Installation Guide

Contacts 3
1. Introduction 5
1.1 Welcome 5

1.2 System requirements 6

Hardware 6

Software 6

2. Installation of SCIA Engineer 8

2.1 Account activation 8

2.2 Installation of SCIA Engineer 10

2.3 Starting SCIA Engineer 12

3. Uninstalling SCIA Engineer 13

3.1 Uninstalling with Add/Remove Programs in Windows 13

3.2 Uninstalling without Add/Remove Programs 14

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Contacts
Belgium Headquarters France
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638 00 Brno

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Tel.: +420 530 501 570

Fax: +420 226 201 673
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Document created: 25 / 04 / 2019

SCIA Engineer 19.0

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1. Introduction

1.1 Welcome
Welcome to the SCIA Engineer Installation Guide. SCIA Engineer is a structural analysis and design program running
under Windows 7/8 & Windows 10.  It has a large range of applications: from the check of simple frames to the advanced
design of complex projects in steel, concrete, wood, etc.
The program handles the calculation of 2D/3D frames, including the profile check and the connection check for steel
constructions. Apart from frames, it is also possible to model and analyze plate structures, including advanced concrete cal-
culations.
This manual describes the procedures for a correct installation of the application with a student license.

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Hardware
Minimum Advised
Processor Intel Core-i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 Intel Core-i7 or AMD Ryzen 7
Memory (RAM) 2 GB 16 GB, or more
Graphics Controller 256 MB, supporting OpenGL 4 GB, or more
Free disk space 5 GB /
Minimum resolution 1280 x 800 (4k not supported) /

Processor
For the processor two parameters are important: the number of cores and the clock frequency. When performing a linear
calculation, the number of cores is the main parameter that determine the speed of the calculation. In a nonlinear and eigen-
mode calculation, the clock frequency is the determining factor. Next to the previously mentioned calculation types, the
design checks run multicore as well. An Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 with at least 2.4 GHz is advised.

Memory (RAM)
SCIA Engineer, the solver and the Engineering Report are 3 separate processes that each require memory to perform their
actions. Next to these processes, also windows (min. 1.5 GB) and all other applications take some memory in use as well.
To not run out of memory when performing memory demanding calculations, it is advised to have at least 16 GB of RAM in
the computer.

Graphics controller
A minimum memory of 256MB and the support of OpenGL is required to run SCIA Engineer. This means that SCIA can
also be run with an onboard graphics card. For some models that are graphically more demanding, onboard graphic cards
may fail to render the structure. For this reason, a dedicated GPU is advised (a low to mid end GPU should be adequate)
.
HDD
Every hard disk with a free disk space of 5 GB can be used to run SCIA Engineer. This does not mean that the HDD is not
important. The read/write speed of the HDD has an influence on the performance of SCIA Engineer. In order to increase
performance, an SSD is advised.
Below a table with the available types of SSD’s.:

(m)SATA M.2 PCIe

Cheap - Worst performance Best price/quality ratio Expensive - Best performance

Software
Windows 2008 server 64 bit
Supported Windows Windows 2012 server 64 bit
OS Windows 7 32/64 bit

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Windows 8.1 32/64 bit

Windows 10 32/64 bit
SCIA Engineer 19 is compatible with:
API link with Revit Revit 2018, Revit 2019
(http://www.s-
cia.net/revit)
SCIA Engineer 19 is compatible with:
Tekla Structures 2017
API link with Tekla
SCIA Engineer 19 is compatible with:
Etabs Etabs 9.2
SCIA Engineer 19 is compatible with:
IFC IFC version 2x3
SCIA Engineer 19 is compatible with:
SDNF SDNF version 2.0
SDNF version 3.0

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2. Installation of SCIA Engineer

This chapter describes the procedure to install a Student version of SCIA Engineer.

2.1 Account activation

An automatic mail is sent to your inbox for the activation of your SCIA Engineer license. In this mail a link is sent to finish your
registration. By clicking on this link you open the following page:

On this page your password is set. The ‘User name’ is your email.

This mail is only sent to you when registering as a new user.

After setting the password click on [Activate].

This email and password needs to be used during the installation of SCIA Engineer to gain access to the software. If SCIA
Engineer is already installed these credentials need to be filled in into the protection setup. SCIA Engineer will automatically
obtain the license from the cloud license server when opening the software and give it back when shutting it down.

