Ansys Automated Installer Guide
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Table of Contents
Installing Products using the Ansys Automated Installer ................................................................................ 1
1. Downloading the Automated Installer ................................................................................................. 1
2. Running the Ansys Automated Installer ............................................................................................... 1
2.1. Performing Product Installation .................................................................................................. 2
2.2. Specifying CAD Configurations ................................................................................................... 5
2.3. Configuring Speos CAD Interfaces ............................................................................................... 6
3. Performing the Post-Installation Steps ................................................................................................. 7
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Installing Products using the Ansys Automated Installer
This section includes the steps required for installing Ansys, Inc. products using the Ansys Automated
Installer. You can follow these instructions while actually installing the products. To do so, simply use
the selections that are pertinent to you and insert your specific information where noted.
Before You Begin
• Verify that you have an account on the Ansys customer site. If you do not have an account, you may
register at [Link]/customercommunity to receive your own account.
• Based upon your license type, have the appropriate product license-specific information available
(license file, machine hostname, available port numbers, etc.).
• You should also verify that you are running on a supported platform.
• If you have any problems with--or questions about--the installation process, log a Service Request
on the Ansys customer site to have a Systems Support Specialist assist you.
1. Downloading the Automated Installer
To download the installation files from our website, you will need to have a current technical support
agreement.
1. From the Ansys customer site, [Link]/customercommunity, click Downloads > Current
Release.
2. Select your installation operating system (Windows x64 or Linux x64).
3. Click the Ansys Automated Installer option.
4. Select your desired download directory and click Save.
5. After all downloads have been completed, uncompress each package using standard uncompression
utilities for your specific platform. We strongly recommend that you extract the files into new,
temporary directories.
6. Begin the product installation as described in Running the Ansys Automated Installer (p. 1).
2. Running the Ansys Automated Installer
The following sections describe how to use the Ansys Automated Installer to install Ansys, Inc. products
on the Windows and Linux platforms.
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2.1. Performing Product Installation
1. On the Windows platform: Browse to the directory containing the Ansys Automated Installer
files. Right-click the [Link] file and select Run as administrator.
On the Linux Platform: Navigate to the directory where you extracted the Ansys Automated
Installer files. Run ./AnsysInstaller. This file will reside in the directory where you untarred
the downloaded files.
Note:
The remaining installation steps are the same on both the Windows and Linux platforms.
The Ansys Product Installation License Agreement is displayed.
Note that clicking the "gear" icon in the top right corner of the interface gives you the following
options:
• Installer language selection
• Download options
2. Read the agreement, and if you agree to the terms and conditions, select I agree to the terms
of the license agreement.... Click Next, located on the right side of the screen.
The Sign-In screen is displayed.
3. Click the SIGN IN VIA ANSYS ID option.
The Ansys sign in page is displayed in your default browser.
4. Enter the email address that you used to register on the Ansys customer site and click Continue.
5. Enter the password that you used to register on the Ansys customer site and click Sign In.
A successful sign-in message is displayed. Close this page in your default browser and return to
the Ansys Automated Installer.
6. The Ansys Automated Installer displays the Destination screen.
The directory where you want to install the Ansys, Inc. products is shown in the Install Directory
field. You can install the products into any directory you want, but you must have write permissions
for the directory you choose. The default is C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc. We recommend
using the default directory.
Note:
You must install all Ansys, Inc. products into the same location. Installing products into
different locations can cause product components to fail. If you choose an install dir-
ectory via the Browse feature, the installation will automatically append \ANSYS Inc\
to the chosen directory. The installation path can have a maximum of 100 characters,
except on AUTODYN, which has a maximum of 40 characters.
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The directory where you want to download the installation files is shown in the Download Dir-
ectory field.
• Leave the Associate file extensions with Ansys products check box enabled. This allows you
to double-click files from Windows Explorer to launch the various products.
• If you are using an application that can utilize Ansys QA Services, select the Enable Ansys QA
Services with supported applications (QA Service Agreement required) option. Note that
the Ansys QA Services option requires a separate Quality Assurance Service Agreement. Do not
select this option if you have not obtained a Quality Assurance Service Agreement.
For more information on ANSYS Quality Services, visit our website at: [Link]
About-ANSYS/quality-assurance/quality-assurance-services.
