The following sections describe how to use the Ansys Automated Installer to install Ansys, Inc. products on the Windows and Linux platforms.
On the Windows platform: Browse to the directory containing the Ansys Automated Installer files. You can run the Automated Installer as an administrator (product download and installation options) or as a non-administrator (product download option only).
To run as a non-administrator, shift/right-click the AnsysInstaller.exe file and select Run as different user and enter the non-administrative username and password.
To run as administrator, right-click the AnsysInstaller.exe file and select .
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.
Read the agreement, and if you agree to the terms and conditions, select . Click , located on the right side of the screen.
The Sign-In screen is displayed.
Click the Sign in via Ansys ID option.
The Ansys sign in page is displayed in your default browser.
Enter the email address that you used to register on the Ansys customer site and click Continue.
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.
The Ansys Automated Installer displays the Destination screen.
The directory where you want to install the Ansys, Inc. products is shown in the Installation Directory Path 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 directory 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.
The directory where you want to download the installation files is shown in the Download Directory Path field.
Leave the Associate file extensions with Ansys products option 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: https://www.ansys.com/About-ANSYS/quality-assurance/quality-assurance-services.
Click Next to continue the installation process.
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, ensure that you have also selected at least one Ansys, Inc. product as part of the installation. Installing an Ansys Geometry Interface without an underlying Ansys, Inc. product on a first time installation may cause installation errors.
Selecting either the Optical > 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.
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 Configurations.
The Speos for Creo Parametric, Speos for NX or Ansys Geometry Interfaces configuration screens are displayed when you click .
In addition to selecting your products for installation, the Products screen includes a series of configuration options to the right of the product list.
The Release drop-down menu allows you to select the product release you wish to install.
The Service Pack Level drop-down allows you to select the base installation package or and avaialbe service pack for installation.
Note: The Service Pack Level option is not available if there are no service packs avaible for the release you have selected.
Enabling (setting to blue) the Download Only option downloads all the installation files without installing them. This option allows you to download the packages to a local server and then later install them on end-user machines from the Download Directory Path location, selected on the previous screen. Alternatively, if the Download Only option is not enabled, the packages are downloaded to the Download Directory Path location and the installation begins.
The Delete downloads after installation option removes all installation files from your computer after the installation.
Note: The Delete downloads after installation option is not available if the Download Only option is enabled.
Once you have select/deselect the products you want to install and click .
At this time, if you have selected Speos for Creo Parametric, Speos for NX or Geometry Interfaces, 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.
A summary of the selected installation data appears. Review the information carefully, and if correct, click to continue the installation.
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 selected, the installation time required could be lengthy. You will not be able to interrupt the installation process. Please be patient while the installation completes.
Note: Clicking the 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 prerequisites. 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 install.err error file. The install.err error file is located in the installation directory.
Click to continue the installation.
The product confirmation screen is displayed with a message noting that the installation is complete.
At the bottom of the screen, links are provided to access the Intel MPI and Microsoft MPI installation programs and installation documentation.
A option is included here. Clicking while the is enabled causes your default browser to open, displaying the product survey. Disabling (un-checking) the option and then clicking skips the survey.
Once you have completed the installation, review the Performing the Post-Installation Steps section of this documentation to access additional instructions for licensing and post-installation steps.
Selecting the Ansys Geometry Interfaces option, from the product selection screen and clicking displays a series of configuration screens for your geometry interfaces.
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 detectable 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 configure 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.
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.
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.
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 installation 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 administrative 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.
Once you have completed the Creo Parametric or NX configuration, click Next. The installation continues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions.
Selecting the Optical > Speos for Creo Parametric or Speos for NX options from the product selection screen and clicking 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.
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.
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 Installation Path field is prepopulated this information.
Once you have located the appropriate folder, click the Select Folder option.
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.
After completing the configuration of the Speos CAD Interfaces, click Next. The installation continues as described in step #9 of the installation instructions.