This means that to make use of the SCIA cloud license there should be connection to the
internet when opening and closing the software.

For multiple users:

The admin of the license can login to the SCIA Cloud License Portal to manage the SCIA License (s) at https://-
protection.scia.net. Here users can be added (and removed) that are allowed to use your available SCIA Licenses.

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To add a user click the manage license icon next to your SCIA License and fill in the email of the user that should be added in
the window below:

When 'Administrator' is checked this user will have administration rights as well. This means he can add, block and remove
users.
If this user is already registered he can now use the SCIA License. If the user is not registered an automatic email will be sent
to set a password. After the password is set the new user can start using the licenses.

To block a user press the icon above, a blocked user can no longer use the license but can be added again to the list without
the need of registering again.

To remove a user press the icon above, a removed user can no longer use the license. If this user is added again to the list
he needs to register another time to start using the software again.

This option is important to use if a user leaves the company to make sure he can not use the
license anymore.

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1. You can start the installation using the web setup:

https://cdnstore.scia.net/sen/latest/SCIAEngineer_student_setup.exe

2. In the dialog box which appears, select the language for installation. The language chosen for installation is also the
default language that will be used for the help files of SCIA Engineer.

3. The Welcome screen for installation appears. Press [Next] to continue.

4. Fill in the customer information and press [Next] to continue.
5. In the dialog Choose Destination Location, the folder where the files will be installed can be specified. By default the des-
tination folder is created in Program Files. It is advised to use this default location.

Press [Next] to continue.

6. Select the type of installation. A typical installation installs the standard version of SCIA Engineer. With the 'custom' install-
ation the user can set the parts of the software (add-ons and languages) to be installed. Press [Next] to continue.
7. Select the languages to be installed. Press [Next] to continue.
8. Choose the protection type. This manual handles the Cloud protection. If u use an other type of protection please switch
to the correct manual. Choose 'Cloud protection' and press [Next] to continue.

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9. Set the username and password to be used and press [Next] to continue.

10. Press [Install] to start the installation.

11. After installation, the message appears that SCIA Engineer has been installed successfully. Press [Finish] to end the
installation procedure.

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2.3 Starting SCIA Engineer
You should be logged in when starting SCIA engineer. This is done by opening the protection setup:

Press [Login] and fill in your credentials.

This is only necessary if your credentials were not filled in during the installation or if you
want to switch accounts.

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3. Uninstalling SCIA Engineer

3.1 Uninstalling with Add/Remove Programs in Win-

dows
SCIA Engineer can be uninstalled like any other windows based software application:

1. Go to Add or Remove Programs through Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
2. A list with installed software applications will appear. Select SCIA Engineer and press [Change/Remove]
3. In the dialog box that appears choose the option Remove

4. Press [Next] to start the uninstall procedure.

After completing the uninstallation, some settings remain in the Registry of windows. These traces can be
deleted manually. Deleting these entries can be necessary when problems occur with a new installation.

1. Open the Run dialog box through Start > Run

2. Type regedit and press [OK]

Take note, for this step it is required to have Administrator rights!

3. The Registry Editor appears.

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4. Go to the following key’s and delete them using the Delete button.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SCIA\ESA\*
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SCIA\ESA\*
Where * represents the version number.

5. Close the Registry Editor through File > Exit

After completing the uninstallation, some folders remain on your hard disk and can be deleted manually:

32 bits computer: C:\Program Files\SCIA\ Engineer**

64 bits computer: C:\Program Files (x86)\SCIA\Engineer**

Also the following folders remain on your hard disk and can be deleted:

Windows 7/8/10: C:\Users\#User#\Esa**

C:\Users\#User#\Documents\Esa**

Where ** represents the version number

These folders can be deleted using Windows Explorer. Please note that the first folder can
contain projects so the user must be absolutely sure if he/she wishes to delete these
folders.

3.2 Uninstalling without Add/Remove Programs

Sometimes SCIA Engineer cannot be uninstalled using the “Add/Remove programs” feature of Windows. Sometimes an
error message presents itself or SCIA Engineer is not added to Add/Remove Programs. In this case, it is not possible to unin-
stall the software.
This problem can occur with any Windows based program.
To easily uninstall Scia Engineer, use the following procedure:
Go to Start > Run and in the dialog that appears, type the following command:
msiexec /x {A39DB31A-4752-4611-A2F9-299324BED8EF}
This will execute the same procedures as uninstalling through Add/Remove Programs.

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