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MSC SimOffice R2

Installation Guide

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Ch. 1: SimOffice Installation SimOffice R2 Installation Guide

1 SimOffice Installation

Introduction 2

Hardware Requirements 3

Installation 6

Licenses 24

Troubleshooting and Other Installation Issues 25

SimOffice R2 Installation GuideIntroduction

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IntroductionThis section describes the installation procedure for MSC SimOffice. In addition, the section will describe the configuration of the software, and security. By following these installation and configuration instructions, and with the appropriate license file, the software will be available for use immediately.

Before starting the installation of SimOffice, take a few minutes to locate the materials received in the SimOffice shipment.

SimOffice Installation CD-ROM

The software will be installed entirely from this DVD-ROM. There are brief installation instructions on the DVD insert, but more complete instructions can be found in Installation, 6.

In general, the software runs on all 32 bit PCs running Windows XP SP2/or Windows Vista, but please refer to Hardware Requirements, 3 and Tested Configurations, 5 for complete details.

It will be necessary to log in as administrator or with administrator rights (required to install the drivers needed for standalone Windows XP SP2/Vista installations).

On all systems, it is suggested that you exit out of all other programs before installing the software for the first time.

To successfully install SimOffice you must have at least 2 Gigabytes of free disk space. A quick check prior to beginning the installation may save time.

3Ch. 1: SimOffice InstallationHardware Requirements

Hardware RequirementsThere are no special hardware requirements for SimOffice beyond those imposed by the Windows operating system. The table below shows the minimum recommendations, to ensure maximum productivity with SimOffice.

Suggested HardwareSimOffice will run on many types of hardware. Proper choice of hardware however, can often make the difference between frustration and productivity. Here are a few suggestions:

Minimum Recommended Other

Memory, RAM 128-256 MB 512 MB - 3 GB

Paging Disk Space 300-512 MB 1.56 GB

Video Adapter and

Monitor 1280x1024 1600x1200 OpenGL accelerator board

Disk Space:

- Program Installation 2.5 Gbytes 2.5 Gbytes Model files vary in size from 2 MB to 1GB

- Temporary Storage (scratch files)

100 MBytes 1+ Gbytes Results files can be much larger

See hints below

Mouse Three button mouse or roller wheel

Three button mouse or roller wheel

Roller wheel depressed causes model manipulation in viewport

Printer/Plotter Not required. High quality dot matrix or laser printer

Color laser or inkjet printer or pen plotter

Operating System and Applications software

Windows XP SP2/ Windows Vista

Latest version of Windows for best possible performance

MS Office .NET enabled or VB to edit Macros

File System NTFS for Unigraphics Part Files

Network Card Ethernet Card and Microsoft TCP/IP Service

SimOffice R2 Installation GuideHardware Requirements

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Memory, RAM:

At least. 128 MB of RAM is required to run SimOffice, however to run the solid modeling engines then 512 MB or higher is recommended. For the solver, at least 100 MB "Memory Space" (which is the combination of RAM plus virtual memory) should be available. Adding RAM can be one of the most cost effective methods of increasing performance.

Hard Disk:

Required hard disk space is very difficult to estimate, but in general, the more disk space available, the better. The analysis phase will drive disk space requirement. The amount of disk space required will also depend on the number of model files that are stored at any one time.

A suggested minimum is 500 MB of temporary storage space available for running reasonably sized models.

Graphics Boards:

Standard graphics adapters work very well with Windows and SimOffice. Specialized boards that support OpenGL provide increased graphical performance, particularly when dynamically rotating large complex models.They also usually provide higher resolution and more colors, which makes the graphics easier to interpret.

5Ch. 1: SimOffice InstallationTested Configurations

Tested ConfigurationsThe following table identifies hardware and software configurations that have been tested.

