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Altair HyperWorks 2018

Installation Guide

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights Notice........................................................................... iii
Technical Support............................................................................................................v

1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 7

1.1 About Altair HyperWorks.............................................................................................. 8

1.2 Altair HyperWorks 2018 Licensing................................................................................. 9
1.3 Altair HyperWorks 2018 Software and Hardware Release Notes....................................... 10

2 Prepare to Install Altair HyperWorks.................................................................... 14

2.1 Installation Media...................................................................................................... 15

3 Install Altair HyperWorks......................................................................................... 17

3.1 Install Altair HyperWorks: Local Installation.................................................................. 18

3.1.1 Installation Files..............................................................................................18
3.1.2 Install Altair HyperWorks via GUI Mode............................................................. 19
3.1.3 Console Mode................................................................................................. 23
3.1.4 Silent Mode.................................................................................................... 26
3.2 Install Altair HyperWorks: Client/Server Installation....................................................... 30
3.2.1 GUI Mode...................................................................................................... 30
3.2.2 Silent Mode.................................................................................................... 39

4 Connect to the Altair License Management System 14.0.................................. 41

4.1 Requirements............................................................................................................ 42
4.2 Node Locked Licenses................................................................................................ 43

5 Start Altair HyperWorks Applications.................................................................... 44

5.1 Start on Windows...................................................................................................... 45

5.1.1 Change the Default Working Directory on Windows............................................. 45
5.2 Start on Linux...........................................................................................................46
5.2.1 Obtain a List of Arguments for an Application on Linux........................................ 49

6 Set up Altair HyperWorks Help............................................................................... 50

6.1 Start Help from the Application Menu.......................................................................... 51

6.2 Start Help from the altair/scripts Directory on Linux...................................................... 52
6.3 Access Help Installed on a Server on Windows..............................................................53

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7 Set up CAD Translators............................................................................................. 54

7.1 UG Environment Variable Settings............................................................................... 55

7.2 CATIA V5 License...................................................................................................... 57

8 Uninstall.........................................................................................................................58

8.1 Uninstall: Windows.................................................................................................... 59

8.1.1 Windows Silent Uninstalls Using a Response File................................................. 59
8.2 Uninstall: Linux......................................................................................................... 61

A-1 Appendix....................................................................................................................62

A-1.1 Windows Installation............................................................................................... 63

A-1.2 Linux Installation.................................................................................................... 71

2
Intellectual Property Rights Notice
Copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents and third party software licenses.

Altair HyperWorks® v. 2018

A Platform for Innovation™

Altair Engineering Inc. Copyright© 1986-2018. All Rights Reserved.

Notice: Pre-release versions of Altair software are provided ‘as is’, without warranty of any
kind. Usage of pre-release versions is strictly limited to non-production purposes.

solidThinking Platform
Altair INSPIRE™ 2019 ©2009-2018 including Altair INSPIRE Motion and Altair INSPIRE Structures

Altair INSPIRE Extrude-Metal 2019 ©1996-2018 (formerly Click2Extrude®-Metal)

Altair INSPIRE Cast 2019 ©2011-2018 (formerly Click2Cast®)

Altair INSPIRE Form 2019 ©1998-2018 (formerly Click2Form®)

Altair COMPOSE™ 2019 ©2007-2018 (formerly solidThinking Compose®)

Altair ACTIVATE™ 2019 ©1989-2018 (formerly solidThinking Activate®)

Altair EMBED™ 2019 ©1989-2018 (formerly solidThinking Embed®)

HyperWorks® Platform:
HyperMesh® ©1990-2018; HyperCrash® ©2001-2018; OptiStruct® ©1996-2018; RADIOSS®
©1986-2018; HyperView® ©1999-2018; HyperView Player® ©2001-2018; HyperMath® ©2007-2017;

HyperStudy® ©1999-2018; HyperGraph® ©1995-2018; MotionView® ©1993-2018; MotionSolve®

Templex™ ©1990-2018; TextView™ ©1996-2018; MediaView™ ©1999-2018; TableView™ ©2013-2018;

BatchMesher™ ©2003-2018; HyperWeld® ©2009-2018; HyperMold® ©2009-2018; Manufacturing
Solutions™ ©2005-2018; Durability Director™ ©2009-2018; Suspension Director™ ©2009-2018;
AcuSolve® ©1997-2018; AcuConsole® ©2006-2018; SimLab® ©2004-2018; Virtual Wind Tunnel™
©2012-2018; FEKO® (©1999-2014 Altair Development S.A. (Pty) Ltd.; ©2014-2018 Altair Engineering

Inc.); ConnectMe® ©2014-2018; Flux® 2018 ©1983-2018, FluxMotor® 2018 ©2017-2018; WinProp
2018 ©2000-2018; Multiscale Designer™ v3.4 ©2011-2018; ESAComp™ v.4.7 ©1992-2018 and various
solidThinking Platform software products.

Altair Packaged Solution Offerings (PSOs)

Automated Reporting Director™ ©2008-2018; GeoMechanics Director ©2011-2018; Impact Simulation
Director™ ©2010-2018; Model Mesher Director™ ©2010-2018; NVH Director™ ©2010-2017; Squeak and
Rattle Director™ ©2012-2018; Virtual Gauge Director™ ©2012-2018; Weight Analytics™ ©2013-2017;
Weld Certification Director™ ©2014-2018; Multi-Disciplinary Optimization Director™ ©2012-2018.
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Altair intellectual property rights are protected under U.S. and international laws and treaties.
Additionally, Altair software is protected under patent #6,859,792 and other patents pending. All other
marks are the property of their respective owners.
ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC. Proprietary and Confidential. Contains Trade Secret Information.

Not for use or disclosure outside of Altair and its licensed clients. Information contained in Altair
software shall not be decompiled, disassembled, “unlocked”, reverse translated, reverse engineered,
or publicly displayed or publicly performed in any manner. Usage of the software is only as explicitly
permitted in the end user software license agreement. Copyright notice does not imply publication.

Third party software licenses

AcuConsole contains material licensed from Intelligent Light (www.ilight.com) and used by permission.

Software Security Measures

Altair Engineering Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates reserve the right to embed software security
mechanisms in the Software for the purpose of detecting the installation and/or use of illegal copies of
the Software. The Software may collect and transmit non-proprietary data about those illegal copies.
Data collected will not include any customer data created by or used in connection with the Software
and will not be provided to any third party, except as may be required by law or legal process or to
enforce our rights with respect to the use of any illegal copies of the Software. By using the Software,
each user consents to such detection and collection of data, as well as its transmission and use if an
illegal copy of the Software is detected. No steps may be taken to avoid or detect the purpose of any
such security mechanisms.

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Technical Support
Altair provides comprehensive software support via web FAQs, tutorials, training classes, telephone, and
e-mail.

Altair Online Support

The Altair website is a valuable online companion to Altair software. Visit Altair Connect for tips and
tricks, training course schedules, training/tutorial videos, and other useful information.

Altair Training Classes

Altair training courses provide a hands-on introduction to our products, focusing on overall functionality.
Courses are conducted at our main and regional offices or at your facility. If you are interested in
training at your facility, please contact your account manager for more details. If you do not know who
your account manager is, please send an email to [email protected] and your account manager will
contact you.

Telephone and Email

When contacting Altair support, please specify the product and version number you are using along with
a detailed description of the problem. Many times, it is very beneficial for the support engineer to know
what type of workstation, operating system, RAM, and graphics board you have, so please have that
information ready. If you send an email, please specify the workstation type, operating system, RAM,
and graphics board information in the email.

