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Installing Abaqus to run off the Central License Server
3/2/2016 This Abaqus release is obsolete and will only be available for download for a limited time. Please see the instructions for getting the
We have a shared pool of licenses (1000 analysis tokens, 70 CAE tokens), and at times you may need to wait for these to be freed up before you can run Abaqus.
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Requirements
This Abaqus installation procedure is only authorized for MIT student/faculty/staff users. It requires a 64 bit operating system (Windows or Linux). See
for more details.
You will not need to register with Simulia or download anything from their web site.
You will not need to update the annual license file, this is handled on the server.
Running Abaqus this way requires that you maintain network connectivity, and requires use of the
if you are off the MIT campus.
Switching an existing Abaqus installation to get licenses from the Central License Server
If you have machines where Abaqus is already installed and you want to get licenses from the Central License Server, you don't need to perform the installation steps below. You just need to edit the abaquslm_license_file parameter line in a local Abaqus environment file (abaqus_v6.env) as shown . This parameter is set in a line near the end of the environment file beginning with
abaquslm_license_file=
The default location for this file in release 6.14-3 is
C:\SIMULIA\Abaqus\6.14-3\SMA\site
for Windows
&parent_dir&/6.14-3/SMA/site
for Linux (where &parent_dir& is the Abaqus parent directory)
Abaqus Installation
You need to maintain network connectivity during installation and it you're off campus, you need to be running the VPN before you run the installers.
You will need the following items (access limited to students/faculty/staff):
This documentation and software is licensed under an academic license agreement between MIT and Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp. It may be used only by MIT students, faculty and staff (Authorized Users) for non-profit academic research and teaching. The right to use the materials for any other purpose, including commercial purposes, is expressly prohibited. Authorized Users must stop using the software and delete it (and any accompanying license key) from any non MIT-owned computers they have installed it on when they cease to be affiliated with MIT. By clicking on the links below, you agree that you are an Authorized User and that you will only use the software for the purposes listed above.
(Windows/Linux 64 bit)
(optional)
Installation of the Program Directory (abaqus_614r3_pdir.zip archive) is optional. Unzip it in some location &install_loc&. It contains release notes, system requirements and general information about the current Abaqus release. The starting point for browsing the information is
&install_loc&\SIM_Abaqus_PDir\1\default.htm (Windows)
&install_loc&/SIM_Abaqus_PDir/1/default.htm (Linux)
Windows installation
Please note that installation will require about 4.4 Gb temporarily/2.6 Gb permanently for the documentation, and 9.8 Gb temporarily/3.7 Gb permanently for the programs.
Windows documentation installation (should be installed first)
This should be installed first.
Unzip abaqus_614_doc.zip in a temporary location.
Run setup.exe in the DOC_SIMULIA_Abaqus.AllOS\1 folder.
After reading the license information, click Next.
Read the information on the following screen and click Next.
Read the Installation and Licensing Guide if desired, then click Next.
Select the type of installation, then click Next.
Enter a fully qualified hostname for your computer (add .mit.edu if necessary), then click Next.
Choose a web server option, then click Next.
Keep the default install location C:\SIMULIA, then click Next.
If a Windows Firewall alert pops up, set it to allow internet access for java.exe, review the installation information, then click Install.
If you opt for the built-in web server, the documentation starting URL will be http://&hostname&:, where &hostname& is the fully-qualified host name of your computer. The pdf documentation index is in C:\SIMULIA\Documentation\docs\v6.14\pdf_books\index.pdf.
Search may be broken if you use the Internet Explorer web browser.
Windows program installation
Unzip abaqus_614r3.zip in a temporary location.
Run setup.exe in the Sim_Abaqus.AllOS\1 folder.
After reading the license information, click Next.
Click OK to install the Microsoft runtime libraries.
Click Next on the next screen.
Read the Installation and Licensing Guide if desired, then click Next.
Select Abaqus Product for installation. Do not install the other options. Click Next.
Click OK to install the Microsoft HPC MPI Redistributable Pack if prompted for this.