Click Next to continue the installation process.
7. The Products screen is displayed. All products available for installation are listed in a tree view. A
checkmark to the left of the product signifies that the product and all related "child" products are
enabled for installation while a grey box indicates that some, but not all products are enabled for
installation. You can expand the tree to select any additional products you wish to install.
You can select or deselect any combination of products. Ansys Workbench is automatically installed
with most Ansys, Inc. products; there is no individual product selection for Ansys Workbench.
An estimate of the disk space required to install all of the selected components, and the disk
space you have available is displayed. The actual amount of disk space required may be less, but
if you choose to run the installation with insufficient disk space available, we strongly recommend
that you review the log files at the end of the installation to verify that all products were installed
correctly. Installation log files are written to the installation directory.
Note:
On a first time installation, if you chose to install any Ansys Geometry Interfaces, en-
sure that you have also selected at least one Ansys, Inc. product as part of the in-
stallation. Installing an Ansys Geometry Interface without an underlying Ansys,
Inc. product on a first time installation may cause installation errors.
Selecting either the Ansys Additional Tools > Optical Addon > Speos for Creo Parametric or
Speos for NX options presents you with additional installation steps. For additional information
on completing these steps, see Configuring Speos CAD Interfaces (p. 6).
Note:
If you are installing Speos and you are willing to use the CAD Connection V3 (through
the Block Recording), select the Ansys Geometry Interfaces option.
If you select the Ansys Geometry Interfaces option, you are presented with additional installation
steps. For additional information on completing these steps, see Specifying CAD Configura-
tions (p. 5).
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The Speos for Creo Parametric, Speos for NX or Ansys Geometry Interfaces configuration
screens are displayed when you click Next.
Once you have select/deselect the products you want to install and click Next.
8. At this time, if you have selected Speos for Creo Parametric, Speos for NX or Geometry Inter-
faces, perform the appropriate configuration. Once completing the required configuration, return
to these instructions to continue the installation.
If you have not enabled these selections, proceed to the next step below.
9. A summary of the selected installation data appears. Review the information carefully, and if correct,
click Next to continue the installation.
10. The installation progress screen displays two status bars towards the bottom of the installation
window. The Download Complete status bar displays the percentage of packages that have been
downloaded for installation. This Extracting Packet status bar tracks the percentage of packages
that have been installed on your computer. Depending on the number of products you have se-
lected, the installation time required could be lengthy. You will not be able to interrupt the install-
ation process. Please be patient while the installation completes.
Note:
Clicking the View Details Progress Log button opens a second window that displays
the name of each product package as it is uncompressed and installed.
The installation program will first check your system to determine if you have the necessary pre-
requisites. If the prerequisites are not already on your system, the prerequisites will be installed
automatically.
Note:
If prerequisite components necessary for the installation of the Ansys products were
installed, depending on your existing machine configuration, the following message
may be displayed:
Software prerequisites have been installed.
A system restart may be required after exiting the installation and before using
any Ansys Products.
If a system restart is required, a restart error message will be written to the [Link]
error file. The [Link] error file is located in the installation directory.
Click Next to continue the installation.
11. The product confirmation screen is displayed with a message noting that the installation is com-
plete.
At the bottom of the screen, links are provided to access the Intel MPI and Microsoft MPI install-
ation programs and installation documentation.
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A Launch Survey Upon Exiting option is included here. Clicking Exit while the Launch Survey
Upon Exiting is enabled causes your default browser to open, displaying the product survey.
Disabling (un-checking) the Launch Survey Upon Exiting option and then clicking Exit skips the
survey.
Once you have completed the installation, review the Performing the Post-Installation Steps (p. 7)
section of this documentation to access additional instructions for licensing and post-installation
steps.
2.2. Specifying CAD Configurations
Selecting the Ansys Geometry Interfaces option, from the product selection screen and clicking
Next displays a series of configuration screens for your geometry interfaces.
1. On the first screen, you are asked to select one of the following three configuration options:
• Selecting the Yes, automatically configure my interfaces option and clicking Next
determines if each CAD system is installed on your computer. If the CAD is installed,
this option sets the configuration to appropriate associative interface. If the CAD is
not installed, the configuration is set to reader. Geometry interfaces without a detect-
able license will not be configured. After you make this selection, the installation
continues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions.
