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(1)HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. HyperWorks is a division of Altair. altairhyperworks.com.

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(4) Contents HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide ................................................................................................................................. 2 About HyperWorks ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Conventions Used in this Guide ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Altair Support Forum ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 HyperWorks 14.0 Software and Hardware Release Notes ............................................................................................... 6 Software Additions and Changes .................................................................................................................................. 9 Installation Changes and Known Limitations .............................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 1: 1.1. Preparing to Install HyperWorks ............................................................................................................. 12. Installation Media ........................................................................................................................................... 13. Chapter 2:. Installing HyperWorks ............................................................................................................................. 15. 2.1. Installing HyperWorks: Local Install ................................................................................................................ 16. 2.2. Installing HyperWorks: Server/Client Installation........................................................................................... 28. 2.3. Connecting to the Altair License Management System .................................................................................. 31. 2.4. Starting HyperWorks Applications .................................................................................................................. 33. 2.5. Setting Up HyperWorks Help .......................................................................................................................... 38. Appendix A: Setting Up the CAD Translators .................................................................................................................. 40 Appendix B: Local Installation on Windows (64-bit) - GUI Mode ................................................................................... 42 Appendix C: Server Installation on Windows (64-bit) - GUI Mode ................................................................................. 53 Appendix D: Local Installation on Linux (64-bit) - GUI Mode.......................................................................................... 65 Appendix E: Local Installation on Mac OS X (64-bit) - GUI Mode ................................................................................... 75 Appendix F: Local Installation on Linux (64-bit) - Console Mode ................................................................................... 82 Appendix G: Sample Response File with Descriptions of Variables ................................................................................ 86. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 1. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(5) HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide Introduction This guide provides instructions for the installation and operation of HyperWorks software on supported platforms. This includes the procedures for connecting to an Altair HyperWorks licensing management system, execution of the applications and connecting the application clients to existing HyperWorks help, including local, networked and web help. The contents of this guide include: •. Release Notes for HyperWorks Installation. •. Chapter 1: Preparing to Install HyperWorks. •. Chapter 2: Installing HyperWorks. •. Appendices. Chapter 1 provides general procedures for required items and suggestions for installation configuration on various platforms. Chapter 2 provides detailed instructions for installations, connecting to license server, and invoking HyperWorks application on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X supported platforms. Appendices provide additional information about HyperWorks applications, including examples of step-by-step installations of HyperWorks on various platforms. The details of installing RADIOSS HMPP, OptiStruct SPMD, and configuration of AcuSolve products are documented in the HyperWorks 14.0 Advanced Installation Guide. HyperWorks 14.0 uses InstallAnywhere 2014 SP1 as its installation tool. The HyperWorks 14.0 installers are InstallAnywhere web installers. InstallAnywhere provides a consistent look and feel of the HyperWorks installation wizard across all platforms supported by Altair HyperWorks products. In order to run HyperWorks 14.0 applications, you need to connect the applications to the Altair License Management System 12.2 (or higher, using the latest version is recommended). Details of the installation and how to start the Altair License Manager can be found in the Altair® License Management System 12.2 Installation Guide. The license packages are available on the Altair web site (www.altairhyperworks.com) or Altair Connect.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 2. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(6) About HyperWorks HyperWorks® is a comprehensive simulation platform for rapid design exploration and decisionmaking. HyperWorks provides a tightly integrated suite of best-in-class tools for all facets of the simulation process: modeling, analysis, optimization, visualization, reporting and collaborative simulation management. Leveraging a revolutionary pay-per-usage licensing model, HyperWorks delivers maximum value and flexibility for customers worldwide. The 14.0 version of the HyperWorks suite offers many new functionalities in such areas as lightweight design, composites structures analysis, efficient modeling and meshing, multiphysics and multidisciplinary analysis, structural optimization and design exploration. HyperWorks comprises a suite of applications that includes HyperMesh®, HyperCrash®, OptiStruct®, RADIOSS®, HyperView®, HyperView Player®, HyperStudy®, HyperGraph®, MotionView®, MotionSolve®, HyperForm®, HyperXtrude®, Process Manager™, Templex™, MediaView™, BatchMesher™, TextView™, TableView™, HyperMath®, Manufacturing Solutions™, HyperWeld®, HyperMold®, solidThinking Evolve®, solidThinking Inspire®, Durability Director™, Suspension Director™, AcuSolve®, and AcuConsole®, SimLab®, FEKO, and Virtual Wind Tunnel™, providing modeling and assembly, robust design and optimization, design analysis, visualization and reporting, virtual manufacturing, and automation and data management. HyperWorks 14.0 licensing is based on HyperWorks Units (HWUs). HyperWorks unit licenses are server licenses. Customers can launch any application within the HyperWorks suite as long as there are sufficient HyperWorks units to grant the license check out. To invoke HyperWorks 14.0 applications, after completing the HyperWorks 14.0 installation, you need to point the applications to an activated Altair License Manager or a valid node stand-alone license by setting the proper environment variable. The HyperWorks 14.0 package does not include the license package that sets up the Altair License Manager. Download the Altair license package from Altair web site and follow the Altair® License Management System 12.2 Installation and Operation Guide to install and activate the Altair License Manager properly. In some cases, Altair provides “feature” based licenses, which allow a particular application to run as long as the feature exists in the license file. A feature license is a standalone license that does not consume HyperWorks units. Questions regarding the software and license installation may be directed to Altair Support. See the Contact page for further contact information.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 3. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(7) Conventions Used in this Guide This guide uses the following conventions: Bold Italic. All commands from the user interface. Options, menus, buttons, and dialog box names are bolded, but not italicized. Example: On the Welcome screen, click Next.. Courier. The path of a program or folder; a web address; a file name or component; text that the user is expected to enter. Example: The default path is C:\Program Files\hw14.0.. Italic. For emphasis or for introducing a new term; for names of topics (headings) within this guide. Example: See Minimum Requirements for more details.. Warnings and notes pertaining to the installation appear in boxes as in the following..  !. Important notes appear in these boxes. These messages are informational.. Warnings appear in these boxes. Their content is designed to prevent serious installation problems.. Questions regarding the software and license installation may be directed to Altair Support. See the Contact page for further contact information.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 4. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(8) Altair Support Forum In addition to many other useful features, the Altair Client Center now offers an exciting new online message board system called Altair Support Forum. This message board is open to all HyperWorks users, allowing you to share information with, and gain insight from engineering professionals around the world as well as Altair staff. Access the Altair Support Forum now by visiting forum.altairhyperworks.com.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 5. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(9) HyperWorks 14.0 Software and Hardware Release Notes HyperWorks® is a comprehensive simulation platform for rapid design exploration and decisionmaking. HyperWorks provides a tightly integrated suite of best-in-class tools for all facets of the simulation process: modeling, analysis, optimization, visualization, reporting and collaborative simulation management. Leveraging a revolutionary pay-per-usage licensing model, HyperWorks delivers maximum value and flexibility for customers worldwide. The 14.0 version of the HyperWorks suite offers many new functionalities in such areas as lightweight design, composites structures analysis, efficient modeling and meshing, multiphysics and multidisciplinary analysis, structural optimization and design exploration. Various changes have been made to the HyperWorks 14.0 software package including the HyperWorks products, hardware support, installation, and invoking process. Changes to the Altair Licensing System are detailed in the Altair HyperWorks Licensing Release Notes.. Hardware Platforms Operation system additions Support for the following platforms has been added: •. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64). •. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 64-bit (x86_64). •. Mac OS X 10.9 64-bit (x86_64). Discontinued hardware platform support systems Support for the following platforms has been dropped across all HyperWorks applications: •. Windows Vista 64-bit (x86_64). •. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2 64-bit (x86_64). •. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SP2 (x86_64). •. Mac OS X 10.8 64-bit (x86_64). Installation HyperWorks 14.0 suite contains several independent product packages. This gives you the flexibility to download desired packages as needed. Any HyperWorks 14.0 standalone SA update package can be installed either on top of an existing 14.0 installation, or can be installed independently without the prerequisite of a 14.0 base. Multiple product SA updates can now be installed concurrently with or without the 14.0 base. HyperWorks 14.0 installer brings the robust capabilities and features of the HyperWorks 13.0 installer as well as the additional support for the HotFix update installation. The HotFix installers are quick patch HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 6. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(10) type installers that are used to install on top of a prerequisite base installation, unlike the other full installers. These are marked with the word “hotfix” in the installer name and include the quick fixes and features to better suit your needs. Installation and packaging •. Added Altair digital signature to the Windows HyperWorks packages. •. Added support for HotFix (quick patch) update installation. •. Added HyperXtrude product for Windows. •. Added FEKO products for Windows and Linux. Installation/uninstallation •. Upgraded the HyperWorks installers to the InstallAnywhere 2014 SP1 web installers. •. Improved the Linux console mode installation. •. Improved error logging when the master installer is used. •. Commonized MPI installation for AcuSolve, RADIOSS, OptiStruct, and FEKO. Invoking •. Added file associations for .hm, .mdl, and .mvw to open in HyperWorks Desktop.. •. Added thumbnail preview for .hm files.. •. Added better font size management for the HyperWorks Desktops applications, including HyperMesh under Linux and Mac OS X user environment where the default size is set to a 9 point font.. Resolved issues •. Fixed issues on Windows and Linux only where the Summary panel available disk space usage reported a “-0” on very large hard disks.. •. On Linux, when installing using the console mode, the Help Configuration prompt will no longer add another set of double quotes if the Back command is used.. •. On Linux, there are no longer duplicate installation bars when the Back command is used from the Summary panel.. •. On Linux during a console mode install, the installer will now allow users to go back past the Install Pick List panel.. •. Correct Linux and Mac OS X “read + execute” permissions of the sub installers when using the master installer.. •. When installing using the master installer, you can now cancel your installation at any time.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 7. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(11) Known limitations in HyperWorks Installer 14.0 •. In Mac OS X 10.9 and higher the installer will still report “-0” on the Summary panel due to a bug in InstallAnywhere 2014 SP1 under certain circumstances.. •. Using the Back option during an installer may not reset the installer variables correctly.. •. On Linux and Mac OS X, installing in a directory with spaces is not supported.. •. On Linux, during a console mode install, when using a response file output the Help Configuration in the file may not write out correctly.. •. If there is not enough TMP/TEMP space on the main drive (that is, C: under Windows), then the installer will prompt for the user to input to a new location. Some Java TMP/TEMP space will still try to go to the main drive even when selecting this new location.. •. When clicking on Cancel to stop an installation via the Master installer, the files that were already installed are not cleaned up, but the files in the TMP/TEMP folder are cleaned up. You will need to uninstall/delete the installed files from the chosen install folder manually if Cancel was used.. •. The HyperWorks installers do not support the use of the default InstallAnywhere installer.properties files. We request that a unique name is used when using a response file, (for example, installer_hw12.properties) and to use it with the ‘-f <path_to_file>/<filename>’ command line option.. •. For NETSETUP client installs, a UNC path must be used to get to the server installation path through Windows Explorer or Windows Network. Note, using mapped drive letters or variables is not currently supported in the installer.. •. With some versions of Gnome, there is a bug where the Linux icons are not placed in a hierarchy. Instead, they are placed in “Other” with a flat layout, meaning that all the icons appear at the same folder level in “Other.”. •. The installer does not run the Linux icon installation by default; the user must run the icon installer.. •. On Windows 8, desktop and Start Menu icons are blank for server and client installations. This can be resolved by changing the Windows File Explorer policy to “Allow the use of remote paths in file shortcut icons”.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 8. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(12) Software Additions and Changes New Applications FEKO FEKO is a powerful 3D simulation package intended for the analysis of a wide range of electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems. Applications include antenna design, antenna placement, microstrip antennas and circuits, dielectric media, scattering analysis, electromagnetic compatibility studies including cable harness modelling and many more. The solver provides a comprehensive set of powerful computational methods for electrically small to very large objects and also includes the efficient analysis of thin dielectric sheets, homogeneous or inhomogeneous/anisotropic dielectric bodies and planar stratified media. HyperXtrude 2015 HyperXtrude is a simulation tool developed to analyze and validate the design of extrusion dies and process. HyperXtrude enables production engineers to analyze material flow and heat transfer inside a die during extrusion to validate die designs which in turn helps reduce or eliminate costly and timeconsuming die trials. HyperXtrude® 2015 is a new CAD-based, easy to use interface for metal extrusion analysis. Users start with a 3D CAD model of die assembly and submit a run for analysis in just a few minutes. It supports analysis of standard features such as solid and hollow profiles, single and multi-hole dies, and direct and indirect extrusion.. Software Changes •. Added the FEKO installer. •. Added HyperXtrude installer. •. Added support for HotFix (quick patch) installers. •. Improved the Linux console mode installations. Hardware and Platform Changes •. Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 64-bit support. •. Added Mac OS X 10.9 64-bit support. •. Dropped Windows Vista (64-bit). •. Dropped Mac OS X 10.8 64-bit support. •. Dropped Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 64-bit. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 9. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(13) Installation Changes and Known Limitations HyperWorks 14.0 brings with it the robust capabilities and features of HyperWorks Installer 13.0 as well as the additional support for HotFix installers. These HotFix installers are quick patch type installers that are used to install on top of a prerequisite base installation, unlike the other full installers. These are marked with the word “hotfix” in the installer name and bring with them the quick fixes and features to better suit your needs.. Installation/Uninstallation •. Upgraded the HyperWorks installers to the InstallAnywhere 2014 SP1 web install. •. Fixed some grammatical text errors and some installer bugs in the Linux console mode installers. Invoking •. Added Linux launch icons to HyperWorks applications. •. Added better version information to the shortcuts for the Windows 8.1 Start Menu and Metro style Tiles Menu. •. Added better font size management for the HyperWorks Desktops applications including HyperMesh under a Linux and Mac OS X user environment where the default size is set to a 9 point font instead of using a pixel font size. Resolved Issues in HyperWorks Master Installer 14.0. •. Added Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 support. HyperWorks only officially supports Windows 8.1.. •. Improved error logging when the master installer is used.. •. Improved the Linux console mode installations.. •. On Linux during a console mode install, the installer will now allow users to go back past the Install Pick List panel.. •. Fixed issues only on Windows and Linux platforms where the Summary Panel disk space usage reported a “-0” on very large hard disks (still an issue on Mac OS X).. •. On Linux, when installing using the console mode, the Help Configuration prompt will no longer add another set of double quotes on the user-defined path to installed help if the back command is used.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 10. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(14) •. On Linux, there are no longer duplicate progress install bars when the back command is used from the Summary Panel.. •. Correct Linux and Mac OS X “read + execute” permissions of the sub installers are set when using the master installer.. Known Limitations in HyperWorks Installer 14.0 •. In Mac OS X 10.9 and higher the installer will still report “-0” on the Summary Panel due to a bug in InstallAnywhere 2014 SP1.. •. Using the Back option during an installer may not reset the installer variables correctly if changes are made and the install session is continued.. •. On Linux and Mac OS X, installing in a directory with spaces is not supported.. •. On Linux, during a console mode install, when using a response file output command -r the Help Configuration in the response file may not write out correctly.. •. If there is not enough TMP/TEMP space on the main drive (for example, C: under Windows), then the installer will prompt for user input to a new location. Some Java TMP/TEMP space will still try to go to the main drive even when selecting this new location.. •. When clicking on the Cancel button to stop an installation via the Master installer does not clean up the already installed files, but does clean up the files in the TMP/TEMP folder. You will need to uninstall/delete the installed files from the chosen install folder manually if Cancel was used.. •. When clicking on the Cancel button to stop an installation the Add/Remove uninstaller icon may no longer function correctly and manual removal of the installed files would be necessary.. •. The HyperWorks installers do not support the use of the default InstallAnywhere installer.properties files. We request that a unique name is used when using a response file; for example, installer_hw14.properties, and to use it with the -f <path_to_file>/<filename> command line option.. •. For NETSETUP client installs from a server installation location of HyperWorks, a UNC path must be used to get to the Server installation path through Windows Explorer or Windows Network. Note, using mapped drive letters or variables is not currently supported in the client installer NETSETUP.. •. On Linux and Mac OS X there is an issue with using the Master installer with the variable – DIATEMPDIR to a custom temporary directory location. All sub-installers will try to use /tmp from the machine running the installers for temporary installer files.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 11. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(15) Chapter 1: Preparing to Install HyperWorks This chapter summarizes the items required and procedures needed to install and successfully run HyperWorks applications on supported platforms. Please reference the HyperWorks 14.0 Platform Support documentation for operating systems and minimum requirement considerations and the Hardware Recommendations and Certifications document for further hardware inquiries. The general procedures are: •. Install and activate an Altair 12.2 (or higher, using the latest version is recommended) License Manager if one does not already exist.. •. Install HyperWorks 14.0 on the designated machine(s).. •. Set an environment variable that points the HyperWorks 14.0 application to an activated and running Altair license server.. •. Set up HyperWorks online help if needed.. •. The software to install Altair License Manager is a separate package from the HyperWorks 14.0 application packages. Download the Altair license package from the Altair web site and follow the Altair® License Management System version 12.2 Installation and Operation Guide to install and start the Altair License Manager properly.. What you need: •. HyperWorks 14.0 and, Altair License Manager software, delivered from Altair in USB/DVD format or HyperWorks 14.0 image packages downloaded from the Altair web site (www.altairhyperworks.com) or Altair Connect.. •. A USB compatible input port on the machine or a DVD compatible drive.. •. Access to an activated and running HyperWorks 14.0 license server.. •. A compatible machine that contains the minimum hardware/software requirements to run HyperWorks applications. Reference the Altair HyperWorks 14.0 Platform Support document for further details.. •. Sufficient disk space for install: Full suite of HyperWorks 14.0 applications and help files needs 4 GB of temp space. The temp files are removed after successful completion of an installation.. The information in this chapter regarding proper media and hardware requirements will help prepare users for a successful HyperWorks installation. Go to Chapter 2 for detailed information on installing HyperWorks 14.0 on various platforms.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 12. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(16) 1.1. Installation Media. The HyperWorks 14.0 software package you received from Altair includes a set of DVDs or a USB thumb drive containing HyperWorks 14.0, the Altair License Manager 12.2 and documentation. The software is also available for registered customers to download from the Altair web site through the Altair Client Center (http://www.altairhyperworks.com/clientcenter) or Altair Connect. Download the images for the platforms on which you expect to launch HyperWorks. There are nine packages required for a complete HyperWorks installation on Windows, seven for Linux and six for Mac OS X. Here is an example list of the master installer and product sub-installers for Windows: 1.. HyperWorks Master installer. 2.. HyperWorks Desktop. 3.. HyperWorks Solvers. 4.. AcuSolve. 5.. solidThinking (sTDesign). 6.. SimLab. 7.. Virtual Wind Tunnel (VWT). 8.. FEKO. 9.. HyperXtrude. 10. HyperWorks Desktop Help 11. HyperWorks Solver Help The two Help sub-installers together make up a complete HyperWorks 14.0 Help install.. 1.1a. USB Hardware Keys (License Dongles). Altair supports a subset of the available HOSTID values from X-Formation as well as hardware license dongles (USB keys) on some platforms. In order to use a dongle you must have a free/open USB port on the machine that will be your license server. If you have purchased a hardware dongle to use for licensing, you must obtain the dongle ID via the software before requesting your license file. Hardware dongles are supported on the following platforms: •. Windows. •. OS X. •. Linux x86 (IA64 and X64 not available). HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 13. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(17) In order for the dongle to function properly, you must first install the correct drivers for your platform. These drives are available from Aladdin, the manufacturer of the key. Download and install the driver according the directions available at the following URL: http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.aspx Once the driver is installed and the dongle is in place, use the almutil –hostid command to query for all the HOSTIDs on the machine and report the dongle HOSTID.. 1.1b. Non-US Keyboards. HyperWorks ships with the keyboard configuration set for a US keyboard. Other countries (Germany, for example) use extended keyboards to generate native characters not present in the US ASCII character set. Use the following instructions for your operating system to install a local keyboard configuration. Windows 7 Follow these instructions to configure your non-US keyboard on Windows: 1.. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.. 2.. Select Region and Language.. 3.. Select the Keyboard and Languages tab.. 4.. Click Change keyboards and select the proper one from the drop-down list.. 5.. Click OK.. 6.. Click OK to close the dialog.. Windows 8/8.1 Follow these instructions to configure your non-US keyboard on Windows: 1.. Go to the Control Panel.. 2.. Select Clock, Language, and Region.. 3.. Select the Languages.. 4.. Select Advanced settings and select the proper one from the drop-down list.. 5.. Click Save.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 14. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(18) Chapter 2: Installing HyperWorks. . You should not mix installers of different major release versions, for example – 14.0 with 13.0 installers, updates and hotfixes. Placing the major installer versions in separate folders prior to starting the installation will help alleviate issues and conflicts with versioning during installation.. Two procedures are necessary to enable HyperWorks. First, using the installation configuration you selected in Chapter 1 as a guide, install the HyperWorks software on your machine(s). Secondly, you must be able to point to an activated license server that allows HyperWorks applications to draw license units. Details of installing and activating the Altair License Manager are described in the Altair® License Management System 12.2 Installation and Operation Guide. To perform a full HyperWorks installation, make sure you have downloaded all the files from the Altair web site before you start the installation or have the USB/DVD HyperWorks media at hand. HyperWorks 14.0 can be installed via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode, silent mode, or console mode. The following sections describe how to install the software via the GUI, console and silent mode methods. The HyperWorks 14.0 Help is a browser-based HTML system that uses ActiveX on Windows and Java Script on Linux and Mac OS X. It can be installed with the applications or installed alone behaving as an online help server. For Help network server installations make sure to have the Help UNC or network path prior to running the installer. You will be prompted for this information during the install.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 15. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(19) 2.1 2.1a. Installing HyperWorks: Local Install Installation Files. HyperWorks 14.0 still has the ability to install the individual product installers separately from one another, also referenced as sub-installers in this document, while also giving you an option to install all of them at once via the Master installer in a batch-like mode (recommended). The Windows installers have added the Altair Engineering, Inc. digital signatures for enhanced security. Reference Table 1.0 below for specific file names and details on the product groups per individual subinstallers. The HyperWorks Master installer, for example hw14.0_win64.exe for Windows, is a quick and easy setup installer allowing for various combinations of the independent sub-installers to be installed at one time. It is done without the need to wait for all the packages to extract prior to setting up the installation, which should allow for a quick setup to install a complete HyperWorks 14.0 installation. Using the Master installer is the recommended method for installing HyperWorks 14.0 products. On the Mac OS X, there are two distinct file types per installer because of limitations in InstallAnywhere implementations - a zip format and a bin format. The zip format is to be used for GUI type installs (which actually extracts via Finder archive utility to an app installer format). The bin format is used when launching the installer(s) from the command line. The bin format is also the format used for the sub-installers in a Master installer set up on the Mac OS X. An example of a complete HyperWorks 14.0 install (including Help Files) on Mac OS X using the Master GUI installer would require the following files to be downloaded and residing in the same directory: •. hw14.0_macosx64.zip (Master Installer – GUI used to setup the install). •. hwdesktop14.0_macosx64.bin. •. hwsolvers14.0_macosx64.bin. •. sTDesign2016_<build>_hw14.0_macosx64.bin. •. hwdesktophelp14.0_macosx64.bin. •. hwsolvershelp14.0_macosx64.bin. Table 1.0 - HyperWorks 14.0 Installer File Names Files in brackets [] are to be used in combination with the Master installer or command line installation method on Mac OS X: hw14.0_win64.exe hw14.0_linux64.bin hw14.0_macosx64.zip. Master installer is used to setup and install the separate individual HyperWorks installers in one pass. Can customize the selection of the installed products or can run it to install all product installers at once.. [hw14.0_macosx64.bin] acusolve14.0_win64.exe. Installer of the AcuSolve suite of products.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 16. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(20) acusolve14.0_linux64.bin Installer of the HyperWorks Desktop suite of products. (includes most GUI applications, such as HyperView, HyperMesh, HyperGraph, HyperStudy, HyperMath, and so on).. hwdesktop14.0_win64.exe hwdesktop14.0_linux64.bin hwdesktop14.0_macosx64.zip [hwdesktop14.0_macosx64.bin]. Installer of the HyperWorks Solver suite of products (includes RADIOSS, OptiStruct, MotionSolve, and so on).. hwsolvers14.0_win64.exe hwsolvers14.0_linux64.bin hwsolvers14.0_macosx64.zip [hwsolvers14.0_macosx64.bin]. Installer of the HyperWorks Desktop Help content.. hwdesktophelp14.0_win64.exe hwdesktophelp14.0_linux64.bin [hwdesktophelp14.0_macosx64.bin]. Installer of the HyperWorks Solver Help content.. hwsolvershelp14.0_win64.exe hwsolvershelp14.0_linux64.bin [hwsolvershelp14.0_macosx64.bin]. Installer for FEKO GUI and solver products. hwfeko14.0_win64.exe hwfeko14.0_linux64.bin. HyperXtrude2015.1<build>hw14.0_win6 Installer for HyperXtrude 2015. 4.exe Where <build> is the build version number; for example, HyperXtrude2015.1_1362_hw14.0_win64.exe. Installer of SimLab product.. SimLab13.3_hw14.0_win64.exe SimLab13.2_hw14.0_linux64.bin SimLab14.0_win64.exe SimLab14.0_linux64.bin. sTDesign2016_<build>_hw14.0_win64.e Installer of the solidThinking 2014 product suite (includes xe Inspire and Evolve) sTDesign2016_<build>_hw14.0_macosx6 Where <build> is the build version number; for example, 4.zip sTDesign2016_5384_hw14.0_win64.exe. [sTDesign2016_<build>_hw14.0_macosx 64.bin] vwt13.1_<build>_hw14.0_win64.exe. Installer for the Virtual Wind Tunnel product. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 17. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(21) Where <build> is the build version number; for example, vwt13.1_1270_hw14.0_win64.exe.. To install Help along with the application, download and place the Help files sub-installers hwdesktophelp and hwsolvershelp files, which are executable files on Windows and bin file types on Mac OS X and Linux, in the same residing directory as the HyperWorks Master installer. Help files contain the help and tutorial model files. The user has the option to select and install complete Help and tutorials or a combination of the two options.. 2.1b. Installing via Graphical User Interface (GUI) Mode. This section describes how to install the HyperWorks application. Complete the following steps to extract and install the software. 