Platform OS CPUs OEM Systems Graphics Card Software

Intel/AMD Windows XP, XP-SP2, Vista 32

Pentium III Pentium 4 Xeon AMD Opteron

Compaq: W4000, W6000, W8000

Compaq Laptop: N800c, N800w

Dell: Work. 410, 610, 220, 420, 620, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 450, 470, 530, 650, 670

Dell Laptop: M50, M60, M70, M90

HP: Visualize NT (p-class, x-class), xw4000/xw5000/xw6000/xw8000, xw3100/xw4100, xw4200/xw6200/xw8200

HP Laptops: mw8240, mw8440, mw9440

IBM: IntelliStation Z-Pro, M-Pro, E-Pro, A-Pro

Fujitsu/Siemens: Celsius

Sun: W1100z, W2100z

3DLabs: Wildcat IV 7110, 7210, Realizm 100, 200, 800

ATI: FireGL 8700/8800, Fire GL E1, X1-128, Z1-128, T2-64, T2-128, X2-256, VS3100, V3350, V5000, V5100, V7100, V7300, V7350, VS100, Mobility Radeon (N800 Laptops)

HP: fx5+, fx10+

NVIDIA: Quadro2 EX, Quadro4 700XGL/750XGL/900XGL/980XGL, Quadro4 500/700 GoGL (M50/M60 Laptop), FX330, FX500, FX1000, FX1100, FX1300, FX3000, FX3400, FX4000

Microsoft .NET 2003, INTEL C/C++ (Build 8.0.040) Fortran(Build 8.0.035), Version 8.0

SimOffice R2 Installation GuideInstallation

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InstallationInstalling SimOffice is a simple process which uses a setup program included on your MSC SimOffice DVD-ROM. The procedure below describes the basic steps involved in running this setup program for the different Windows systems.

PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING

Important: Uninstall any previous versions of SimOffice before installing a new version of the product or if reinstalling the same product. In order to uninstall, go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel and click on Add/Remove Programs. Scroll down to locate MSC SimOffice and click on Remove to uninstall SimOffice. If you fail to do so, some registry entries may not be written correctly and could require clean up of registry and reinstallation.

At any point during the installation, you can cancel the installation by clicking on 'Cancel'. You may also use the 'Back' button to go back to the previous step to change your prior selection.

During installation you will be prompted to select a Scratch directory. Make sure you know which directory you would like to use and create it now as you will not be able to create it at the time of selection. You may use c:\temp which is the standard directory for temporary files on Windows systems. This folder should always be accessible and be on a disk with sufficient free space. The size of scratch files depends on the size of the models solved.

Installation Setup ProgramThe installation is done with a program called setup. Follow the instructions below to start the setup program. This program will then prompt you for information about the installation.

To install SimOffice:1. Log into your computer and insert the installation disk.

The setup program will be automatically run when you insert the DVD-ROM into the DVD drive.

The setup program allows you to specify installation parameters, such as the location of the software, the temporary scratch directories, and license information if applicable. Follow the directions on the setup program dialogs, and enter information when necessary. If you wish to stop the setup program during the installation, you can hit the Cancel button to escape.

Note: If the setup program does not start automatically, use the file browser to view the files on the SimOffice installation disk and double-click on the file setup.exe.

7Ch. 1: SimOffice InstallationInstallation

The SimOffice Main Installation Panel

SimOffice licensing requires that FlexLM be installed and running. If you do not have FlexLM installed, select the FlexLM Server button and follow the instructions for FlexLM Installation.

If you already have FlexLM installed, select the MSCSimOffice button and skip to SimOffice Installation.


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FlexLM Server Installation

This setup program installs of the FlexLM license managing software, and also allows you to install the SimOffice license file, if it is available.

To install the FlexLM server:

1. On the Main Installation Panel, select FlexLM Server.

The InstallShield Wizard is setup to guide you through the FlexLM installation process.


2. On the FlexLM Host ID dialog, click Yes if you have a license file and wish to continue with the FlexLM Server installation.

FlexLM automatically determines your HostID number. This number is used to create your specific SimOffice license file. Please provide this number to your account manager to generate your license file if you do not have one.

Note: A license file is not required to complete the installation.


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3. On the MSC Licensing dialog, click Next to continue.


4. Click Next to install FlexLM in the default installation folder or Browse to select a new location.


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5. Click Next to continue.