• Selecting the Yes, I will make my selections option and clicking Next walks you
through a several manual configuration steps. If you select this option, you can con-
figure the appropriate geometry interface properties by following the steps described
below.
• Selecting the No. Skip configuration. I will configure later option and clicking Next
ignores the geometry interface configuration at this time. After you make this selection,
the installation continues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions. You
can use this option if you have not yet installed the related CAD programs, or do not
know the requested information. If you skip these steps, you will need to manually
configure these geometry interfaces using the Product & CAD Configuration Manager
before you can successfully import models into Ansys products. For more information
on using the Product & CAD Configuration Manager refer to the Windows or Linux
Installation Guides.
2. After selecting the Yes, I will make my selections option and clicking Next (bullet point #2
above), you are presented with a check list of the geometry interfaces. You can manually
choose which geometry interfaces you would like to configure by enabling the appropriate
check box(es). Note that the configuration is not performed for any geometry interface check
box that is disabled.
When you have selected the appropriate interfaces, click Next.
3. The next screen provides you with the option of selecting the reader or associative interface
for each enabled geometry interface.
Configure each geometry interface option and click Next.
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4. If you selected the associative interface for Creo Parametric or NX, a third screen is displayed.
In this case follow the steps below. If you did not select Creo Parametric or NX the installation
continues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions.
Creo Parametric
You may need to specify the Creo Parametric command, and the full Creo Parametric install-
ation path for an existing Creo Parametric installation.
NX
If you choose the associative interface and the UGII environment variables were not set, you
may need to specify the NX installation path for an existing NX installation. If you are an ad-
ministrative user, a file required to load the NX plug-in is placed in the administrative user's
Application Data folder by default, which may not be accessible by other, non-administrative
users. To allow non-administrative users to run, you will need to define the environment
variable UGII_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY_FILE prior to installation and specify a location where
other users have read access. Alternatively, you can run the Product & CAD Configuration
Manager after the installation and provide an updated location for the NX Custom Directory
File Path.
5. Once you have completed the Creo Parametric or NX configuration, click Next. The installation
continues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions.
2.3. Configuring Speos CAD Interfaces
Selecting the Optical > Speos for Creo Parametric or Speos for NX options from the product selection
screen and clicking Next displays an interactive configuration screen for your Speos CAD interfaces.
Note:
If you have selected the Geometry Interfaces option in addition to any Speos CAD
Interface option and clicked Next, the geometry interface configuration screens are
displayed before the Speos CAD Interface configuration screens.
1. From the list of Speos CAD Interfaces displayed, select the check boxes that appropriately reflect
your system. You must select at least one interface to continue the installation.
2. As you select a checkbox, an Installation Path field is displayed. Click Browse and locate the
folder containing the existing CAD installation that corresponds to the check box.
Note:
The installation program attempts to query your system to determine the path to the
appropriate CAD program. If the installation can find your CAD program, the Installa-
tion Path field is prepopulated this information.
3. Once you have located the appropriate folder, click the Select Folder option.
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4. Perform this process for each Speos CAD Interface you require. Alternatively, you can enable the
Skip Speos CAD Configuration option to configure the interfaces at a later time.
5. After completing the configuration of the Speos CAD Interfaces, click Next. The installation con-
tinues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions.
3. Performing the Post-Installation Steps
Licensing
After performing the installation procedure, you must configure your licensing by using the Ansys Li-
censing Setting utility. To access instructions, see, ????. If you unable to access this link, go to Ansys
Help>Licensing>Ansys, Inc. Licensing Guide>Ansys Licensing Settings Utility.
Product Specific Post-Installation Steps
Ansys products require post-installation configuration. These configuration steps are documented in
our standard product installation guides.
To access instructions for the Windows platform, see, Ansys Automated Installer Guide (p. 1). If you
are unable to access this link, go to Ansys Help>Installation>Ansys, Inc. Installation Guides>Windows
Installation Guide>Post-Installation Instructions.
To access instructions for the Linux platform, see, Ansys Automated Installer Guide (p. 1). If you are
unable to access this link, go to Ansys Help>Installation>Ansys, Inc. Installation Guides>Linux In-
stallation Guide>Post-Installation Instructions.
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