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Managed Installation Revit

This document provides instructions for performing a managed installation of the NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit using Active Directory and Group Policy. It involves creating an organizational unit in Active Directory, moving computers to it, then creating a Group Policy object to link the installation files and automatically deploy the plugin to machines when policies are applied. Firewall and proxy settings must also allow access to required domains for full functionality.

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Managed Installation Revit

This document provides instructions for performing a managed installation of the NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit using Active Directory and Group Policy. It involves creating an organizational unit in Active Directory, moving computers to it, then creating a Group Policy object to link the installation files and automatically deploy the plugin to machines when policies are applied. Firewall and proxy settings must also allow access to required domains for full functionality.

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NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit managed installation guide

A managed installation allows the network administrator to apply the NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit to selected
users or machines using the Active Directory using Microsoft Windows Server.

Client machines that are added to the policy will automatically have the plugin installed when they are rebooted
following the application of the policy. This means that the software can be installed on any number of client
machines without the need to visit each machine.

Access through your company proxy or firewall

If you have a proxy or firewall that could potentially block the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit from connecting to the
NBS network you must allow the following programs access to the following addresses:

Autodesk Revit for the version(s) being used. Each version of Autodesk Revit e.g. Autodesk Revit 2016 is installed in
a separate program directory. You may need to authorise each version.

ServiceInfoToSpex.exe This file is located in:


C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\NBSforAutodeskRevit.bundle\Contents\Tools\SpexGen\ServiceInfoToSp
ex.exe

These applications need access to:

www.nationalbimlibrary.com (including all sub-domains)


services.ribae.com (including all subdomains)
create.thenbs.com (including all subdomains)

(Please note you will not be able to visit the last two sites in your web browser but the applications must have access
to them).

Additional programs required


The NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit needs the following pre-requisites to work. If these programs are not already
installed on intended machines they should be installed with a separate policy.

NBS Tools (you can download this from www.theNBS.com/downloads)


Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
Microsoft .Net 4

Step by step managed installation

1. To create the server image download and unpack the NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit installation files from
www.theNBS.com/downloads. Unzip the folder and copy it to a suitable folder to the server.
2. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers and Group Policy
Management.
Active Directory Users and Computers Setup.
1. Firstly in Active Directory Users and Computers In the left hand window, identify the Domain you want to
create the required Organisational Unit (OU).

2. Right click on the Domain (Identified as ncllab.net in the example). Select New > Organisational Unit.
3. Name the Organisational Unit as necessary and click OK.

4. The Organisational Unit will then be created.


5. The Computers will now have to be moved to the correct Organisational Unit to do this navigate through the
domain tree structure to Computers.

6. Right click onto Computers and select Move.


7. Select the required Organisational Unit and click OK.

8. This will then move the required Computers to this Organisational Unit ready to assign a application using
Group Policy Management Console
Group Policy Management Console
1. Once the Organisation Unit has been setup and all required Computers have been added you can then go
into Group Policy Management and select the Organisational Unit to create a Group Policy Object (GPO).

To create the GPO right click on your required Organisational Unit and select Create a GPO in this domain,
and Link it here...

2. Name your required Group Policy and click OK.


3. This will then add the newly created GPO.

4. To edit the Group Policy, right click on the GPO and select Edit.
5. This will then open the Group Policy Management Editor.

6. Select Computer Configuration to roll the Group Policy out to machines rather than users. Expand Polices >
Software Settings and right-click in Software Installation. Select New and then Package...
7. Browse to the location where the server image was created by the network server installation and then
select the ‘Manage Install.msi’ and click Open.

8. You will then be prompted to Assign the software or look at the Advanced options. Check that Assigned is
selected then click OK.
9. The software package will be added and the Group Policy has now been created.

10. The next time that each client machine that is part of the selected Domain or OU is restarted the Group
Policy will be applied installing the NBS Plugin for Autodesk Revit software.

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