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Application Installation Guide

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I. Introduction

As one of the most comprehensive CAE solutions in the industry, HyperWorks provides a tightly integrated suite of best-in-class tools for modeling, analysis, optimization, visualization, reporting, and performance data management. The HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition, an educational version of HyperWorks suite, is designed for students interested in modern design tools. This Student Edition contains HyperMesh, HyperView, HyperGraph, HyperView Player for pre and post processing, and RADIOSS and OptiStruct for finite element and structural optimization. This guide provides instructions for the installation and operation of the HyperWorks Student Edition on Windows platforms. The procedures for installation application, setting up the license, executing applications and uninstalling the software are explained. HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition uses InstallAnywhere 2010 as its installation tools.

II. Installation
1. Download the HyperWorks package, HW11.0-StudentEdition_win32.exe. You can install this package on Windows XP, Windows XP64, Vista64, and Windows 7 operating systems. 2. Double click the installer executable file to start the installer NOTE: If UAC (User Account Control Enabled) is enabled, a prompt will be displayed for elevated permissions. Click Yes to continue with installer. 3. The HyperWorks installer will now extract the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and the install modules to the TMP location of the machine. 4. The multi-language selector prompt will be displayed. Select the proper locale and click OK to continue. The default locale setting is specific to the install machine regional settings.

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The language selection only corresponds to the installer settings, not to the HyperWorks product language settings. Altair HyperWorks products are in English.

5. On the License Agreement page, accept the terms and click Next to continue.

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6. View the Student Edition Description page, and click Next to continue.

7. The Choose Install Folder panel is displayed. Choose the install path you would like and click Next to continue. The default path is C:\Program Files(x86)\Altair\11.0 for Windows.You can select any folder you wish except the root drive, example C:\.

The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ; Installing to a root drive is not permitted, example C:\

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8. The Choose Shortcut Folder panel is displayed. In this panel, you can decide if shortcuts should be created. Choose preferred options and click Next to continue.

9. The Pre-Installation Summary panel is displayed. Review selections and click install to continue.

Install times are machine hardware dependant. Anti-virus software may lengthen the install times.

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10. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.

III. Set up License

Altair HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition license is a node-locked license, that is, a license that is locked to a local machine. The default name that Altair products use for this license file is altair_lic.dat. There are two ways to set up the license once you have received it from the Altair Online Store. 1. Place the file in the <install_dir>\Altair\security\ directory, and rename it to altair_lic.dat. For example, save the file to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Altair\11.0\security\altair_lic.dat 2. Save the license file to a proper directory, then set the environment variable, ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH, pointing to the location where the license file resides. For example: ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH= c:\Program Files (x86)\Altair\11.0\security\altair_lic.dat

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IV.

Invoking HyperWorks Applications

The installation process creates a HyperWorks group available from the Start menu in Programs. The folder containing the applications is given a default name by the Altair HyperWorks installation wizard. Use the following instruction to start the HyperWorks applications: 1. Click Start and select Programs. 2. From the Programs menu click Altair HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition. 3. From the list, select the name of the program you want to run.

4. Click on HyperWorks to start the HyperWorks Desktop applications, with the HyperMesh client loaded as default. 5. In the HyperMesh client, there are three user profiles: Basic, RADIOSS, and OptiStruct. Choose and load the user profile you want to work on.

6. From within the Desktop application, HyperWorks application clients can be selected from the
Client Selector toolbar. The Client Selector button on the left-most end of the toolbar allows you to select HyperMesh, HyperView, HyperGraph 2D, MediaView, and TextView. The toolbars, view controls, and menu bars change based on the application you select.

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To change applications within the current window: a. Click the Client Selector icon . b. Select an application from the menu.

V. Uninstalling HyperWorks
1. Go to the Altair HyperWorks Start Menu item. a. Go to Start b. Go to All Programs 2. Go to where the Altair HyperWorks shortcuts are located; the default is Altair HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition. 3. Click on Tools. 4. Click on Admin Tools and select Uninstall_HyperWorks Student Edition 11.0 This will launch the uninstaller to remove the Altair HyperWorks install from the machine.

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5. Click on Next and choose the option you prefer.

6. Click on Uninstall to continue the uninstallation process.

7. Click on Done to complete and exit the unistallation window. Note: Files may be left behind in the installation directory after uninstaller completes (when using GUI Remove Original Install Files Only option). Manual removal of these files is required.

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Note: A false warning message may appear at the end of the uninstaller stating that a log file/folder could not be removed during the uninstall process. The file/folder will be removed a few moments after pressing the Done button within the message window.

VI. Known Issues and Limitations

1. ActiveXisrequiredforHelpsearchonWindows.

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