The 2011 release of Autodesk software packages are now officially available, but you don’t have to wait for delivery. Unless you’ve changed the default setting within your Autodesk Subscription account (you are on subscription now that Autodesk has changed its renewal pricing, aren’t you?), your new software installation will occur via download. If you didn’t change your preferences in time, you can still request installation discs, but there really is no requirement for them.

Go to the subscription account and login with the “contract manager” information provided when the software packages were initially purchased. Once in the account, you can download the installation files for all the programs you have purchased. Before installing the software onto any machine, you should update your Autodesk Network License Manager and make sure you understand the importance of Understanding and Managing Autodesk Licenses.

Once you have downloaded the installation packages and understand the licensing policies and practices, it is time to finally load the programs on your machines. I’m going to borrow some links from Autodesk on this as well, since they currently have the most comprehensive guides and instructions on installation:

AutoCAD Based Installation (Generally accepted for AutoCAD vertical software)
System Requirements
Standalone Install
Network Install
Post-Installation Tasks
Creating Installation Deployments
Troubleshoot Common Install Problems
Troubleshoot Common License Problems

Inventor Based Installation
Standalone Install
Network Install
Post-Installation Tasks
Creating Installation Deployments
Windows 7 Specific Issues

Revit Based Installation
Revit Architecture Standalone Install
Revit Architecture Network Install
Post-Installation Tasks
Creating Revit Architecture Installation Deployments
Troubleshoot Common Install & License Problems

I’m sure there are a lot more information videos like these around and even more to come, but this should get you started. If you have any questions regarding installation and licensing that these videos don’t answer for you, your best bet for getting them answered is referring to your Autodesk Authorized Reseller and/or the product discussion groups on the Autodesk website. Good luck to you. I think you’ll enjoy this new, lighter, and more stable software release.