allow Access.





8. Open Notepad under START – ALL PROGRAMS - ACCESSORES (or, if you have it, a spreadsheet

application like Microsoft Excel, which is a better option). Once open, right-click and paste. You will now

have your Autodesk Fabrication serial numbers.




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