2. Installation Guide

2.1. Requirements

The ANSYS Composite Cure Simulation add-on requires a copy of ANSYS to be already installed. You will also need administrator rights to be able to install this add-on. Currently, the Workbench integration is only available for Microsoft Windows machines. The current release was successfully tested against the officially supported Windows OS.

2.2. Installation on Microsoft Windows OS

Download the installer from the ANSYS customer portal.

2.2.1. Graphical Installation

Double click on the installer to execute it and follow the steps as illustrated below. The installation should be performed with the system administrator rights. By default, ACCS is available with a reference material library. This library is automatically loaded into the installation folder and is seamlessly imported into the engineering data toolbox with the name Cure Simulation.

Fig. 2.1 Agree the Terms of Agreement and Click Next

Fig. 2.2 Click Next

Fig. 2.3 Choose the destination Folder and Click Next

Fig. 2.4 Choose the Folder where ANSYS is installed and Click Next

Fig. 2.5 Choose the components to install and Click Next

Fig. 2.6 Choose the folder for the Start Menu Shortcuts and Click Next

Fig. 2.7 Select if the extension should be automatically loaded for all users (unchecked by default) (present since 2022R2)

Fig. 2.8 Review the install settings and Click on Install

Fig. 2.9 The installation is in progress.

Fig. 2.10 Click on Finish to close the window

2.2.2. Silent installation

A silent install option is also available. Run the Installer with the /SILENT switch from within a console with administrative rights.

On Windows: > LMAT_ACCS-v2.8_WB23.2_INNO.exe /SILENT

If the user does not want to see any messageboxes, the /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES switch allows to remove them all.

To configure the installation directory, please use the /DIR="<path>" switch. It may include an “expand:” prefix which instructs Setup to expand any constants in the name.

To configure the Workbench root folder, please use the /AWPROOT="<path>" switch.

To configure the start menu shortcut directory, please use the /GROUP="<path>" switch. It may include an “expand:” prefix which instructs Setup to expand any constants in the name.

To configure via the types of install (full, custom, minimal), please use the /TYPE="<type name>"

To configure via the components to install (help, scriptingdemo), please use the /COMPONENTS="<comma separated list of component names>"

To configure via the additional tasks to execute (autoload), please use the /TASKS="<comma separated list of task names>"

It is also possible to specify a log file by adding to the previous command the following /LOG="<FILEPATH TO LOG FILE>"

On Windows, a complete example would be the following:

LMAT_ACCS-v2.8_WB23.2_INNO.exe /SILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES ^
   /DIR="%ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.8_WB23.2" ^
   /AWPROOT="%ProgramFiles%\ANSYS Inc\v232" ^
   /GROUP="ANSYS 2023 R2\ACCS v2.8" ^
   /TYPE="full" ^
   /COMPONENTS="help,scriptingdemo" ^
   /TASKS="autoload" ^
   /LOG="C:\Temp\LMAT_ACCS_v2.8_inst.log"

2.3. Post-install configuration

If the option to automatically load the extension for all users was unchecked during the installation process, each user has to manually load the extension. To do so, the user should open WorkBench, then to go to the Extensions menu, and finally select “Manage Extensions”. If the user right-clicks on the ACCS line, the following contextual menu will appear.

Fig. 2.11 Contextual menu of the the Extension Manager

The user can decide to load by default the ACCS extension (“Load as Defaut” item) so that every time they open WorkBench, ACCS will be directly available. Also, the extension can be loaded once with the “Load” item. Finally, the extension can be unloaded once with the “Unload” item.

Warning

2022R1 limitation: When the extension is unloaded, the token that was checked out when the ACCS was loaded is not release. The only option to release the token is to close WB and open it again.

Note

For releases 2022R1 and prior, if the users do not want to have the extension load by default, they should remove 1;ACCS;90932E6A-9319-4952-B00B-3B2857BEA465;ANSYS Composite Cure Simulation;wbex;2;8 from the Value attribute of the VALUE tag containing the ObjectName attribute with a value of ACT_DefaultExtensions in the file %AWP_ROOT232%commonfilesregistrywinx64ACTPreferences.xml for an installation on Microsoft Windows 64 bits. The modification requires administrator rights. The value for a default installation of ANSYS is illustrated below and more specifically in line 6.

<KEY ObjectName="PreferenceValues" RegObjectType="0">
   <VALUES>
      <VALUE ObjectName="ACT_AdditionalExtensionsFolders" Value="" ValueType="2" />
      <VALUE ObjectName="ACT_CopyExtensionOption" Value="NotCopied" ValueType="2" />
      <VALUE ObjectName="ACT_DebugMode" Value="False" ValueType="2" />
      <VALUE ObjectName="ACT_DefaultExtensions" Value="" ValueType="2" />
      <VALUE ObjectName="ACT_WizardJournaling" Value="False" ValueType="2" />
   </VALUES>
</KEY>

2.4. Uninstalling

2.4.1. Graphical uninstallation

Please run as an administrator the following file:

On Windows: > %ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.8_WB23.2\uninst000.exe

2.4.2. Silent uninstallation

A silent uninstall option is also available. Run the Uninstaller with the /SILENT switch from within a console with administrative rights.

On Windows: > %ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.8_WB23.2\uninst000.exe /SILENT

It is also possible to specify a log file by adding to the previous command the following /LOG="<FILEPATH TO LOG FILE>"

On Windows, a complete example would be the following:

%ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.8_WB23.2\uninst000.exe /SILENT ^
   /LOG="C:\Temp\LMAT_ACCS_v2.8_uninst.log"