To contact an Altair support representative, reference the following table:

Table 1:

Location Telephone Email

Australia 64.9.413.7981 [email protected]

Brazil 55.11.3884.0414 [email protected]

Canada 416.447.6463 [email protected]

China 86.400.619.6186 [email protected]

France 33.1.4133.0992 [email protected]

Germany 49.7031.6208.22 [email protected]

India 91.80.6629.4500 [email protected]

Italy 39.800.905.595 [email protected]

Japan 81.3.5396.2881 [email protected]

Korea 82.70.4050.9200 [email protected]

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Location Telephone Email

Mexico 55.56.58.68.08 [email protected]

New Zealand 64.9.413.7981 [email protected]

North America 248.614.2425 [email protected]

Scandinavia 46.46.460.2828 [email protected]

Spain +34 910 810 080 [email protected]

South Africa 27.21.8311500 [email protected]

United Kingdom 01926.468.600 [email protected]

For questions or comments about this help system, send an email to [email protected].

In addition, the following countries have resellers for Altair Engineering: Colombia, Czech Republic,
Ecuador, Israel, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Poland, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia

Official offices with resellers: Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, USA

See www.altair.com for complete contact information.

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Introduction 1
1 Introduction

This chapter covers the following:

• 1.1 About Altair HyperWorks (p. 8)

• 1.2 Altair HyperWorks 2018 Licensing (p. 9)
• 1.3 Altair HyperWorks 2018 Software and Hardware Release Notes (p. 10)

This guide provides instructions for the installation and operation of Altair HyperWorks software
on supported platforms. This includes the procedures for connecting to an Altair Altair HyperWorks
licensing management system, execution of the applications and connecting the application clients to
existing Altair HyperWorks help, including local, networked and web help.
The details of installing Radioss HMPP, OptiStruct SPMD, and configuration of Altair AcuSolve products
are documented in the Altair HyperWorks 2018 Advanced Installation Guide.

Altair HyperWorks 2018 uses InstallAnywhere 2017 as its installation tool. The Altair HyperWorks 2018
installers are InstallAnywhere web installers. InstallAnywhere provides a consistent look and feel of
the Altair HyperWorks installation wizard across all platforms supported by Altair Altair HyperWorks
products.

In order to run Altair HyperWorks 2018 applications, you need to connect the applications to the
Altair License Management System 14.0 (or higher, using the latest version is recommended). Details
of the installation and how to start the Altair License Manager can be found in the Altair License
Management System 14.0 Installation Guide. The license packages are available on the Altair web site
(altairhyperworks.com) or Altair Connect (connect.altair.com).
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1.1 About Altair HyperWorks

Altair HyperWorks® is the most comprehensive open-architecture simulation platform, offering best-
in-class technologies to design and optimize high performance, efficient and innovative products.Altair
HyperWorks includes finite element modeling, analysis and optimization for structures, fluids, multibody
dynamics, electromagnetics and antenna placement, model-based development, and multiphysics.
Users have full access to a wide suite of design, engineering, visualization, and data management
solutions from Altair and its technology partners.

The Altair HyperWorks 2018 suite offers many new functionalities in areas such as model-based
development, electromagnetism, composites structures analysis, efficient modeling and meshing,
multiphysics and multi-disciplinary analysis, structural optimization and design exploration.

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1.2 Altair HyperWorks 2018 Licensing

Altair HyperWorks 2018 licensing is based on HyperWorks Units (HWUs). HyperWorks Units licenses
are server licenses. Customers can launch any application within the Altair HyperWorks suite as long as
there are sufficient HyperWorks Units to grant the license check out.

To invoke Altair HyperWorks 2018 applications, after completing the Altair HyperWorks 2018
installation, you need to point the applications to an activated Altair License Manager or a valid node
stand-alone license by setting the proper environment variable.

The Altair HyperWorks 2018 package does not include the license package that sets up the Altair
License Manager. Download the Altair license package from the Altair web site and follow the Altair
License Management System 14.0 Installation and Operation Guide to install and activate the Altair
License Manager properly.

In some cases, Altair provides “feature” based licenses, which allow a particular application to run as
long as the feature exists in the license file. A feature license is a standalone license that does not
consume HyperWorks Units.
Questions regarding the software and license installation may be directed to Altair Support. See the
Technical Support page for further contact information.

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1.3 Altair HyperWorks 2018 Software and

Hardware Release Notes
Various changes have been made to the Altair HyperWorks 2018 software package including the Altair
HyperWorks products, hardware support, installation, and invoking process.

Note: Changes to the Altair Licensing System are detailed in the Altair HyperWorks
Licensing Release Notes.

New Applications
Altair Flux™
In a global context of design process optimization and time-to-market reduction, Altair Flux
brings innovative solutions capitalizing on 35 years of electromagnetic simulation in an open
and user-friendly interface. Altair Flux is a finite element and PEEC software for low-frequency
electromagnetic and thermal simulations, in 2D, 3D & Skew. Altair Flux can easily be coupled to
other Altair software for multiphysics couplings, and provides the most accurate analysis of your
devices and systems.

Altair Inspire™
Altair Inspire is a breakthrough in digital product development delivering simulation-driven design
tools in a friendly and intuitive environment. Design engineers and architects use Altair Inspire
software to generate and explore structurally efficient concepts in the earliest phases of the
design process. Using Altair’s award winning Altair OptiStruct optimization solver as its engine,
Altair Inspire software generates the ideal shape for a design given the package space, material
properties and the loading requirements. Leveraging the tool consistently results in decreased
design cycle time as well as significant material and weight savings.

Altair Feko + WinProp

For HWU licensing, the Altair Feko installation for Windows includes Altair WinProp. Altair Feko is
a powerful and comprehensive 3D simulation package intended for the analysis of a wide range of
electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems. Applications include antenna design, antenna
placement, microstrip antennas and circuits, dielectric media, scattering analysis, electromagnetic
compatibility studies including cable harness modelling and many more.
Altair WinProp, the standard in wave propagation analysis and radio network planning, is the most
complete suite of tools in the domain of wireless propagation and radio network planning. With
applications ranging from satellite to terrestrial, from rural via urban to indoor radio links, Altair
WinProp’s innovative wave propagation models combine accuracy with short computation times.

Altair ConnectMe
Altair ConnectMe is a tool that provides a window based launcher, Altair software update alerts,
and Altair news. It provides a single place to search, filter, launch, and update Altair products.

Hardware and Platform Changes

Discontinued Hardware Platform Support Systems
Support for the following platforms has been dropped across all Altair HyperWorks applications:

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• Windows 8.1

Installation
The Altair HyperWorks 2018 suite contains several independent product packages. This gives you the
flexibility to download desired packages as needed. Any Altair HyperWorks 2018 standalone (SA) update
package can be installed either on top of an existing 2018 installation, or can be installed independently
without the prerequisite of a 2018 base. Multiple product SA updates can now be installed concurrently
with or without the 2018 base.

Altair HyperWorks 2018 brings with it the robust capabilities and features of Altair HyperWorks 2018
installers, as well as additional support for HotFix installers. These HotFix installers are quick patch type
installers that are used to install on top of a prerequisite base installation, unlike the other full installers.
These are marked with the word “hotfix” in the installer name and bring with them the quick fixes and
features to better suit your needs.

