Building A High Performance Portable BIM Workstation – Part 3 – Software Installation and Deployment

Setting up a BIM workstation can take some time. From unboxing to actually being ready-to-work you have to go through various ‘layers’ of installation, like:

• updating Windows
• installing major software packages
• installing addins
• installing useful system utilities that speed up your day

In a large, corporate IT environment, most of this is handled by an IT department, and usually these are set up as deployment images. However, in a small or medium office, you may have to do some of this work yourself.

With that in mind, I’m sharing my notes on the steps I took to get my Metabox portable BIM workstation up and running. I may start to put links against most of these steps as time allows, because I have posted about a lot of these programs before. Feel free to comment if you have any thoughts or advice.

Installation Order – from unboxing to System Image:

1. Windows 10 Pro (preinstalled)
2. Sign in with a new, temporary, local user admin

3. Do Windows Update Fix (see below)

4. Setup E: drive (secondary large HDD, change drive mapping)
5. Login with Microsoft (personal Id)
6. Place OneDrive onto E: drive
7. Change PC name
8. Move Windows Downloads folder to E: drive
9. Samsung Magician install – test speed of SSD. Very nice.
10. Install Office 365 64-bit (work Id)
11. Login with both Ids
12. Change OneNote backup storage location to E: drive
13. Delete previous Windows installations using Disk Cleanup
14. All Windows updates again
15. Box Sync install
16. 3dconnexion software install
17. Ccleaner install
18. Teamviewer install, setup, login
19. Set Desktop Scaling to 150%
20. Revit 2015 install (not entire suite) from IDSU2015 media, perpetual license
    1. Transfer activation via Export / Import to Autodesk Id
    2. Confirm activation
21. Building Design Suite Ultimate 2016 (subscription)
    1. Revit 2016
    2. Navisworks 2016
    3. AutoCAD MEP2016
    4. Raster Design
    5.  (not entire suite) via Install Now
    6. Confirm activation
22. Infrastructure Suite 2017 (subscription)
    1. browser download method
    2. Revit 2017
    3. Navisworks 2017
    4. Civil3D 2017
    5. Raster Design
    6. Confirm activation
23. Install Revit 2016 SDK R2
24. Download and install latest version of Autodesk Desktop App
25. Install Locate32
26. Change Desktop App storage location to secondary drive?
27. Autodesk Updates
    1. 2015 Updates

• Revit 2015 (also refer to this help page)
  • Revit 2015 UR3
  • Revit 2015 UR4
  • Revit 2015 UR14

2016 Updates

• Revit 2016
  • Revit 2016 Release 2
  • Revit 2016 R2 Update 6 Fixes
• AutoCAD MEP 2016
  • AutoCAD MEP 2016 Service Pack 1
• Navisworks 2016
  • Navisworks Manage 2016 SP4
  • SP4HF1
• AutoCAD 2016
  • AutoCAD 2016 Hotfix 4

2017 Updates

• Revit 2017
  • Revit 2017 SP2 Fixes
• Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2017
  • Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2017 SP1
• Recap 360 Pro 2017
  • Update 2 v3.0.2.12
• Map 3D 2017
  • Map 3D 2017 SP1
• AutoCAD 2017
  • AutoCAD 2017 SP1
• 3DS Max 2017
  • 3DS Max 2017 SP2

Install BIM 360 Glue desktop app

Install latest Glue addins (Revit 2015, 2016, 2017)

Bit of a strange dialog box menu disappearing issue… so:

1. Reinstall Chipset drivers
2. Install Extreme Tuning Utility (for CPU overclock)

Had to manually remove ‘old’ Bim 360 glue addin from 2016 install, %programdata% location

Navisworks Exporter updates

1. Navisworks 2016 R3 Exporter install
2. Tested ok

Revit addin install:

1. RTV Exporter
2. Bonus Tools
3. Unifi
4. Revitlookup?
   1. All versions?

Uninstall Dynamo 0.9.1 (from 2017 install)Install Dynamo 1.1Install Autodesk ScreencastInstall Revizto

1. Download building models

Set up Outlook

Install Firefox

Install Github Desktop

Install 7-zip https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/3097bf8b/

Install Bluebeam Revu and activate

Reinstall Box Sync (due to some sync errors)

Install FreeFileSync

IFC Exporter Addins for Revit

1. 2016
2. 2017

Install Tekla Bimsight

1. Move BIMsight storage location to E: drive

Properties+ addin for Navisworks

1. Version 2.1.0 covers 2015, 2016, 2017

Install Advanced RenamerExport the ‘currently installed programs’ list from CcleanerInstall NotePad++

• XML tools plugin
• Use Language – XML for dyf etc editing.

51. Install Paint.Net
52. Install drivesnapshot
53. Ccleaner – cleanup, empty recycle bin etc
54. Revizto
55. Create system image – done

Windows Update Fix
All Windows Updates

1. Failed!
   1. And rolled itself back
   2. And wifi died
2. Reset the pc using Windows Reset
3. Connected to Lan port (no need for drivers)
4. Internet problems so:
   1. Download all metabox drivers (1.8 Gb)
   2. Install Chipset
   3. Install Killer Wifi (2 x reboots)
   4. Killer BT (1 x reboot)
   5. Airplane mode utility (1 x reboot)
   6. Intel Management Engine interface
   7. Control Centre Utility (1 x reboot)
   8. Now, use Fn + F11 to turn off sleep mode.
5. Almost thought wifi was working, but then…
   1. IRQL_ error again, BSOD
   2. Reboot BSOD
   3. Reset PC again!
   4. Now, use this page first https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
   5. Download 3gb and update
   6. Multiple restarts
   7. Finally windows is up to date

Other software installed:

1. Install BD writer software
2. Install imgburn
3.  Install Collaboration for Revit 2016
4. Install Killer network software (updated)
5. 

6. Install Onetastic (for OneNote macros etc)
7. Install Dynamo Studio
8. 

9. Install Google Chrome (For Flux.io etc)
10. Install JDK 64 bit
11. 

12. Install Bimserver:
13. bimserver-1.4.0-FINAL-2015-11-04
14. bimserverjar-1.5.55
15. Install Adobe Flash Player
16. Install Oculus software
17. Install Vive software
18. Install Irfanview
19. Install Unity
20. Install Enscape
21. Install Wix https://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/624906
22. Install Q-Dir

Other errors and notes:Boot error fix:

1. Received the winload.efi error
2. Disabled UEFI boot
3. Restart
4. Enabled UEFI boot
5. Restart
6. Working again

XTU Update error:

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