• i. Copyright and Trademark Information
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Before you start
  • 2.1. CAD and CAE software integrations
  • 2.2. Deployment methods
  • 2.3. Network requirements
    • 2.3.1. Service Layer address
    • 2.3.2. Network authentication
    • 2.3.3. Network security (HTTP or HTTPS)
    • 2.3.4. Proxy servers
• 3. Installing the software
  • 3.1. Pre-installation checklist
  • 3.2. Information required for installation
  • 3.3. Installing MI Materials Gateway
    • 3.3.1. Installing on Microsoft Windows
      • 3.3.1.1. Command-line options for silent installation
    • 3.3.2. Installing MI Materials Gateway for Ansys Workbench on Linux
  • 3.4. Enabling MI Materials Gateway
  • 3.5. Add Gateway users to Granta MI security groups
• 4. Centralized deployment of Gateway clients
  • 4.1. Setting the GATEWAY_DM_EXEDIR environment variable
  • 4.2. Setting environment variables for configuration
  • 4.3. Automatic start-up of Gateway core application
  • 4.4. Host specific requirements
    • 4.4.1. Abaqus/CAE
    • 4.4.2. Ansys Electronics Desktop
    • 4.4.3. Ansys Workbench
    • 4.4.4. Creo
    • 4.4.5. HyperMesh
    • 4.4.6. NX
• 5. Editing configuration files
  • 5.1. Client-side configuration
    • 5.1.1. User credentials
    • 5.1.2. Settings in the GConfiguration.ini file
• 6. Log files and diagnostics
  • 6.1. Changing the level of logging
• 7. Configuring proxy settings for Gateway
• 8. Hints, tips, and troubleshooting
  • 8.1. Problems with blocked zip files
  • 8.2. Verifying the Service Layer connection
  • 8.3. Cross-domain Service Layer setup for Gateway
  • 8.4. Troubleshooting authentication
    • 8.4.1. Turning on diagnostic logging
  • 8.5. Multiple copies of the NX customizations file custom_dirs.dat
  • 8.6. Gateway is blocked from running in Creo
  • 8.7. Assignments made to an NX body also appear on other bodies
  • 8.8. Material card import fails
  • 8.9. Granta MI component system is not available in Ansys Workbench
  • 8.10. Connection to host application fails because port is unavailable