Software Changes
Installation and Packaging
• Added support to the Master Installer for installing Altair HyperWorks Desktop 2017.2 along
with 2018 products.
• Added the option to install compatible hotfixes using the Master Installer.
• Added Altair Flux product for Windows and Linux.
• Added Altair Inspire product for Windows.
• Added Altair WinProp product to the Altair Feko installer on Windows.
• Added option to install Altair ConnectMe using the Master Installer.
• Added support for creating separate Altair HyperWorks and solidThinking Start Menu folders.
• Upgraded the Altair HyperWorks installers to InstallAnywhere 2017 web installers.
• Added a Set up Licensing panel to the Master Installer to streamline licensing configuration.
• Added options to Master Uninstaller to remove Altair HyperWorks or solidThinking products
only.
• Added a warning if you try to overwrite a shortcut folder, without overwriting a Altair
HyperWorks installation.
• Divided the Choose Install Set panel to make product selection/deselection easier.
• Improved input validation of Shortcut Folder Name.
• Standardized MPI implementations: The versions of the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
have been standardized across Altair AcuSolve, Altair Feko, Altair Flux, Altair OptiStruct and
Altair Radioss. The Intel, IBM Platform, Microsoft, and MPICH MPI implementations are now
included. End users can still use their own MPI implementation.

Invoking
• Updated Linux Compatibility Tool: A Linux utility for system diagnostics to help troubleshoot Linux
issues.
• The Altair Feko team added a product launcher to simplify invoking of the products available within
the Altair Feko + Altair WinProp package.

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• Added better version information to the shortcuts for the Windows 10 Start Menu.
• Altair ConnectMe can be used to launch Altair HyperWorks applications, and support for new
applications has been added.

Resolved Issues
• Added support for UHD display modes and up to 200% scaling.
• Improved the Start menu folder removal portion of the Altair HyperWorks uninstallers.
• Resolved an issue where the Help Configuration panel was skipped when clicking the Previous
button from the Pre-Installation Summary panel.
• Non-admin installation behavior has been improved in several ways, including Altair ConnectMe
installation, and registry litter fixes.
• When installing using the Master Installer, you can now cancel your installation at anytime.
• On Linux during a console mode install, the installer will now allow you to go back past the Install
Pick List panel.
• Resolved graphics issues on Optimus based video card setups.

Known Limitations in Altair HyperWorks Installer 2018

• Using the Back/Previous option during an installation may not reset the installer variables correctly
if changes are made and the install session is continued.
• On Linux, installing in a directory with spaces is not supported.
• On Linux, during a console mode install, when using a response file output command -r the Help
Configuration in the response file may not write out correctly.
• If there is not enough TMP/TEMP space on the main drive (for example, C: under Windows), then
the installer will prompt for user input to a new location. Some Java TMP/TEMP space will still try to
go to the main drive even when selecting this new location.
• When clicking Cancel to stop an installation, the Master Installer does not clean up the already
installed files, but does clean up the files in the TMP/TEMP folder. You will need to uninstall/delete
the installed files from the chosen install folder manually if Cancel was used.
• When clicking Cancel to stop an installation, the Add/Remove uninstaller icon may no longer
function correctly and manual removal of the installed files would be necessary.
• The Altair HyperWorks installers do not support the use of the default InstallAnywhere
installer.properties files. We request that a unique name is used when using a response
file; for example, installer_hw2018.properties, and to use it with the -f <path_to_file>/
<filename> command line option.
• For NETSETUP client installs from a server installation of Altair HyperWorks, a UNC path must be
used to get to the server installation path through Windows Explorer or Windows Network.

Note: Using mapped drive letters or variables is not currently supported in the client
installer.

• On Linux, there is an issue with using the Master Installer with the IATEMPDIR variable, to specify
a custom temporary directory location. All sub-installers will try to use /tmp from the machine
running the installers for temporary installer files.

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• With some versions of Gnome, there is a bug where the Linux icons are not placed in a hierarchy.
Instead, they are placed in “Other” with a flat layout, meaning that all the icons appear at the same
folder level in “Other.”
• The installer does not run the Linux icon installation by default; the user must run the icon installer.
• When the Master Installer is used, desktop shortcuts, if any, will not be removed during
uninstallation.
• Due to an InstallAnywhere bug, deselecting a product in console more of the Linux Master Installer
does not work and the deselected product will still be installed.
• The variables associated with the Set Up Licensing panel do not work for silent installations.

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HyperWorks 2
2 Prepare to Install Altair HyperWorks

This chapter summarizes the items required and procedures needed to install and successfully run Altair
HyperWorks applications on supported platforms.

This chapter covers the following:

• 2.1 Installation Media (p. 15)

Before starting installation, make sure you have everything you need.
• Altair HyperWorks 2018 and Altair License Manager software, delivered from Altair in USB/DVD
format or Altair HyperWorks 2018 image packages downloaded from Altair Connect.
• A USB compatible input port on the machine or a DVD compatible drive.
• Access to an activated and running Altair HyperWorks 14.0 license server or a node locked license.
• A compatible machine that contains the minimum hardware/software requirements to run Altair
HyperWorks applications. Reference the Altair HyperWorks 2018 Platform Support document for
further details.
• Sufficient disk space for install: The full suite of Altair HyperWorks 2018 applications and help
files needs 6 GB of temp space. The temp files are removed after successful completion of an
installation.

Reference the Altair HyperWorks 2018 Platform Support documentation for operating systems and
minimum requirement considerations, and the Altair HyperWorks 2018 Hardware Recommendations and
Certifications document for further hardware inquiries.

General steps for installing Altair HyperWorks are:

1. Install and activate an Altair License Manager (the latest version) if one does not already exist.
Alternatively, use a node locked license.
2. Install Altair HyperWorks 2018 on the designated machine(s).
3. Set an environment variable that points the Altair HyperWorks 2018 application to an activated
and running Altair license server. Alternatively, set the environment variable to point to a node
locked license.
4. Set up Altair HyperWorks online help, if needed.
5. The software to install the Altair License Manager is a separate package from the Altair
HyperWorks 2018 application packages. Download the Altair license package from the Altair
website and follow the Altair® License Management System 14.0 Installation and Operation Guide
to install and start the Altair License Manager properly.
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2.1 Installation Media

The Altair HyperWorks 2018 software package you received from Altair includes a set of DVDs or a USB
thumb drive containing Altair HyperWorks 2018, the Altair License Manager and documentation.

The software is available for registered customers to download from Altair Connect.

Download the images for the platforms on which you expect to launch Altair HyperWorks. There are
fifteen packages required for a complete Altair HyperWorks installation on Windows, and none for Linux.
Here is an example list of the Master Installer and product sub-installers for Windows:
1. Altair HyperWorks Master Installer
2. Altair HyperWorks Desktop
3. Altair SimLab
4. Altair HyperWorks Solvers
5. Altair AcuSolve
6. Altair Virtual Wind Tunnel (VWT)
7. Altair Feko
8. Altair Flux
9. Altair HyperWorks Desktop Help
10. Altair HyperWorks Solvers Help
11. Altair Inspire
12. solidThinking Design
13. Altair Inspire Form
14. Altair Inspire Extrude Metal
15. Altair Inspire Extrude Polymer

The two Help sub-installers together make up a complete Altair HyperWorks 2018 Help installation.

