With the V5 release we now have a new process for activating student
licences.
The activation code shown on the order is now the code that should be
used to activate all of the licences, i.e. code 12345678 needs to be
activated by all students.
The old...
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY TO BE USED FOR DESIGNBUILDER VERSION 3 SOFTWARE
Under certain circumstances it can be useful to completely remove all
traces of previous DesignBuilder installations from a computer in
order to start from scratch. To do this follow the i...
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY TO BE USED FOR DESIGNBUILDER VERSION 4 SOFTWARE
Please note that by following these instructions you will also delete
your Component, Template and Weather data libraries. To avoid this you
should export your libraries before removing De...
** Advanced topic for system administrators **
ONLY APPLICABLE TO INSTALLATION FILES UNTIL DESIGNBUILDER V5.0.3.007.
NOT SUPPORTED BY RECENT SETUP FILES (*.MSI).
It is possible to create a silent install for DesignBuilder which does
not require any user...
* Download the required version of DesignBuilder from
the DOWNLOAD [HTTP://WWW.DESIGNBUILDER.CO.UK/DOWNLOAD/] area on our
website.
* Install the download by double clicking on the downloaded
installation file.
* Run DesignBuilder and open the ...
It can at times be useful to have access to more than one version of
DesignBuilder, for example during the transition period between old
and the new building regulations, or when needing access to beta and
release versions. Unfortunately there is currentl...
When you first install DesignBuilder v4 (or later versions) the
software runs unlicensed and an evaluation license will need to be
generated.
The single user evaluation license can be generated by selecting
Help->License... and clicking the Evaluate...
Remote license deactivation is not supported by DesignBuilder.
DesignBuilder single user license deactivation can only be executed
from within DESIGNBUILDER’S LICENCE MANAGER dialog (HELP->LICENCE)
by selecting the activation code to be deactivated on t...
The first thing to try when having problems with an installation is to
re-download the set up file. In some cases an incomplete download can
result in error messages of this sort. If that doesn't help then read
on.
Note that the advice in this article re...
If you have been provided with a DesignBuilder licence file (extension
.lif or .lic) you can use it to activate the software as follows:
IN DESIGNBUILDER V4 AND V5:
1. Run DesignBuilder and open the Licence Manager by selecting the
"Licence" option fr...
Please note that by following these instructions you will also delete
your Component, Template and Weather data libraries. To avoid this you
should export your libraries before removing DesignBuilder using the
File > Export > Library data menu command fro...
This article refers to installations on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and
Windows 8, not Windows XP.
DesignBuilder must be able to write to certain folders. In particular
DesignBuilder must be able to write to:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\DesignBuilder\
...
In summary, the steps to set up DesignBuilder Site Licenses are:
* Download the DESIGNB_RLM.ZIP file from the Downloads > Software
area of the DesignBuilder website
[https://designbuilder.co.uk/download/software/server-software]
* Extract the files...
If when trying to uninstall DesignBuilder v5.4 (or a more recent
version) the following error is displayed:
"C:WINDOWSsystem32msiexec.exe
_Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may
not have the appropriate permissions to access th...
Below you can find the instructions to upgrade your version 5 software
and licence to our latest v6 release once you have received
confirmation that your licence has been upgraded.
1 - Uninstall v5
2 - Download [https://designbuilder.co.uk/download/rele...
You may have to keep clicking on the Cancel button until the dialogs stop appearing. The dialog boxes may also reappear during use of DesignBuilder at various other times.Note that the application mentioned in the dialog in entirely unrelated to DesignB...
You must be logged on with Administrator privileges to the machine on
which you are installing DesignBuilder. Otherwise you will receive
error messages during installation and the software will not run.
To check if you are Administrator, do the followin...
