Configuring CAD Products in v16.0.

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 Configuring CAD Products in v16.0.

What will you learn from this presentation:

• What options should I pick during the Installation?

• How to configure CAD Interfaces during the Installation
• How to (re)configure CAD Interfaces after the Installation has
taken place.

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 Note on examples contained with this
presentation

• Please note that this slide deck uses the Creo Reader and
Associative Interface to demonstrate how to Configure
CAD readers and Interfaces to work with ANSYS Inc
Products.
• The other Readers and Associative Interfaces are
configured in a very similar way and so you should be able
to follow the same general workflow for each.

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 What options should I pick during the Installation?

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 Make sure you install the CAD Packages during
Installation

• During the Installation you are given

the option of which CAD Packages to
Install.
• Make sure the ones you require are
selected.
• Most of these options are small in
terms of size and so the
recommendation is to leave them
selected.
• This means you can configure them
later without needing to re-run the
installer.

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 Configuring CAD Products During the Installation Process

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 Installation Process

• During the Installation Process you

will get options for the CAD
packages that you have selected.
• The example on the right shows the
Creo Parametric.
• You can Pick either the Reader or
Workbench Associative Interface
options.
• Alternatively If you do not want to
configure at this time then click
“Skip this step for Workbench and
Configure Later”.
• All the other CAD Products are
similar in the Installation Process.

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 Post Install Configuration through the CAD Configuration
Utility

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 Starting the CAD Configuration Manager

• Start to CAD Configuration Manager from

Start Menu -> All Programs -> ANSYS 15.0
• Make sure you start the program by right
clicking and selecting “Run as
administrator”

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 Example – Installing a Reader

1. In ‘CAD Products’ : select « Creo

Parametric / Reader »
2. Click Next
3. Click on Configure Selected CAD
Interfaces
4. Check every line has the status
« Configure Success ».
5. Click « Exit » to close the CAD
Configuration Manager

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 Example - Installing the Plug in Interface
(1/2)
1. In ‘CAD Products’ : select « Creo
Parametric / Workbench Associative
Interface »
2. Click Next
3. Indicate Creo Parametric installation
folders
4. Click Next

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 Example - Installing the Plug in
Interface(2/2)
1. Click on Configure Selected CAD
Interfaces
2. Check every line has the status
« Configure Success ».
3. Click « Exit » to close the CAD
Configuration Manager

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