2.1.1 USB Hardware Keys (License Dongles)

Altair supports a subset of the available HOSTID values from X-Formation as well as hardware license
dongles (USB keys) on some platforms. In order to use a dongle, you must have a free/open USB port
on the machine that will be your license server.

If you have purchased a hardware dongle to use for licensing, you must obtain the dongle ID via the
software before requesting your license file. Hardware dongles are supported on Windows and Linux
platforms.

In order for the dongle to function properly, you must first install the correct drivers for your platform.
These drivers are available from Aladdin, the manufacturer of the key. Download and install the driver
according the directions available at the following URL:

http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.aspx

Once the driver is installed and the dongle is in place, use the almutil –hostid command to query for
all the HOSTIDs on the machine and report the dongle HOSTID.

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2.1.2 Configure Non-US Keyboards

Altair HyperWorks ships with the keyboard configuration set for a US keyboard. Other countries
(Germany, for example) use extended keyboards to generate native characters not present in the US
ASCII character set. Use the following instructions for your operating system to install a local keyboard
configuration.

Configure Non-US Keyboards on Windows 10

Follow these instructions to configure your non-US keyboard on Windows 10:
1. From the Start Menu, select Control Panel.
2. Select Clock, Language, and Region.
3. Select Language.
4. Click Advanced Settings and select the proper one from the drop-down list.
5. Click Save.

Configure Non-US Keyboards on Windows 7

Follow these instructions to configure your non-US keyboard on Windows 7:
1. From the Start Menu, select Control Panel.
2. Select Region and Language.
3. Select the Keyboard and Languages tab.
4. Click Change keyboards and select the proper one from the drop-down list.
5. Click OK.
6. Click OK to close the dialog.

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3 Install Altair HyperWorks

Two procedures are necessary to enable Altair HyperWorks. First, using the installation configuration
you selected in Prepare to Install Altair HyperWorks as a guide, install the Altair HyperWorks software
on your machine(s). Secondly, you must be able to point to an activated license server that allows Altair
HyperWorks applications to draw license units.

This chapter covers the following:

• 3.1 Install Altair HyperWorks: Local Installation (p. 18)

• 3.2 Install Altair HyperWorks: Client/Server Installation (p. 30)

Important: You should not mix installers of different major release versions, for example –
2018 with 2017 installers, updates and hotfixes. However, for this release, Altair HyperWorks
Desktop and Altair HyperWorks Desktop Help 2017.2 or higher are supported. In addition,
Altair Virtual Wind Tunnel 2017.2 and solidThinking Design 2017.3 are supported.

Altair HyperWorks 2018 can be installed via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode, silent mode, or
console mode. The following sections describe how to install the software via each method.

The Altair HyperWorks 2018 Help is a browser-based HTML system that uses ActiveX on Windows and
Java Script on Linux. It can be installed with the applications or installed alone behaving as an online
help server.

For Help installations on a network server, make sure to have the Help UNC or network path prior to
running the installer. You will be prompted for this information during the install.
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3.1 Install Altair HyperWorks: Local Installation

3.1.1 Installation Files

Altair HyperWorks 2018 has the ability to install the individual product installers separately from one
another, referenced as sub-installers in this document, while also giving you an option to install all of
them at once via the Master Installer in a batch-like mode (recommended). The Windows installers
have added the Altair Engineering, Inc. digital signatures for enhanced security.

Reference Table 2 for specific file names and details on the product groups per individual sub-installers.

The Altair HyperWorks Master Installer, for example hw2018_win64.exe for Windows, is a quick and
easy setup installer allowing for various combinations of the independent sub-installers to be installed
at one time. It is done without the need to wait for all the packages to extract prior to setting up
the installation, which should allow for a quick setup to install a complete Altair HyperWorks 2018
installation. Using the Master Installer is the recommended method for installing Altair HyperWorks
2018 products.

Table 2: Altair HyperWorks 2018 Installer File Names

Installer Name Description

hw2018_win64.exe Master Installer, used to setup and install the

hw2018_linux64.bin separate individual Altair HyperWorks installers
simultaneously. You can select which products to
install, or install them all at once.

hwAcuSolve2018_win64.exe Installer of the Altair AcuSolve suite of products.

hwAcuSolve2018_linux64.bin

hwDesktop2017.2_win64.exe Installer of the Altair HyperWorks Desktop suite

hwDesktop2017.2_linux64.bin of products (includes most GUI applications,
such as Altair HyperView, Altair HyperMesh Altair
HyperGraph, Altair HyperStudy, and so on).

hwSolvers2018_win64.exe Installer of the Altair HyperWorks Solvers suite of

hwSolvers2018_linux64.bin products (includes Altair Radioss, Altair OptiStruct,
Altair MotionSolve, and so on).

hwDesktopHelp2017.2_win64.exe Installer of the Altair HyperWorks Desktop Help

hwDesktopHelp2017.2_linux64.bin content.

hwSolversHelp2018_win64.exe Installer of the Altair HyperWorks Solvers Help

content.

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Installer Name Description

hwSolversHelp2018_linux64.bin

hwFEKO2018.1_win64.exe Installer for Altair Feko and WinProp GUI and

hwFEKO2018.1_linux64.bin solver products.

hwFlux2018.1_win64.exe Installer for Altair Flux GUI and solver products.

hwFlux2018.1_linux64.bin

hwSimLab2018_win64.exe Installer of the Altair SimLab product.

hwSimLab2018_linux64.bin

hwVirtualWindTunnel2017.2_win64.exe Installer of the Altair Virtual Wind Tunnel product.

sTInspire2018.3_win64.exe Installer of the Altair Inspire product.

sTInspireExtrudeMetal2018.2_win64.exe Installers of the Altair Inspire Extrude Metal and

sTInspireExtrudePolymer2018.2_win64.exe Altair Inspire Extrude Polymer products.

sTInspireForm2018.2_win64.exe Installer of the Altair Inspire Form product.

sTDesign2017.3_win64.exe Installer of the solidThinking product suite

(includes Altair Inspire and Altair Evolve).

To install Help along with the application, download and place the Help files sub-installers
hwDesktopHelp and hwSolversHelp files, which are executable files on Windows and bin file types on
Linux, in the same residing directory as the Altair HyperWorks Master Installer. Help files contain the
help and tutorial model files. The user has the option to select and install complete Help and tutorials or
a combination of the two options.

3.1.2 Install Altair HyperWorks via GUI Mode

Windows Installation
Complete the following steps to extract and install the software.

1. Log in to the machine on which the software is to be installed, then insert the USB/DVD, or place
the downloaded files in a temporary directory.
Example of a directory with all the required sub-installers for a complete Altair HyperWorks 2018
installation on a Windows 64-bit platform, with the Master Installer listed at the top:

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Figure 1:

For a base Help Files install both the hwDesktopHelp and hwSolversHelp sub-installers will need
to be installed together using the Master Installer. For Manufacturing Solutions or Engineering
Solutions to be installed, the Master Installer will have to be used together with the hwDesktop
and hwSolvers sub-installers.

Note: Please make sure that the downloaded files have “read + execute” permissions
before continuing with an installation. Use Windows Explorer file properties to change
the permissions.

2. Double-click the hw2018_win64.exe Master Installer executable file to start the installer.
3. If UAC (User Account Control) is enabled, then a prompt displays showing the Altair Engineering,
Inc. digital signature for elevated permissions. Click Yes to continue with installer.

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4. In the multi-language selector prompt, select the proper locale and click OK to continue.

