Applied to: ZWCAD 2018
Issue:
Deployment is provided for ZWCAD network installation. Users can deploy the installation files to a shared folder for LAN without a domain, and the workstations can install from the shared folder.
Using Deployment to install ZWCAD, users can configure the license for the workstation. The workstation will be activated after you install it from the shared folder without manual activation.
Before deployment, a shared folder with administrative authority must be created on the server where the installation files will be located in.
Solution:
Steps For Creating a Shared Folder
1. Create a folder named ZWCAD Deployment on the server
2. Select the ZWCAD Deployment folder, right-click, and then choose Properties.
3. Click Properties - Share - Advanced Sharing button, and then select Share this folder on the pop-up dialog.
4. Enter a shared name for the folder like ZWCAD 2018 if necessary.
5. Click permissions button, select the Group or user names to share with, and ensure Full Control is activated.
6. Click OK to close the Properties dialog.
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Steps For Deployment Setup
1. The ZWCAD 2018 Setup Wizard page will pop up automatically after you insert the CD into your computer, or double-click the Setup.exe in your CD folder.
Select to install the version of English - 32bit or Eglish - 64bit ZWCAD product based on your system type.
2. Enter installation interfaces the and then click Deployment.
3. Display Network Deployment dialog box, click Begin to start.
4. Input the shared folder path, or click Browse to select a writeable shared folder. Check To run the installation in quiet mode on clients, and then click Next to continue.
If inactivate the quiet mode installation check box, the installation wizard will be displayed.
5. Set the installation path for the client, and then click Next to continue.
6. Input the name or IP of the authorized server in License Server text box, or click Browse to pick up a server.
7. Click expand button to deploy the installation files.
8. You can log on the client computer to install ZWCAD after the deployment finished. Enter the path to your installation in Start - Run box, such as \\Zwsoft\ZWCAD 2018\Setup\Setup.exe.
