Chapter 4: Silent Mode Operations

Ansys, Inc. supports silent mode operations for Ansys Discovery products, including installing, configuring, unconfiguring, and uninstalling.


Note:  Ansys, Inc. requires that you have full administrative privileges when installing any software on Windows. Non-administrative accounts do not usually have the permissions required to access system areas that installation programs often need to modify. "Full administrative privileges" means that you are running as administrator with UAC turned off, or you are running as administrator with UAC turned on and Run as Administrator selected.

Windows uses a feature called User Account Control (UAC) to control privileges and automatically reduce the potential of security breaches in the operation system. However, UAC limits your accessibility to system areas and can cause unpredictable behavior in Ansys, Inc. products, as noted below.


You can specify the following product flags. These flags are all valid for a silent install. However, because of the way the products are packaged, not all of these flags may be valid for a silent configuration, unconfiguration, or uninstall. Not all products are available on all platforms.

For silent mode operations, if you do not specify any product arguments, all available products will be installed, configured, or uninstalled.

Product Flags

Product product_flag
Ansys Discovery-discovery
Ansys SpaceClaim-spaceclaim
Note: Installing either of the above products will install Ansys Workbench.
ACIS -acis
Ansys SpaceClaim Configuration*-sc_config
AutoCAD Plugin-acad_plugin
AutoCAD Reader-acad_reader
Autodesk Inventor Plugin -adinventor_plugin
Autodesk Inventor Reader -adinventor_reader
CATIA V4 -catia4
CATIA 5 Plugin -catia5_plugin
CATIA 5 Reader -catia5_reader
CATIA V6 -catia6
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling -cocreate
Creo Parametric Plugin -proe_plugin
Creo Parametric Reader -proe_reader
Geometry Service Packet-geometryservice
JTOpen -jtopen
NX Plugin-ug_plugin
NX Reader -ug_reader
Parasolid -parasolid
Solid Edge Plugin-solidedge_plugin
Solid Edge Reader-solidedge_reader
SOLIDWORKS Plugin -solidworks_plugin
SOLIDWORKS Reader -solidworks_reader
* The Ansys SpaceClaim Configuration product flag performs product configuration only and and DOES NOT perform any product installation functions. Ansys SpaceClaim is a stand-alone application.

For more information on which products are included with each installation, see Applications Included with Each Product.