Windows Installation
optiSLang
Start the installation wizard and follow the instructions. After clicking "Next" choose user or
system wide installation. The installation for all users will require admin privileges.
The next form will set the installation directory. Standard settings are:
suggested location for all users: "Program Files"
suggested location for current user: %LOCALAPPDATA%
Select additional tasks as creating a desktop icon.
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Finish the installation after checking your setting by clicking "Install". "Cancel" will abort the
installation.
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The executable "optiSLangAddin.exe" and the documentation will be installed into this
directory. Depending libraries and the SLang executable are stored in the Addin directory of
the ANSYS Workbench installation.
Select all optiSLang tools that are supposed to be installed according to your ANSYS
Workbench version. Finish the installation after checking your setting by clicking "Install".
"Cancel" will abort the installation.
Linux Installation
optiSLang
Unpack the tarball optiSLang_version.tar.bz2 using the following steps.
1. Copy optiSLang_version.tar.bz2 into the desired installation directory.
2. Extract the archive: tar -xjf optiSLang_version.tar.bz2
Or extract the tarball directly to the desired installation directory:
> tar -xjf optiSLang_version.tar.bz2 -C [installation path]
A new folder optiSLang_4.0.6 was created. This folder contains the executable, examples,
tutorials, documentation and depending libraries.
For communication of optiSLang and optiSLang Inside ANSYS it's necessary to open the portrange 49690-49700 on for incoming and outgoing UDP and TCP connections.
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AWP_ROOT140=/
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Application Start
For installing the license and the licensing tools please read the Dynardo License Guide .
Now the installation is finished and the new programs can be started. To get a first impression
example projects and tutorials can be used. These can be opened via start menu. Click "start menu"
"Dynardo" "optiSLang (inside ANSYS Workbench)" "4.0.6" "Examples/Tutorials" .
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Windows
clicking on the optiSLang icon on your desktop (if checked on the "Additional Tasks" installer
page),
selecting optiSLang in the startmenu ("Dynardo" "optiSLang" "4.0.6" "optiSLang 4.0.6")
starting optiSLang in command line [batch mode]: [installation path]\optislang
Find the folders "examples" and "tutorials" in the following directories. For further
informations please read the example documentations "*.pdf" located at the same directory.
Windows 7:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Dynardo\optiSLang\4.0.6
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Dynardo\optiSLang\4.0.6
Linux
starting optiSLang in command line [batch mode]: [installation path]/optiSLang/
optislang
The examples and tutorials folder are located in the "optiSLang installation path".
Note: For Linux the installation of the graphviz package (dot, dotty) is necessary to enable good
graphical representation.
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Deinstallation
Windows
Open the overview of currently installed programs in the system control
Windows 7: system control Programs and Features
Windows XP: system control Software
Select optiSLang or optiSLang inside ANSYS
Run uninstall
The optiSLang folder and all other installed files will be removed from the installation directory.
Linux
optiSLang
Remove the [installation path]/optiSLang directory:
> rm -rf [installation path]/optiSLang
installation
path]/v145(v140)/Addins/Configuration/
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System Requirements
Windows XP / 7 - 32,64 bit
Linux RedHat 5.8 and higher
optiSLang and optiSLang inside ANSYS are not able to run using temporary profiles on windows
systems.
Those profiles arise when a user profile was created and then accessed only via remote desktop
protocol (RDP). To solve this problem, the user must log on the local systems once. After that
ordinary logon some new user infos where set and optiSLang and optiSLang inside ANSYS are
able to start on a remote desktop.
Remarks:
Deactivate "Automatic Updates" to prevent the system from automatic rebootes (in order to run
long analysis)
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Then click on the Save Service Button. In order to start the service immediately switch
to the Start/Stop/Reread tab, choose the newly created service and click on Start
Server. The current state can be checked by switching to the Server Status tab and
clicking on Perform Status Enquiry.
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After importing the license the vendor daemon properties - like location of executables or
port usage - can be configured.
If everything was successfully configured the vendor daemons should be in state Up. The
sc_ag daemon is only needed for optiSLang 3.2.1, the DYNARDO daemon for all other products
from Dynardo.
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in a terminal. Please see the Flexnet manual for the full list of options available for lmgrd and
lmutil.
Static vendor daemon port specification
In case you want to configure the ports of the client-server communication for some reason
(another flexLM license server, firewall, ...) you can add these information to the existing license
files:
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