The default locale setting is specific to the install machine regional settings. The language
selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the Altair HyperWorks product language
settings. Altair Altair HyperWorks products are in English.
5. In the Introduction panel, click Next to continue.
6. In the Choose Installation Type panel, choose Local and click Next.
7. In the Choose Install Folder panel, choose the Altair HyperWorks install directory and click Next.

Note:
• The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;
• Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:\

8. In the Change Shortcut Folder (Local) panel, choose a Start Menu name for the Altair HyperWorks
install and solidThinking applications (if desired, they can be the same) and select whether
desktop shortcuts are created. There are options on this panel to associate Altair HyperWorks
file types to products, install Altair ConnectMe, and to generate thumbnail previews for Altair
HyperMesh files. These options are selected by default. Once options are chosen, click Next to
continue.
9. In the Choose Install Set panel, select the products to install. Click Next to continue.
You can now install compatible hotfixes, that are not selected by default, for Altair HyperWorks
Desktop, Altair HyperWorks Solvers, and Altair AcuSolve as well.

Products that do not have sub-installer present or were not picked up by the Master Installer in
the residing directory will be listed as (Unavailable) and are not available to be installed.

Note: Manufacturing Solutions and Engineering Solutions require both the hwDesktop
and hwSolvers sub-installers to be present. The Help Files requires both the
hwDesktopHelp and hwSolversHelp sub-installers to be present.

10. If Help was NOT selected to be installed, the Help Configuration panel is displayed. Select one of
the options:
• Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path,
to where the Help was installed to create the product link.
• Connect to the Altair website Help: Allows the products to connect to the Altair website
Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.
• Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will
default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.

11. In the Set up Licensing panel, your current license is displayed. Select one of the following
options:
• Enter license server Input the license server (port@host) or choose a license file.
• Skip this step Do not change your license settings at this time.
12. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk
space requirements. Click Install to continue.

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Note: Install times are machine hardware dependent. Anti-virus software may
lengthen the install times. The Altair HyperWorks sub-installer and Master Installer
may need to be allowed through any third party firewalls or virus scanning software in
order to not be prompted during install time to allow them access to be installed.

13. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.

Linux Installation
Complete the following steps to extract and install the software.

Altair HyperWorks install directories with spaces are not supported on Linux.

1. Run the BASH sh command on the installer binary.

2. In the multi-language selector prompt, select the proper locale and click OK to continue.
The language selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the Altair HyperWorks
product language settings. Altair Altair HyperWorks products are in English.
3. In the Introduction panel, click Next to continue.
4. In the Choose Install Folder panel, choose the Altair HyperWorks install directory and click Next.

Note:
• The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;
• Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:/

5. In the Choose Install Set panel, select the products to install. Click Next to continue.
You can now install compatible hotfixes, that are not selected by default, for Altair HyperWorks
Desktop, Altair HyperWorks Solvers, and Altair AcuSolve as well.

Products that do not have sub-installer present or were not picked up by the Master Installer in
the residing directory will be listed as (Unavailable) and are not available to be installed.

6. If Help was NOT selected to be installed, the Help Configuration panel is displayed. Select one of
the options:
• Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path,
to where the Help was installed to create the product link.
• Connect to the Altair website Help: Allows the products to connect to the Altair website
Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.
• Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will
default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.

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Note: A valid Linux web browser will need to also be defined in this panel
(HW_MSG_BROWSER).

7. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk
space requirements. Click Install to continue.

8. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.

Register the Altair HyperView Player Plugin

The Altair HyperView Player plugin for Microsoft Office documents and Internet Explorer is installed and
registered by default with the HyperView Player installation. In case of multiple Altair HyperView/Altair
HyperView Player installations, the user may need to manually register the latest Altair HyperView
Player plugin following the steps below.
1. Click Start > All Programs > Altair HyperWorks 2018 > Tools.
2. Right click on Register HVPControl and select Run as administrator.
3. Invoke the currently installed Altair HyperView Player either using the Start Menu shortcut, or
from the following location: <InstallDirectory>\hw\bin\win64\hvp.exe

On Linux, please reference the web or local Help section for detailed information.

3.1.3 Console Mode

Console mode installations mimic the default Graphical User Interface steps provided by the Altair
HyperWorks installer but use only the standard input and output. The advantage to console mode
installation is that Linux users no longer need X-windows (X11) to run the installer.

Console mode allows for text to be output to the console terminal line-by-line. It does not allow for any
formatting, clearing of the screen, or positioning of the cursor.
To trigger a console mode installer from the command line, append the following command parameter
to the installer: -i console.
Example console mode install call:

hw2018_linux64.bin –i console

The Linux console mode is only supported on the Altair HyperWorks Linux installers. Just follow the on
screen instructions to complete the installation.

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Console Mode: Linux

1. Open a command terminal window/prompt.

a) cd – change directory – to the location where the installer executable resides.
b) Execute the sh command on the installer binary with the additional parameter "-i console",
for example sh hw2018_linux64.bin -i console .
The Altair HyperWorks installer extracts the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and the install modules to
the TMP location of the machine and launches the installer.

sh hw2018_linux64.bin

Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Note: If the /tmp location on the machine is full, the installer will try to use the user’s
home folder for temp files or the user can set the environment variable IATEMPDIR to
a custom specified TMP location.

2. In the multi-language selector prompt, select the proper locale and press Enter to continue.
The language selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the Altair HyperWorks
product language settings. Altair Altair HyperWorks products are in English.

==============================================================================
Choose Locale...
----------------
1- Bahasa Indonesia
2- Català
3- Dansk
4- Deutsch
->5- English
6- Español
7- Euskara
8- Français
9- Français (Canada)
10- Italiano
11- Nederlands
12- Norsk
13- Português
14- Português (Brasil)
15- Suomi
16- Svenska

CHOOSE LOCALE BY NUMBER: 5

3. In the Introduction panel, press Enter to continue.

4. In the Choose Install Folder panel, choose the Altair HyperWorks install directory and press Enter.

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Note:
• The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;
• Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:/

5. In the Choose Install Set panel, choose the products you wish to unselect and enter the number
in the line provided and press Enter. The “X” next to the product selects it to be installed. By
default, all the available full products are selected and marked to be installed. You can now
install compatible hotfixes, that are not selected by default, for Altair HyperWorks Desktop, Altair
HyperWorks Solvers, and Altair AcuSolve as well. Products which do not have a sub-installer
present or picked up by the Master Installer in the residing directory will be listed as (Unavailable)
and are not available to be installed.

Choose Install Set

------------------

ENTER A COMMA_SEPARATED LIST OF NUMBERS REPRESENTING THE FEATURES YOU WOULD

LIKE TO SELECT, OR DESELECT. TO VIEW A FEATURE'S DESCRIPTION, ENTER
'?<NUMBER>'. PRESS <RETURN> WHEN YOU ARE DONE:

Please choose the Features to be installed by this installer.:

6. If Help was NOT selected, to be installed, the Help Configuration panel is displayed. Select one of
the options:
• Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path,
to where the Help was installed to create the product link.
• Connect to the Altair website Help: Allows the products to connect to the Altair website
Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.
• Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will
default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.
7. In the Choose Web Browser for Help panel, input the path of the web browser to use with Altair
HyperWorks help. Press Enter.
8. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk
space requirements. Press Enter to continue.

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9. Once the installation completes, press Enter to exit the installer.

3.1.4 Silent Mode

Silent mode enables the installer to run without any user interaction.

A near-silent mode is possible on Windows.

