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:
- Windows 10 Pro (preinstalled)
- Sign in with a new, temporary, local user admin
- Do Windows Update Fix (see below)
- Setup E: drive…
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