ANSYS Multiphysics Quickstart Guide

Acknowledging CMC Microsystems

If your research benefits from products and services provided by CMC Microsystems, please acknowledge
this support in any publications about your work. For more information, please visit: http://www.cmc.ca/en/
WhatWeOffer/AcknowledgeCMC.aspx.

The following information will help you download, install, setup and use ANSYS with the CMC License
Management System.
Table of Contents

Prerequisites for Installing ANSYS with CMC License Management System on page 1
Setting up CADpass v3.0 for use with ANSYS on page 2
Obtaining the Software on page 3
Installing the Software on page 3
Setting up ANSYS License Files on page 4
Other Resources on page 4

Prerequisites for Installing ANSYS with CMC

License Management System
Please note that you must first meet the following criteria:
1. Must be registered with CMC Microsystems
1. Students and faculty can register with CMC at: https://www.cmc.ca/en/MyAccount/GetAccount.aspx?
ReturnUrl=/en/Search/SearchAll.aspx
2. Must have the appropriate level of subscription (Designer or Prototyping) if you are faculty, or belong to a
research group supervised by an appropriately subscribed faculty member.
1. Faculty can subscribe through the CMC subscription page at: Subscription | CMC Microsystems
3. Must have purchased an access token to the ANSYS Multiphysics tool:
1. NOTE: Only faculty can purchase access tokens through CMC at: https://www.cmc.ca/WhatWeOffer/
Products/CMC-00200-01752.aspx
4. All users of the ANSYS software must send their machine login name to CMC via CADactivate | CMC
Microsystems
1. The machine login name is the ID you use to login the computer you wish to run ANSYS on. It is
NOT your CMC account name.
2. If you plan to use multiple machines, your login name for EACH machine needs to be sent to CMC
Microsystems via CADactivate | CMC Microsystems
3. Machine names must NOT have any spaces in them

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4. You cannot use any general terms as the login name (your local machine login name must be
unique).
5. Any names containing the following are prohibited:
admin (or administrator)
cmcmgr
root
stcmgr
super
sysadm
user
owner
student
system

Setting up CADpass v3.0 for use with ANSYS

1. If CADpass V3 is not already installed, then install the latest version from CMC Portal at: http://www.cmc.ca/
whatweoffer/design/cadpass.aspx.
2. Start CADpass V3, and then login using your CMC login user name and password. An example is shown in
Figure 1.

Figure 1: CADpass v3.0 Login Window

3. If the dialog Install AppGate Local Forwarder appears to prompt you to install the tunnelling driver, click
Cancel; as shown in Figure 2.

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Figure 2: Dialog to Install AppGate Local Forwarder

3. When the CAD access window appears, double click the icon "ANSYS". You can also right click
and select Start. A message box appears, and a green check appears on the left of the icon.

Obtaining the Software

To obtain the latest ANSYS software from CMC Microsystems, proceed to the ANSYS download site at
ANSYS Multiphysics Downloads and choose the appropriate version for your system.

Installing the Software

1. Start CADpass v3.0 from http://www.cmc.ca/en/WhatWeOffer/Design/CADpass.aspx
1. Login to CADpass with your CMC username and password
2. Double click on the ANSYS License Access (note: NOT the ANSYS HFSS icon)
2. Download ANSYS 16.1 files
1. Should be two ISO files
3. Extract each ISO file into a separate folder
1. If you do not have an extract program on your PC, you can use 7zip utility which can be download
from here -> 7-Zip.
4. In first ISO folder, double click setup.exe
5. From the first main page, choose Install ANSYS Products
6. In the next window, read the software license agreement. If you agree, choose I Agree,
and then hit Next

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7. When you get to the Creo Parametric (Pro/ENGINEER) section, choose "Skip this step and configure
later"
1. Do the same for the Unigraphics NX, Solidworks, and Autodesk Inventor sections
8. During installation, you will be prompted for the second media folder. Input the directory
path for the second ISO folder, and choose Okay
9. Once installation is done, click Next to continue
10.The License Installation Configuration Log window will appear. Once done, choose Exit
1. If this is a new installation of ANSYS, you might be asked to setup your license file. See the "Setting
up ANSYS License Files" section below.
11.At the end of the installation, you will be asked to complete a survey. At this point, just click
Finish

Setting up ANSYS License Files

NOTE: Some of the CAD Tools require a secondary piece of software to be installed from the CADpass
v3.0 application. This is the IP Tunneling Driver and will be represented by the icon indicated in
Fig. 1. This is NOT necessary for the ANSYS tool, yet is important for some of the other tools. The
installation of this driver will also determine what information to use for the license file access. Please
note if the icon is visible to you. If so, then the driver is NOT installed.
1. To setup your ANSYS license, do the following:
1. Go to Start -> ANSYS 14.5 -> ANSYS Client Licensing -> Client ANSLIC_ADMIN Utility 14.5
2. At the ANSLIC_ADMIN Utility window, choose Specify the License Server Machine
3. Make sure the following settings are set by doing the following if the IP Tunneling Driver is NOT
installed:
1. If server localhost or is not listed, click Add Server Machine Specification
1. For the ANSYS Licensing Interconnect port number, use 2325
2. For the ANSYS Flexlm port number, use 6602
3. For the "Select number of license server machines" section, choose "1-server"
4. For the "Hostname 1"section, type in "localhost"
4. If the IP Tunneling Driver IS installed:
1. If server yukon or is not listed, click Add Server Machine Specification
1. For the ANSYS Licensing Interconnect port number, use 2325
2. For the ANSYS Flexlm port number, use 6602
3. For the "Select number of license server machines" section, choose "1-server"
4. For the "Hostname 1" section, type in "lmserver-4"

Other Resources

Quick start guides of other CAD tools

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