InstallAnywhere and Altair HyperWorks end-user-defined variables may be set through command line
parameters or a properties response file.

Response files are created and used in silent mode since there is no end user interaction.

The installer runs either on the defaults provided by the installer package or by providing a response
file from which the installer retrieves the values for various InstallAnywhere and Altair HyperWorks
variables used to control the install.

The installer automatically checks the residing directory for a file called installer.properties,
however, this file name and type is NOT supported by the Altair HyperWorks installers and cannot reside
in the same folder as our installs.

The response file will need a unique name in order to work properly with the Altair HyperWorks
installers, example, hw2018_installer.properties, will work with the Altair HyperWorks installer.

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Response Files
Response files are used with the silent mode installers to give the default values of an install.

The files contain text in a simple key=value format.

#Choose Installation Type

#------------------------
LOCAL_INSTALLATION=1
SERVER_INSTALLATION=0

#Choose Install Folder

#---------------------
USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program Files\\Altair\\2018

#Change Shortcut Folder (Local)

#------------------------------
SET_START_MENU_FOLDER=Altair HyperWorks 2018
SET_START_MENU_sT_FOLDER=solidThinking 2018
INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=1
DONOT_INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=0
CREATE_HWD_FA=1
DONOT_CREATE_HWD_FA=0
CREATETHUMBNAILSCHKD=1
INSTALL_CME=1

#Choose Install Set

#------------------
CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=HW,HWD,HFXHD,SL,SLVR,AS,VWT,FEKO,Flux,HWFhelp,helpHW,tutsHW,STGOP,
STINSP,sT,INSPFRM,INSPXML,INSPXPR
CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=HW,HWD,HFXHD,SL,SLVR,AS,VWT,FEKO,Flux,HWFhelp,helpHW,tutsHW,
STGOP,STINSP,sT,INSPFRM,INSPXML,INSPXPR
CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Custom

#Command Line Feature List

#-------------------------
CL_CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=HW,HWD,HFXHD,SL,SLVR,AS,VWT,FEKO,Flux,HWFhelp,helpHW,tutsHW,STGOP,STINSP,sT,
INSPFRM,INSPXML,INSPXP

Figure 3: Example: Properties Response File

The values in the response files are all referenced from user input taken from a Altair HyperWorks
install and used as default values toward future installs.

For example, the INSTALLER_UI value in the above example is set to “silent”. This negates the need to
use -i silent on the command line as a silent installer switch.

Note: The installer will use double backslashes “\\” on Windows platforms for the directory
names.
Spaces should not be used between the VARIABLE=VALUE statements in the response files

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Sample Response File with Descriptions of Variables

A sample pre-defined response file to be used with the Altair HyperWorks 2018 Installers.

Please make sure to use a unique name for the response file and not the general
installer.properties file name structure, since the generic name is not supported in Altair
HyperWorks installers.

# SAMPLE response file for Altair HyperWorks 2018 Windows installers

# Modifying the below variables will allow for customized installation of Altair HyperWorks

# Replay feature output

# This file was built by the Replay feature of InstallAnywhere.
# It contains variables that were set by Panels, Consoles or Custom Code.

# Binary format is used to activate and deactivate variables - 1 is "on" and 0 is "off"

# INSTALLER_UI sets the user interface and the options are console, GUI and silent
# The below example is using a silent install method
INSTALLER_UI=silent
# Uninstall information only to be used with silent uninstalls are INSTALL_CLEANUP_ALL and
FEATURE_UNINSTALL
# INSTALL_CLEANUP_ALL=1
# will set the uninstall to completely remove all files and folders from an install Note: backup any files
before uninstalling
# FEATURE_UNINSTALL=COMPLETE
# This will uninstall all features installed. The only method used with the Altair HyperWorks installer.

# Choose Installation Type - Setting this will variable to the appropriate option will install
# Altair HyperWorks as a local install compared to a server install.
#------------------------
# The below example will install Altair HyperWorks as a local install
LOCAL_INSTALLATION=1
SERVER_INSTALLATION=0

# Choose Install Folder - This is the location where the Altair HyperWorks installation will be placed.
# The directory will be created if it does not exist.
# Note: "\\" are always used to separate directory trees
#---------------------
# The below example will install Altair HyperWorks into the default location for a Windows install
USER_INSTALL_DIR=C:\\Program Files\\Altair\\2018

#Change Shortcut Folder (Local) - This section will install Shortcuts for the Windows Start Menu and
Desktop.
# The below example shows the default Start Menu directory and the Desktop shortcuts being installed as
well.
#------------------------------
SET_START_MENU_FOLDER=Altair HyperWorks 2018
SET_START_MENU_sT_FOLDER=solidThinking 2018
INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=1
DONOT_INSTALL_DESKTOP_SHORTCUTS=0
CREATE_HWD_FA=1
DONOT_CREATE_HWD_FA=0
CREATETHUMBNAILSCHKD=1
INSTALL_CME=1

#Choose Install Set - Installs the chosen Altair HyperWorks products, either Custom or Complete.
# This depends on the selection and the availability of the product installer package
#------------------
# IMPORTANT: The below CL_CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST is a required variable in Altair HyperWorks 2018 installers
# and needs to be set to the same CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST content.

CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=HW,HWD,HFXHD,SL,SLVR,AS,VWT,FEKO,Flux,HWFhelp,helpHW,tutsHW,STGOP,STINSP,sT,INSPFRM,
INSPXML,INSPXPR CL_CHOSEN_FEATURE_LIST=HW,HWD,HFXHD,SL,SLVR,AS,VWT,FEKO,Flux,HWFhelp,helpHW,tutsHW,STGOP,
STINSP,sT,INSPFRM,INSPXML,INSPXPR
CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=HW,HWD,HFXHD,SL,SLVR,AS,VWT,FEKO,Flux,HWFhelp,helpHW,tutsHW,STGOP,STINSP,sT,
INSPFRM,INSPXML,INSPXPR
CHOSEN_INSTALL_SET=Custom

# This is the list of the features, according to the Choose Install Set GUI panel picks
# HW - Altair HyperWorks
# HWD - Altair HyperWorks Desktop
# HFXHD – Altair HyperWorks Desktop hotfix
# SL - Altair SimLab
# SLVR - Altair HyperWorks Solvers

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# HFXHS – Altair HyperWorks Solvers hotfix

# AS - Altair AcuSolve
# HFXHA - Altair AcuSolve hotfix
# VWT - Altair Virtual Wind Tunnel
# FEKO – Altair Feko
# Flux – Altair Flux
# HWFhelp - Altair HyperWorks help files
# helpHW - Help
# tutsW - Tutorials
# STGOP – solidThinking group of products
# STINSP - Altair Inspire
# sT - solidThinking Design
# INSPFRM – Altair Inspire Form
# INSPXML – Altair Inspire Extrude Metal
# INSPXPR – Altair Inspire Extrude Polymer

#Help Configuration - this panel is to set Help options for populating the file hwhelp.cfg in the install
directory.
#------------------
# 0 is false/off and 1 is true/on in the variables below.
# The HELP_CONNECT_NETWORK will require the MW_MSG_HELP_WIN variable to be set.
#HELP_CONNECT_NETWORK=0

# Setting the HW_MSG_HELP_WIN variable will try to install the Help locally.
#HW_MSG_HELP_WIN=C:\\Program Files\\Altair\\2018\help

# The HELP_CONNECT_ALTAIR variable, when active will point to the Altair Web Help - internet connection
required
#HELP_CONNECT_ALTAIR=1

# The HELP_SETUP_LATER will not set anything in the hwhelp.cfg file but will try to access help from the
Altair Web site when chosen.
#HELP_SETUP_LATER=0

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3.2 Install Altair HyperWorks: Client/Server

Installation
Instruction for setting up the client machine if a server type installation is chosen.