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6. On the License File dialog, locate your license file and click Open

If you do not already have a license file, click Cancel, to finish the installation. You will be able to attach the license file at a later date, or select the license file during the installation of SimOffice.


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SimOffice Installation

To install SimOffice:

1. On the Main Installation Panel, select MSCSimOffice.

2. On the MSCSimOffice dialog, click Next to continue with the installation.


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3. The setup wizard's initial screen comes up as shown below. Click on Next to continue.

4. On the License Agreement dialog, select I Agree to accept the terms of the agreement, then click Next.


If you click on I do not agree, the installation stops at this point.


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5. On the Select Installation Folder dialog you may accept the default installation folder or change the folder by clicking Browse

You can also view the amount of disk space required for installation by clicking on 'Disk Cost'.

6. Select Everyone or Just me to specify if you want to provide access to the program to all the user accounts on the system or just the one you are currently logged in as.

7. Click Next to continue with the installation.

Note: Please do not use a directory path that has spaces in the name (e.g. C:\Program Files). This will cause the program to fail in certain cases.


8. On the Language Packs dialog, three options are available: English, Japanese and Chinese. Click the appropriate language and click on Next.


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9. On the Components dialog, choose the components of SimOffice you would like to install, then click Next.

Typically you would want to pick both the graphical user interface and the solver, which is the default selection.


10. On the Confirmation dialog, click Next to proceed with the installation or Back to make changes.

The installation of SimOffice begins. A status bar shows the progress of the installation.


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11. On the Browse dialog, select a folder that will serve as the scratch directory, then click OK.

The scratch directory is used to store temporary files during the analysis process. This scratch folder should be a folder which is always accessible and has sufficient disk space. This could be c:\temp that is generally used for temporary files on Windows.


12. On the License dialog, provide a path to the license file, then click Next.

If you also have a license file from Unigraphics and would like to import geometry from Unigraphics, you may want to specify the location of this license file as well (This is optional). If you don't have any of this information, you may click on Next. You can specify the location of the license file later.

13. Click on Close on the Installation Complete dialog.

This completes the installation of SimOffice

SimOffice R2 Installation GuideLicenses

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LicensesBefore you can use SimOffice, it should have access to a valid license file, either a local one or from a license server. This section explains the steps involved.

Local License:1. Click Start ->Run.

2. Type cmd in the text box and press enter.

A command window comes up.

3. Type ipconfig /all and press enter.

You will get information about the network cards on the system. Look for the line that says 'Physical Address". Note the alphanumeric characters on this line. This id of the network card will be used to generate a valid license file. Please forward this to your account manager. You will receive a file, generally named 'license.dat'.

4. Place it in an accessible directory.

5. When you are prompted for the license file location, you would browse to this file.

An alternative way: You can also define an environment variable to point to the file. The MSC_LICENSE_FILE environment variable provides location of licenses to SimOffice. It can be set in Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. Use MSC_LICENSE_FILE for 'Variable name' and the path to the license file (license.dat) for 'Variable value'.

If you are accessing licenses from a license server, you can use the format of <port>@<hostname> for the Variable value. You will need to obtain both the 'port' and the 'hostname' information from your system administrator.

25Ch. 1: SimOffice InstallationTroubleshooting and Other Installation Issues

Troubleshooting and Other Installation IssuesIf the prior version of SimOffice is not uninstalled before installing the current version, the registry may not get updated appropriately. In this case, make sure you uninstall the software and update the registry as follows:

1. Click on Start -> Run.

2. Type regedit in the window.

The registry editor opens.

3. Make the following changes.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> MSC.Software -> SimOffice

4. If only SimOffice is present, remove the entire MSC.Software folder. If other products are also listed (e.g. Patran), remove only SimOffice

5. If MSC.Patran or MD Patran is also installed on the system, an entry for P3_HOME may be present - an environment variable defined to pointing to Patran home directory. Either change it to SimOffice home directory or remove this environment variable

A FlexLM licensing server is not needed to run SimOffice. However, if you already use a Flexlm server for other products, you may use the server for SimOffice as well. Make sure that the Flexlm server is of the version 10.8 or above.

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