1.. Log in to the machine on which the software is to be installed then insert the USB/DVD, or place the downloaded files in a temporary directory. Below is an example of a directory with all the required sub-installers for a complete HyperWorks 14.0 installation on a Windows 64-bit platform, highlighting the master installer:. . For a base Help Files install both the hwdesktophelp and hwsolvershelp sub-installers will need to be installed together using the Master installer. For Manufacturing Solutions or Engineering Solutions to be installed, the Master installer will have to be used together with the hwdesktop and hwsolvers sub-installers.. . Please make sure that the downloaded files have “read + execute” permissions before continuing with an installation. On Windows, use Windows Explorer file properties to change the permissions. On Linux/Mac OS X systems use the “chmod 755” command to make these changes.. Windows Installation 1.. Double-click the hw14.0_win64.exe Master installer executable file to start the installer.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 18. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(22) 2.. If UAC (User Account Control) is enabled, then a prompt displays showing the Altair Engineering, Inc. digital signature for elevated permissions. Click Yes to continue with installer.. 3.. The multi-language selector prompt displays. Select the proper locale and click OK. The default locale setting is specific to the install machine regional settings. The language selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the HyperWorks product language settings. Altair HyperWorks products are in English.. 4.. In the Introduction panel, click Next.. 5.. The Sub-Installer List of installers picked up in the same residing directory as the Master installer will now be listed. Verify the list to make sure that the packages you wish to setup for installing are presently available and registered within the Master installer. Click Next.. 6.. In the Copyright panel, click Next. The Choose Installation Type panel displays.. 7.. Choose Local install or Server install and click Next. The Choose Install Folder panel displays.. 8.. Choose the HyperWorks install directory and click Next.. 9.. Note:. The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;. Note:. Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:\. In the Change Shortcut Folder (Local) panel, choose a Start Menu name for the HyperWorks install and select whether desktop shortcuts should be created. Click Next. The Choose Install Set panel displays.. 10. Choose the products you wish to select. Products which do not have sub-installer present or were not picked up by the Master installer are listed as (Unavailable) and are not available to be installed. Click Next. Note:. Manufacturing Solutions and Engineering Solutions require both the hwdesktop and hwsolvers sub-installers to be present. The Help Files also require both the hwdesktophelp and hwsolvershelp sub-installers to be present.. If Help was not selected to be installed or is not present: A.. Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path, to where the Help was installed to create the product link.. B.. Connect to Altair website Help: This will allow the products to connect to the Altair website Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 19. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(23) C.. Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.. 11. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk space requirements. Click Install to continue. Install times are machine hardware dependent. Anti-virus software may lengthen the install times. The HyperWorks sub-installer and Master installer may need to be allowed through any third party firewalls or virus scanning software in order to not be prompted during install time to allow them access to be installed. 12. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.. Linux Installation HyperWorks install directories with spaces are not supported on Linux. 1.. Run the BASH ‘sh’ command on the installer binary.. 2.. Select the proper locale and click OK. The default locale setting is specific to the install machine regional settings. The language selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the HyperWorks product language settings. Altair HyperWorks products are in English.. 3.. In the Introduction panel, click Next.. 4.. The Sub-Installer List of installers picked up in the same residing directory as the Master installer will now be listed. Verify the list to make sure that the packages you wish to setup for installing are presently available and registered within the Master installer. Click Next.. 5.. In the Copyright panel, click Next. The Choose Install Folder panel displays.. 6.. Choose the HyperWorks install directory and click Next. Note: The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ; Note: Installing to a root drive is not permitted. 7.. Click Next. The Choose Install Set panel displays.. 8.. Choose the products you wish to select. Products that do not have a sub-installer present or are not picked up by the Master installer are listed as (Unavailable) and are not be available to be installed. Click Next. Note:. Manufacturing Solutions and Engineering Solutions require both the hwdesktop and hwsolvers sub-installers to be present. The Help Files also requires both the hwdesktophelp and hwsolvershelp sub-installers to be present.. If Help was not selected to be installed or is not present: A.. Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path, to where the Help was installed to create the product link. You must also specify the path to the browser.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 20. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(24) B.. Connect to Altair website Help: This will allow the products to connect to the Altair website Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality. You must also specify the path to the browser.. C.. Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.. 11. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk space requirements. Click Install to continue. Install times are machine hardware dependent. Anti-virus software may lengthen the install times. The HyperWorks sub-installer and Master installer may need to be allowed through any third party firewalls or virus scanning software in order to not be prompted during install time to allow them access to be installed. 12. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.. Mac OS X Installation Note: •. If using the HyperWorks Master installer, remember to copy all the bin file type format subinstallers to the same residing directory as the master installer prior to running the installer. The Master installer will pick up the appropriate bin sub-installers to run. The HyperWorks Master installer does not work with the zip format sub-installers, only the bin format subinstallers.. •. HyperWorks install directories with spaces are not supported on Mac OS X.. •. The Mac OS X Gatekeeper setting under Security and Privacy preferences may need to be changed to Anywhere in order to run the HyperWorks installers downloaded from the Altair web site.. 1.. Under Finder, double-click the zip file to extract the installer app file contents.. 2.. Once extracted, double-click the app file.. 3.. Select the proper locale and click OK. The default locale setting is specific to the install machine regional settings. The language selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the HyperWorks product language settings. Altair HyperWorks products are in English.. 4.. In the Introduction panel, click Next.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 21. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(25) 5.. The Sub-Installer List of installers picked up in the same residing directory as the Master installer will now be listed. Verify the list to make sure that the packages you wish to setup for installing are presently available and registered within the Master installer. Click Next.. 6.. In the Copyright panel, click Next. The Choose Installation Folder panel displays.. 7.. Choose the HyperWorks install directory and click Next.. 8.. Note:. The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;. Note:. Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:\ or “/” under Mac/Linux. Choose the products you wish to select. Products that do not have a sub-installer present or are not picked up by the Master installer are listed as (Unavailable) and are not be available to be installed. Click Next. Note:. Manufacturing Solutions and Engineering Solutions require both the hwdesktop and hwsolvers sub-installers to be present. The Help Files also requires both the hwdesktophelp and hwsolvershelp sub-installers to be present.. If Help was not selected to be installed or is not present:. 9.. A.. Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path, to where the Help was installed to create the product link.. B.. Connect to Altair website Help: This will allow the products to connect to the Altair website Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.. C.. Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk space requirements. Click Install to continue. Install times are machine hardware dependent. Anti-virus software may lengthen the install times. The HyperWorks sub-installer and Master installer may need to be allowed through any third party firewalls or virus scanning software in order to not be prompted during install time to allow them access to be installed.. 10. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.. 2.1c. Uninstalling the HyperWorks Products. Windows Uninstall 1.. The HyperWorks uninstaller will only Remove All files from the install. Please note that any modified files or added files, like the altair_lic.dat file, will also be removed from within that particular install location. Backup any and all files you wish to save prior to running the uninstaller. There is no partial uninstaller available.. 2.. Select either: a. The Start Menu for HyperWorks and run Tools > Uninstall_HyperWorksMasterInstaller14.0 b. The Add/Remove or Uninstall a Program panel under Control Panel to launch the HyperWorks uninstaller (Altair HyperWorks Master Installer 14.0). HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 22. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(26) 3.. Select the Removal option, for example:. Windows Silent Uninstalls Using a Response File Silent uninstalls for HyperWorks only allows for complete uninstalls of the products, this includes all folders, directories and files of the HyperWorks install. 1.. Backup any important files before proceeding with a silent uninstall.. 2.. A response file is necessary for using the silent uninstall capabilities. Create a response file adding the following three variables within it and save it as hw14_silent_uninstaller.properties. INSTALLER_UI=silent FEATURE_UNINSTALL=COMPLETE INSTALL_CLEANUP_ALL=1. 3.. Open a command prompt (Administrative elevation is recommended to bypass any User Account Control prompts as shown in image below):. 4.. Run the HyperWorks Uninstaller executable with the hw15_silent_uninstaller.properties file using the syntax in the example below (where <INSTALL_PATH> is the path used to install HyperWorks and <RESPONSE_PATH> is the path where the response file resides): C:\<INSTALL_PATH>\14.0\uninstalls\Uninstall_HyperWorksMasterInstaller14.0\Uninstall _HyperWorksMasterInstaller14.0.exe” –f C:\<RESPONSE_PATH>\hw14_silent_uninstaller.properties. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 23. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(27) This will remove the HyperWorks install completely in silent mode.. . solidThinking Evolve and Inspire will be removed from the Start Menu and install location but its Desktop Shortcuts, if any, may remain and need to be manually deleted. See Appendix C, D and E for detailed instructions on installing HyperWorks via GUI mode. Linux Uninstall 1.. Run the command rm –Rf install_directory to uninstall the product, where install_directory is where the HyperWorks installation you would like to remove resides.. Mac OS X Uninstall 1.. Move the Install directory of HyperWorks 14.0 into the trash.. 2.1d. Registering the HyperView Player Plugin. The HyperView Player plugin for Microsoft Office documents and Internet Explorer is installed and registered by default with the HyperView Player installation. In case of multiple HyperView/HyperView Player installations, the user may need to manually register the latest HyperView Player plugin following the steps below. 1.. Navigate to Start > All Programs > Altair HyperWorks 14.0 > Tools and click Register HVPControl. Note: Administrative elevation is needed for this action (right-click and “Run as administrator”). 2.. Invoke the currently installed HyperView Player found at <InstallDirectory>/hw/bin/win64/hvp.exe or the shortcut menu icon.. On Linux, please reference the web or local Help section for detailed information.. 2.1e. Installing via Console Mode. Console mode installations mimic the default Graphical User Interface steps provided by the HyperWorks installer but use only the standard input and output. The advantage to console mode installation is that Linux users no longer need X-windows (X11) to run the installer. Console mode allows for text to be output to the console terminal line-by-line. It does not allow for any formatting, clearing of the screen, or positioning of the cursor. To trigger a console mode installer from the command line, append the following command parameter to the installer: -i console.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 24. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(28) For an example console mode install call, hw14.0_linux64.bin –i console The Linux console mode is only supported on the HyperWorks Linux installers. Just follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation. See Appendix F for details on installing HyperWorks via console mode on Linux.. 2.1f. Installing via Silent Mode. Silent mode enables the installer to run without any user interaction. A near-silent mode is possible on Windows and Mac OS X.. . On Mac OS X the silent mode can only be used with the bin file type sub-installer.. InstallAnywhere and HyperWorks end-user-defined variables may be set through command line parameters or a properties response file. Response files are created and used in silent mode since there is no end user interaction. The installer runs either on the defaults provided by the installer package or by providing a response file from which the installer retrieves the values for various InstallAnywhere and HyperWorks variables used to control the install. The installer automatically checks the residing directory for a file called installer.properties, however, this file name and type is NOT supported by the HyperWorks installers and cannot reside in the same folder as our installs. The response file will need a unique name in order to work properly with the HyperWorks installers, example, hw14_installer.properties, will work with the HyperWorks installer. You can generate a response file from the installer by running through the installer with the following command line syntax: -r "[FullPath]\hw14_installer.properties". The file will get created once the installer is complete. To trigger a silent installer from the command line, type the following: [InstallerName] –i silent You may also call a properties response file from the command line by typing: [InstallerName] –i silent –f “[FullPath]\hw14_installer.properties” An example of running a silent install using a properties response file located in C:\ResponseFiles called hw14_installer.properties on Windows 64-bit: hw14.0_win64.exe –i silent –f "C:\ResponseFiles\hw14_installer.properties" NOTE: Use quotes around any directory and pathnames that may contain spaces.. 2.1g. Response Files. Response files are used with the silent mode installers to give the default values of an install. The files contain text in a simple key=value format. An example of a properties response file is shown below: HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 25. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(29) #Choose Installation Type #-----------------------LOCAL_INSTALLATION=1 SERVER_INSTALLATION=0. #Choose Install Folder #--------------------USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program Files\\Altair\\14.0. #Change Shortcut Folder (Local) #-----------------------------SET_START_MENU_FOLDER=Altair HyperWorks 14.0 INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=0 DONOT_INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=1 CREATE_HWD_FA=1 DONOT_CREATE_HWD_FA=0 CREATETHUMBNAILSCHKD=1. #Choose Install Set #-----------------CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=HW,DKTOP,HWD,HST,HWX,SLVR,MFS,ES,sT,AS,SL,VWT,HXTD,FEKO,HWFhelp,hel pHW,tutsHW CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=HW,DKTOP,HWD,HST,HWX,SLVR,MFS,ES,sT,AS,SL,VWT,HXTD,FEKO,HWF help,helpHW,tutsHW CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Custom. #Command Line Feature List #------------------------CL_CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=HW,DKTOP,HWD,HST,HWX,SLVR,MFS,ES,sT,AS,SL,VWT,HXTD,FEKO,HWFhelp, helpHW,tutsHW. The values in the response files are all referenced from user input taken from a HyperWorks install and used as default values toward future installs.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 26. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(30) For example, the INSTALLER_UI value in the above example is set to “silent”. This negates the need to use -i silent on the command line as a silent installer switch.. . The installer will use double backslashes “\\” on Windows platforms for the directory names and forward slash “/” on Mac OS X platforms. Spaces should not be used between the VARIABLE=VALUE statements in the response files. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 27. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(31) 2.2. Installing HyperWorks: Server/Client Installation. On Windows machines, the HyperWorks installation type can be either a server/client installation, or local installation. This section describes how to set up the client machine if a server type installation is chosen.. . Virtual Wind Tunnel, solidThinking (including Inspire and Evolve), HyperXtrude and FEKO are not available in the server type installs. Requirements for a NETSETUP client install include:. . a. Existence of an Altair HyperWorks network server install b. The UNC paths of the location of the HyperWorks network server installs (or use Networks on Windows 7/8.1 to get to the NETSETUP client installer directory). Note: The installer does not allow for the use of drive letter or mapped drive letter paths.. 2.2a. HyperWorks Client NETSETUP Installation in GUI Mode. This section describes the client NETSETUP of a HyperWorks network server install on Windows only. The NETSETUP supports the GUI and silent installations modes. The example below is shown for a GUI NETSETUP client Windows 7 64-bit install. 1.. Go to the HyperWorks network server install NETSETUP directory location and run the NETSETUP.bat file. (Note: a UNC path must be used when accessing the NETSETUP installer). a. Go to Networks. b. Click on the machine and install location of the HyperWorks server install. c. Go to the NETSETUP folder. d. Go to the win64 folder. e. Click on the NETSETUP.bat file.. 2.. A command prompt terminal window will be displayed showing that the installer is unpacking on the client machines. The locale language selection prompt will then be displayed. Select the locale language and click OK to continue.. 3.. The HyperWorks Install Desktop Shortcuts options panel is displayed. Make changes if needed and click Next to continue.. 4.. The HyperWorks Pre-Installation Summary panel is displayed. Review summary and click Install to complete the HyperWorks NETSETUP client install. This will create the appropriate Start Menu and Desktop Shortcuts on the client machine.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 28. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(32) 5.. Once it completes, click Done to exit the install wizard.. 2.2b. HyperWorks Client NETSETUP Installation in Silent Mode (Optional). Follow these steps to create a properties file for the client NETSETUP installer. This step only needs to be done once in order to establish the defaults for the installer. 1.. Go to the HyperWorks network server install NETSETUP directory location and run the NETSETUPproperties.bat file. (Note: a UNC path needs to be used when accessing the NETSETUP installer) a. Go to Networks. b. Click on the machine and install location of the HyperWorks server install. c. Go to the NETSETUP folder. d. Go to the win64 folder. e. Click on the NETSETUPproperties.bat file. 2.. A command prompt will be displayed to make sure the end user has write permissions to the NETSETUP network location, where the properties response file gets created. Type y and press ENTER to continue.. 3.. A command prompt terminal window will be displayed showing that the installer is unpacking on the client machines. The locale language selection prompt will then be displayed. Select the locale language and click OK.. 4.. The HyperWorks Install Desktop Shortcuts options panel is displayed. Make changes if needed and click Next.. 5.. The HyperWorks Pre-Installation Summary panel is displayed. Review summary and click Install to complete the HyperWorks NETSETUP client install. This will create the appropriate Start Menu and Desktop Shortcuts to the client machine.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 29. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(33) 6.. Once it completes, click Done to exit installer. The installer will now create a file under the NETSETUP platform folder called NETSETUP_installer.properties. This will be used for future client NETSETUP installs.. 7.. To run the silent NETSETUP installer on other machines using the selected defaults from the above setup, go to the NETETUP folder and click on the NETSETUPsilentinstall.bat file.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 30. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(34) 2.3. 2.3a. Connecting to the Altair License Management System About the Altair License Management System. The Altair License Management System (ALM) provides a common units-based licensing model for all Altair software related to CAE, on-demand computing, and business intelligence. This new system has been designed to enable HyperWorks Partner Products (selected third party products) to be licensed via HyperWorks Units as well. The Altair License Management System is comprised of two components: the License Server and the Usage Reporting System (URT). The license system is based on X-Formation's LM-X license server. The URT is a java application that reports anonymous transactional logs to Altair. As part of the license agreement that enables partner software to be used, product usage must be reported to Altair. Version 12.2 of the ALM is based on X-Formation’s LM-X license management system version 4.4.9.. 2.3b. Connecting to Altair License Manager (ALS). In order for applications to use the ALS, the environment variable, ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH, must point to the appropriate location. Multiple license paths are allowed and should be separated by a semicolon (;) on Windows and a colon (:) on Linux/Mac OS X. The proper format for a network license location is port@hostname. If you are using a local license file, simply set the value to the full pathname of the file. A few examples of license paths: On Windows: [email protected] ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@srv1;6200@srv2;6200@srv3 ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=c:\Program Files\Altair\Licensing12.2\altair_lic.dat On Linux: [email protected] ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@srv1:6200@srv2:6200@srv3 ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=/usr/local/altair/licensing12.2/altair_lic.dat For High Availability License (HAL) System and/or Multiple Servers setups, list the three servers in the order: primary; secondary; tertiary.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 31. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(35) On Mac OS X: [email protected] ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@srv1:6200@srv2:6200@srv3 ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=/usr/local/altair/licensing12.2/altair_lic.dat Under Mac OS X, HyperWorks will check for the ALM environment variable ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH in the following locations (in this order): 1. $HOME/.profile 2. $HOME/.bashrc 3. $HOME/.tcshrc 4. $HOME/.cshrc Where the $HOME represents the user’s home directory. Notice that these files are hidden files and the variable needs to be set according to the appropriate command for the SHELL in use. Examples of license paths: BASH shell (.profile, .bashrc): export [email protected] C shell (.tchsrc, .cshrc): setenv ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH [email protected]. 2.3c. Node-Locked License. For node-locked license (a license that is locked to a local machine), you can either place the license file in the <install_dir>/altair/security/ directory, or set the environment variable, ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH, to point to the appropriate location where the license file resides. The default name that Altair products use for this license file is altair_lic.dat.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 32. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(36) 2.4. Starting HyperWorks Applications. This section covers how to: •. Invoke a HyperWorks application. •. Start a HyperWorks application through batch mode. •. Establish shortcuts for starting applications. •. Obtain a list of arguments for an application. 2.4a. Invoke a HyperWorks Application on Linux or Mac OS X Terminal. All HyperWorks applications start by running the appropriate script from the <install_location>/altair/scripts directory. The scripts directory contains the launch procedure for each HyperWorks application and tools such as hvtrans. In addition, it contains the /invoke subdirectory where various sub-procedures used by the launch procedures are stored. The general start command to enter at the UNIX prompt is: <install_location>/altair/scripts/<script name> where <script name> is the script name associated with the particular application and the optional [file name] applies to the applications that require an input file when they start. For example, to start HyperMesh you would enter the following at the prompt: <install_location>/altair/scripts/hm The following scripts are used to launch HyperWorks applications: Command. Options. Descriptions. acusim. Launch AcuSolve Product environment. basicfea. Launch BasicFEA profile. blanknest. Launch BlankNesting. cadfeko. Launch CADFEKO. editfeko. Launch EDITFEKO. es_aerospace. Launch Engineering Solutions/Aerospace profile. es_basicfea. Launch Engineering Solutions/Aerospace profile. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 33. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(37) es_cfd. Launch Engineering Solutions/CFD. es_crash. Launch Engineering Solutions/Crash profile. es_droptest. Launch Engineering Solutions/Drop Test. es_nvh. Launch Engineering Solutions/NVH. feko_help. Launch FEKO help. feko_update. Launch command line FEKO updater. feko_updchecker_ gui. Launch GUI FEKO updater. hc. Launch HyperCrash. help (Linux only). Launch Help from command line. hfsolver. Launch Manufacturing Solutions/RADIOSS 1 Step. hg. Launch HyperGraph. hm. Launch HyperMesh. hmath. Launch HyperMath. hmathbatch. Launch HyperMath in batch mode. hmathserv. Launch HyperMath Results Visualization Services. hmbatch. -c<command filename> -tcl <file>. hmdesktop. hst. Launch HyperMesh using batch mode Launch HyperMesh client from HyperWorks Desktop. -studyfile= <filename>. hstbatch. Automatically read the file after launching HyperStudy Launch HyperStudy using batch mode. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 34. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(38) hv. Launch HyperView. hvp. Launch HyperView Player. hw_batchmesh. Launch the Batch Mesher user interface where you can interactively set up the required entries. hx. Launch HyperXtrude solver. mdl_batch. -c<session filename>. Launch MotionSolve using batch mode. mfs_forging. Launch Manufacturing Solutions/Forging application. mfs_hf. Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperForm application. mfs_hx. Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperXtrude application. mfs_hypermold. Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperMold application. mfs_hyperweld. Launch Manufacturing Solutions/HyperWeld application. mit. Launch Model Identification Tool. motionsolve. Launch MotionSolve. motionsolve_subro utine_builder. Launch MotionSolve Subroutine Builder tool. mview. Launch MotionView. optfeko. Launch OPTFEKO. optistruct. Launch OptiStruct. ossmooth. Launch OSSmooth. pmstudio. Launch Process Studio. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 35. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(39) postfeko. Launch POSTFEKO. prefeko. Launch PREFEKO. queuefeko_gui. Launch QUEUEFEKO. radioss. Launch RADIOSS. resmap. Launch HyperWorks Results Mapper. runfeko. Launch RUNFEKO. SimLab13.2. Launch SimLab. Simlab14.0 templex. Template.tpl <output>. Launch Templex. On Linux and Mac OS X running a Windowing Manger, the products can be invoked from an icon type shortcut by double clicking the icon of the product you wish to launch. On Linux, you will need to install the shortcut icons by using the script <install_location>/altair/LinuxMenu/install_menu.sh with the –i option to install or –u to uninstall the shortcut icons for that installation. On Mac OS X, the icons are created by default and can be found in the chosen installation directory (with the .app extension).. 2.4b. Obtain a List of Arguments for an Application on Linux. To obtain a list of arguments and their descriptions, add -help to the start command. For example, to obtain a list of arguments for HyperMesh, enter the following at the command prompt: <install_location>/altair/scripts/hm –help The application returns a list of the available arguments and what they do.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 36. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(40) 2.4c. Invoke a HyperWorks Application on Windows. The installation process creates a HyperWorks group available from the Start menu in Programs. The folder containing the applications receives a default name by the Altair HyperWorks installation wizard. Most applications can be started using the following instructions. The example below uses the default settings. 1.. Click Start and select Programs.. 2.. From the Programs menu click Altair HyperWorks 14.0.. 3.. Select from the list the name of the program you want to run.. 2.4d. Change the Default Working Directory on Windows. The default working directory specified by a HyperWorks application is C:\Users\[UserID]\Documents. Perform the following steps if you would like to change the default working directory. 1.. Click Start and select Programs.. 2.. From the Programs menu click Altair HyperWorks 14.0.. 3.. Open the current version of HyperWorks to see the available applications.. 4.. Right-click on the HyperWorks application for which you want to set the working directory.. 5.. From the menu, select Properties.. 6.. Select the Shortcut tab.. 7.. In the Start in text box, enter the explicit path name of the folder from which you want to run the HyperWorks application.. 8.. Click OK.. Your user files are created in the directory specified in Step 7. For example, if you had selected HyperMesh, the command.cmf and hmmenu.set would go to this directory. If you create a shortcut directly from the <install_location>\application\bin directory, the start in directory of the shortcut will be from that directory. We recommend that you change the start in path to: "%userprofile%\documents" or any directory you prefer.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 37. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(41) 2.5. Setting Up HyperWorks Help. The HyperWorks help system is a browser-based HTML help system. It can be installed with applications or installed alone on a server. This section describes how to set up and access HyperWorks help system. Help systems for AcuSolve, SimLab, solidThinking Inspire and Evolve, and Virtual Wind Tunnel are always installed on the local machine with applications.. 2.5a. Set up HyperWorks Help. The HyperWorks help system can be installed with applications or installed alone on a server. In order for the help to work properly from applications, you must set up a valid Internet browser and a valid path to the HyperWorks help installation if help is not installed with the application. Help can be installed via different ways: •. On a local machine along with the HyperWorks software. •. Pre-installed on a shared network location. •. Use Altair Website help.. In order for HyperWorks help to work properly, you must set up a valid browser on the machine from which the application is launched. For Windows and Mac, HyperWorks uses the default Windows (or Mac) browser. For Unix and Linux, the valid browser is set during the installation time. You can verify the browser setting stored in the hwhelp.cfg file. The hwhelp.cfg file is located in the <installation directory>/altair/ directory on Linux/Mac, and the top-level installation directory on Windows. If Help is pre-installed on a shared network location, the information will be stored in the hwhelp.cfg file as well. A typical hwhelp.cfg file should contain the following information: HW_MSG_BROWSER /usr/bin/firefox HW_MSG_HELP <install_dir>/altair/help If HW_MSG_HELP is not set in the hwhelp.cfg file, HyperWorks application will connect to the Altair web site help automatically.. . The help server on UNIX platforms does not support tilde (~) completion of paths. Please make sure that you use the full path for the items HW_MSG_HELP and HW_MSG_BROWSER if you set them as environment variables or in hwhelp.cfg. (for example, use /path/to/help_user/my_help instead of ~help_user/my_help).. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 38. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

(42) 2.5b. Start Help from the Application Help Menu. The steps to start help from application Help menu are similar for most applications. 1.. Set up the browser and help environment before starting the application as described above.. 2.. Start the application.. 3.. Click the Help drop-down list and choose the help for the selected application.. Once the online help has been launched, you can use the Index, Contents, or Search to locate the help for a specific topic. The context sensitive help works as well.. 2.5c. Start Help from the altair/scripts Directory (Linux Only). Each HyperWorks Help book can be invoked via command prompt by pointing to the altair/scripts/help script.. 2.5d. Help Installed on Server Type (Windows Only). If you have chosen Server setup type described in Section 2.1, each client is installed through NETSETUP as described in Section 2.2. HyperWorks applications will be available from the Start menu. If both the HyperWorks application and help are installed on the software server, help can be accessed on this client as long as a valid browser is installed on the client machine.. HyperWorks 14.0 Installation Guide. 39. Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering.

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