Requirements for a NETSETUP client install include:

• Existence of an Altair Altair HyperWorks network server install
• The UNC paths of the location of the Altair HyperWorks network server installs (or use Networks on
Windows 7/10 to get to the NETSETUP client installer directory).

Altair Virtual Wind Tunnel, solidThinking products (including Inspire and Evolve), Altair Feko, and Altair
Flux are not available in the server type installs.

Note: The installer does not allow for the use of drive letter or mapped drive letter paths.

3.2.1 GUI Mode

Client NETSETUP of a Altair HyperWorks network server install on Windows only.

The NETSETUP supports the GUI and silent installation modes. The example below is shown for a GUI
NETSETUP client Windows 7 64-bit install.

1. From the Control panel, go to Networks.

2. Click on the machine and install location of the Altair HyperWorks server install.
3. Go to the NETSETUP folder.
4. Go to the win64 folder.
5. Click on the NETSETUP.bat file.
A command prompt terminal window will be displayed showing that the installer is unpacking on
the client machines. The locale language selection prompt will then be displayed.
6. Select the locale language and click OK to continue.
The HyperWorks Install Desktop Shortcuts options panel is displayed.
7. Make changes if needed and click Next to continue.
The HyperWorks Pre-Installation Summary panel is displayed.
8. Review the summary and click Install to complete the Altair HyperWorks NETSETUP client install.
The appropriate Start Menu and Desktop Shortcuts are created on the client machine.
9. Once it completes, click Done to exit the Install wizard.

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Windows Installation
Complete the following steps to extract and install the software.

1. Double click the installer executable file to start the installer.

2. If UAC (User Account Control) is enabled, then a prompt displays showing the Altair Engineering,
Inc. digital signature for elevated permissions. Click Yes to continue with installer.

Figure 4:

3. In the multi-language selector prompt, select the proper locale and click OK to continue.
The default locale setting is specific to the install machine regional settings. The language
selection only corresponds to the installer settings not to the Altair HyperWorks product language
settings. Altair Altair HyperWorks products are in English.

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4. In the Introduction panel, click Next to continue.

Figure 6:

5. In the Choose Installation Type panel, choose Server and click Next.

Figure 7:

6. In the Choose Install Folder panel, choose the Altair HyperWorks install directory and click Next.

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Note:
• The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;
• Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:\

Figure 8:

7. In the Change Shortcut Folder (Server) panel, choose a Start Menu name for the Altair
HyperWorks install and select whether desktop shortcuts are created. Once options are chosen,
click Next to continue.

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8. In the Choose Install Set panel, select the products to install. Click Next to continue.
Products that do not have sub-installer present or were not picked up by the Master Installer in
the residing directory will be listed as (Unavailable) and are not available to be installed.

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9. If the Install folder was not provided, enter the UNC path in the UNC (Uniform Naming
Convention) mount point panel and click Next to continue.

Note: User input should be in UNC standard form to be accepted. For example,

\\MachineName\SharedFolder\InstallFolder

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Figure 12:

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12. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk
space requirements. Click Install to continue.

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13. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.

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3.2.2 Silent Mode

Steps to create a properties file for the client NETSETUP installer.

This step only needs to be done once in order to establish the defaults for the installer.

1. From the Control panel, go to Networks.

2. Click on the machine and install location of the Altair HyperWorks server install.
3. Go to the NETSETUP folder.
4. Go to the win64 folder.
5. Click on the NETSETUPproperties.bat file.
A command prompt will be displayed to make sure the end user has write permissions to the
NETSETUP network location, where the properties response file gets created.

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6. Input Y and press Enter to continue.

A command prompt terminal window will be displayed showing that the installer is unpacking on
the client machines. The locale language selection prompt will then be displayed.
7. Select the locale language and click OK to continue.
The HyperWorks Install Desktop Shortcuts options panel is displayed.
8. Make changes if needed and click Next to continue.
The HyperWorks Pre-Installation Summary panel is displayed.
9. Review the summary and click Install to complete the Altair HyperWorks NETSETUP client install.
The appropriate Start Menu and Desktop Shortcuts are created on the client machine.
10. Once it completes, click Done to exit the Install wizard.
The installer creates a file under the NETSETUP platform folder called
NETSETUP_installer.properties. This will be used for future client NETSETUP installs.

To run the silent NETSETUP installer on other machines using the selected defaults from the above
setup, go to the NETSETUP folder and click on the NETSETUPsilentinstall.bat file.

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Connect to the Altair License
Management System 14.0 4
4 Connect to the Altair License Management System 14.0

The Altair License Management System 14.0 (ALMS) provides a common units-based licensing model
for all Altair software related to CAE, on-demand computing, and business intelligence.

This chapter covers the following:

• 4.1 Requirements (p. 42)

• 4.2 Node Locked Licenses (p. 43)

This new system has been designed to enable Altair HyperWorks Partner Products (selected third party
products) to be licensed via Altair HyperWorks Units as well.

The ALMS is comprised of two components: the License Server and the Usage Reporting System (URT).
The license system is based on X-Formation's LM-X license server. The URT is a java application that
reports anonymous transactional logs to Altair. As part of the license agreement that enables partner
software to be used, product usage must be reported to Altair.

Altair License Management System 14.0 is based on X-Formation’s LM-X License Management System
Version 5.
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4.1 Requirements
In order for applications to use the ALMS, the environment variable, ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH, must point
to the appropriate location.

Multiple license paths are allowed and should be separated by a semicolon (;) on Windows and a colon
(:) on Linux. The proper format for a network license location is port@hostname. If you are using a
local license file, simply set the value to the full pathname of the file.

A few examples of license paths:

On Windows:

[email protected]
ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@srv1;6200@srv2;6200@srv3
ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=c:\Program Files\Altair\Licensing14.0\altair_lic.dat

On Linux:

[email protected]
ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@srv1:6200@srv2:6200@srv3
ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=/usr/local/altair/licensing14.0/altair_lic.dat

For High Availability License (HAL) System and/or multiple servers setups, list the three servers in the
order: primary; secondary; tertiary.

Examples of license paths:

BASH shell (.profile, .bashrc):

export [email protected]

C shell (.tchsrc, .cshrc):

setenv ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH [email protected]

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4.2 Node Locked Licenses

For node-locked license (a license that is locked to a local machine), you can either place the license file
in the <install_dir>/altair/security/ directory named as altair_lic.dat, or set the environment
variable, ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH, to point to the appropriate location where the license file resides.

The preferred method is to save your license to a location separate from Altair HyperWorks installations
and set the environment variable to point at this license.

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5 Start Altair HyperWorks Applications

This chapter covers the following:

• 5.1 Start on Windows (p. 45)

• 5.2 Start on Linux (p. 46)
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5.1 Start on Windows

The installation process creates a Altair HyperWorks group available from the Start menu. The folder
containing the applications receives a default name by the Altair Altair HyperWorks Installation wizard.
Most applications can be started using the following instructions. The example below uses the default
settings.