Enter the information located
in the License server 1 dialog (leave the other entries blank), then click Next.
Enter the html documentation URL (default if installed with the built-in web server is http://&hostname&:), then click Next.
Keep the Abaqus parent directory default, C:\SIMULIA\Abaqus, then click Next.
Keep the default Abaqus working directory C:\Temp, then click Next.
Review the installation information, then click Install.
If a Windows Firewall alert pops up, set it to allow internet access for SMACkmCaeKerMod, click "Allow access"
If a Windows Firewall alert pops up, set it to allow internet access for SMAEliLicensing, click "Allow access"
Review installation verification, then click Next.
Click Done to quit the installer.
To launch Abaqus from a command prompt, type abaqus. To launch the GUI, type abaqus cae.
Linux installation
Please note that installation will require about 4.5 Gb temporarily/2.5 Gb permanently for the documentation, and 10.8 Gb temporarily/3.8 Gb permanently for the programs.
Linux documentation installation (should be installed first)
This should be installed first.
Unzip abaqus_614_doc.zip in a temporary location &tmp_loc&.
Change directory to a desired install location and run &tmp_loc&/DOC_SIMULIA_Abaqus.AllOS/1/setup.
Set a scratch directory as requested by the installer, hit Enter.
The installer should launch (you may need to install some 32 bit libraries first); after reading the license information, click Next.
After reading the license information, click Next, Next.
Read the Installation and Licensing Guide if desired, click Next.
Click Next on the next screen.
Read the Installation and Licensing Guide if desired, click Next.
Select the type of installation, click Next.
Enter a fully qualified hostname for your computer (add .mit.edu if necessary), click Next.
Choose a web server option, then click Next.
Choose the documentation parent directory (default will be the location you started from in step 2.), click Next.
Review the installation information, click Install.
If you opt for the built-in web server, the documentation starting URL will be http://&hostname&:, where &hostname& is the fully-qualified host name of your computer. The pdf documentation index is in &install_loc&/Documentation/docs/v6.14/pdf_books/index.pdf where &install_loc& is the install location.
On some Linux distributions, the web server launch may trigger an error message libtermcap.so.2 not found. This symlink to the libtermcap library is not present in many recent distributions. Fixing this is beyond the scope of this article but workarounds exist involving symlinks from this to 32 bit libraries that are present or installable on the system. Use Google to find them.
To start the built-in web server automatically at system boot, put the line (replace &install_loc& with the install location),
&install_loc&/Documentation/installation_info/v6.14/startServer
in your computers's local startup script.
Linux program installation
Unzip abaqus_614r3.zip in a temporary location.
Change directory to a desired install location and run &tmp_loc&/SIM_Abaqus.AllOS/1/setup.
Set a scratch directory as requested by the installer, hit Enter.
The ins after reading the license information, click Next.
Click Next on the next screen.
Read the Installation and Licensing Guide if desired, click Next.
Select Abaqus Product for installation, do not insta click Next.
Enter the information located
in the License server 1 dialog (leave the other entries blank), click Next.
Enter the html documentation URL (default if installed with the built-in web server is http://&hostname&:), click Next.
Enter the Abaqus parent directory (default will be the location you started from in step 2.), click Next.
Review the installation information, click Install.
Review installation verification, click Next.
Click Done to quit the installer.
The Abaqus launch command is abaqus (or abaqus cae for the GUI), in the &parent_dir&/Commands directory (where &parent_dir& is the Abaqus parent directory).
You may need to set the XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS environment variable to 1 in the launch terminal first if the Abaqus windows are washed out and translucent. You may run into other windowing artifacts unless you log in with a basic graphical session that disables advanced visual effects. Details for how to do this are beyond the scope of this article.
After installation is complete, you can delete the downloaded zip files and unzipped contents to save space.
An archive containing various extras including CAD associative interface plugins is . Unzip this in
instructions for installation and use of the various components are in pdf files located in subdirectories of the archive.
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