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 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 (Full Install) | -discovery |
| Ansys Discovery (Reduced Install) | -discoveryreduced |
|
Note: This Discovery Installation Guide provides the instructions for performing an installation of the standalone Discovery product package, which always contains a full installation of Discovery. You may also install Discovery as a component of other Ansys product packages. When doing so, you may choose between a full or reduced Discovery installation. In such cases, refer to the Ansys, Inc. Installation Guide for Windows for instructions. Installing Ansys Discovery will also install Ansys Workbench. | |
| ACIS | -acis |
| 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 Note: For details, see https://geometry.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/. | -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 |
For more information on which products are included with each installation, see Applications Included with Each Product in the Ansys, Inc. Installation Guide for Windows.