Tagged DirectX, fail, heidi, Please install DirectX before installing AutoCAD, Please install DirectX before installing AutoCAD 2013, Please install DirectX before installing AutoCAD MEP 2013, the configured heidi driver cannot be loaded, Windows 10 Installing old versions of AutoCAD on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 Posted in AutoCAD 2012, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2014, AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD 2016 | To stop this, in AutoCAD, right click the Command Line->Options->System->Graphics Performance->HardWare Acceleration: Turn off “…the configured heidi driver cannot be loaded…“ Everytime you start AutoCAD you will get a Heidi error, like this one….3D will fine, but only in Software mode (slower).

The Converter will allow you to ignore the DirectX failure and allow AutoCAD to correctly install, but DirectX won’t be installed.You will need V11.19 or newer of the Converter App). It manages the install and bypasses all issues like these automatically so you can be up and running again. You can easily solve this issue (and others) by installing your AutoCAD using the Longbow Converter App. Solutions posted on Autodesk website show how to edit the setup.ini file to try and solve this issue, however, upon doing so you get a new error, for instance… “Error: Please install DirectX before installing AutoCAD MEP 2013”

While installing AutoCAD you may run into a blocking issue whereby the DirectX runtime (which AutoCAD relies upon for its hardware 3D capability) fails to install for some reason (Error 1603).

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