1. Click Start > Programs > Altair Altair HyperWorks 2018.

2. From the list, select the name of the program to run.

5.1.1 Change the Default Working Directory on Windows

The default working directory specified by a Altair HyperWorks application is C:\Users
\[UserID]\Documents.

Note: If you create a shortcut directly from the <install_location>\application\bin

directory, the start in directory of the shortcut will be from that directory. We recommend
that you change the start in path to: "%userprofile%\documents" or any directory you
prefer.

Perform the following steps to change the default working directory.

1. Click Start > Programs > Altair Altair HyperWorks 2018.

2. Right-click on the Altair HyperWorks application for which you want to set the working directory.
3. From the menu, select Properties.
4. Select the Shortcut tab.
5. In the Start in text box, enter the explicit path name of the folder from which you want to run the
Altair HyperWorks application.
6. Click OK
Your user files are created in the directory specified in Step 5. For example, if you had selected
Altair HyperMesh, the command.tcl and hmmenu.set would go to this directory.

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5.2 Start on Linux

All Altair HyperWorks applications start by running the appropriate script from the
<install_location>/altair/scripts directory.

The scripts directory contains the launch procedure for each Altair HyperWorks application, and tools
such as hvtrans. In addition, it contains the /invoke sub-directory where various sub-procedures used
by the launch procedures are stored.

The general start command to enter at the terminal prompt is:

<install_location>/altair/scripts/<script name>

where <script name> is the script name associated with the particular application and the optional
[file name] applies to the applications that require an input file when they start.

For example, to start Altair HyperMesh you would enter the following at the prompt:

<install_location>/altair/scripts/hm

The following scripts are used to launch Altair HyperWorks applications:

Command Options Description

acusim Launch Altair AcuSolve product

environment

basicfea Launch BasicFEA profile

blanknest Launch BlankNesting

cadfeko Launch CADFEKO - model

creator (geometry, mesh,
configuration)

editfeko Launch EDITFEKO - advanced

text based model creator

es_aerospace Launch Engineering Solutions/

Aerospace profile

es_basicfea Launch Engineering

Solutions/BasicFEA profile

es_cfd Launch Engineering Solutions/

CDF profile

es_crash Launch Engineering Solutions/

Crash profile

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Command Options Description

es_droptest Launch Engineering Solutions/

Drop Test profile

es_nvh Launch Engineering Solutions/

NVH profile

feko_help Launch Altair Feko help

feko_update Launch command line Altair Feko

updater

feko_update_gui Launch GUI Altair Feko updater

FluxSupervisor Launch Flux Supervisor

hc Launch Altair HyperCrash

help Launch Help from command line

hfsolver Launch Manufacturing Solutions/

RADIOSS 1 Step

hg Launch Altair HyperGraph

hm Launch Altair HyperMesh

hmath Launch HyperMath

hmathbatch Launch HyperMath in batch

mode

hmathserv Launch HyperMath Results

Visualization Services

hmbatch -c<command filename> Launch Altair HyperMesh in batch

-tcl <file> mode

hmdesktop Launch Altair HyperMesh client

from HyperWorks Desktop

hst -studyfile= <filename> Automatically read the file after

launching HyperStudy

hstbatch Launch HyperStudy using batch

mode

hv Launch HyperView

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Command Options Description

hvvh Launch HyperWorks Verification

and Validation Harness

hvp Launch HyperView Player

hw_batchmesh Launch the BatchMesher

user interface where you can
interactively set up the required
entries

hx Launch HyperXtrude solver

mdl_batch -c<session filename> Launch MotionSolve using batch

mode

mfs_forging Launch Manufacturing Solutions/

Forging application

mfs_hf Launch Manufacturing Solutions/

HyperForm application

mfs_hx Launch Manufacturing Solutions/

HyperXtrude application

mfs_hypermold Launch Manufacturing Solutions/

HyperMold application

mfs_hyperweld Launch Manufacturing Solutions/

HyperWeld application

mit Launch Model Identification Tool

motionsolve Launch MotionSolve

motionsolve_subroutine_builder Launch MotionSolve Subroutine

Builder tool

mview Launch MotionView

optfeko Launch OPTFEKO - optimization

engine

optistruct Launch OptiStruct

ossmooth Launch OSSmooth

pmstudio Launch Process Studio

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Command Options Description

postfeko Launch POSTFEKO - solution

visualizer (post-processor)

prefeko Launch PREFEKO - model pre-

processor

queuefeko_gui Launch QUEUEFEKO

radioss Launch RADIOSS

resmap Launch HyperWorks Results

Mapper

runfeko Launch the FEKO solver

SimLab2018 Launch SimLab

templex Template.tpl <output> Launch Templex

On Linux, running a Window Manger, the products can be invoked from an icon type shortcut by double
clicking the icon of the product you wish to launch.

You will need to install the shortcut icons by using the script:

<install_location>/altair/LinuxMenu/install_menu.sh

with the –i option to install or –u to uninstall the shortcut icons for that installation.

5.2.1 Obtain a List of Arguments for an Application on

Linux
To obtain a list of arguments and their descriptions, add -help to the start command.
For example, to obtain a list of arguments for Altair HyperMesh, enter the following at the command
prompt:

<install_location>/altair/scripts/hm –help

The application returns a list of the available arguments and what they do.

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6 Set up Altair HyperWorks Help

The Altair HyperWorks help system is a browser-based HTML help system. This section describes how to
set up and access Altair HyperWorks help system.

This chapter covers the following:

• 6.1 Start Help from the Application Menu (p. 51)

• 6.2 Start Help from the altair/scripts Directory on Linux (p. 52)
• 6.3 Access Help Installed on a Server on Windows (p. 53)

The Altair HyperWorks help system can be installed with applications or installed alone on a server.
Help systems for Altair AcuSolve, Altair Feko, Altair Flux, Altair SimLab, and Altair Virtual Wind Tunnel
are always installed on the local machine with applications.

In order for the help to work properly from applications, you must set up a valid Internet browser and a
valid path to the Altair HyperWorks help installation if help is not installed with the application. Help can
be installed via different ways:
• On a local machine along with the Altair HyperWorks software
• Pre-installed on a shared network location
• Use Altair website help

In order for Altair HyperWorks help to work properly, you must set up a valid browser on the
machine from which the application is launched. For Windows, Altair HyperWorks uses the default
Windows browser. For Linux, the valid browser is set during the installation time. You can verify the
browser setting stored in the hwhelp.cfg file. The hwhelp.cfg file is located in the <installation
directory>/altair/ directory on Linux, and the top-level installation directory on Windows.

If Help is pre-installed on a shared network location, the information will be stored in the hwhelp.cfg
file as well. A typical hwhelp.cfg file should contain the following information:
HW_MSG_BROWSER /usr/bin/firefox
HW_MSG_HELP <install_dir>/altair/help

If HW_MSG_HELP is not set in the hwhelp.cfg file, Altair HyperWorks application will connect to the Altair
website help automatically.

Important: The help server on Linux platforms does not support tilde (~) completion
of paths. Please make sure that you use the full path for the items HW_MSG_HELP and
HW_MSG_BROWSER if you set them as environment variables, or in hwhelp.cfg. For example,
use /path/to/help_user/my_help instead of ~help_user/my_help.
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6.1 Start Help from the Application Menu

Before you begin, set up the browser and help environment before starting the application as described
in Set up Altair HyperWorks Help

The steps to start help from within an application via the Help menu are similar for most applications.

1. Start the application.

2. Click the Help menu and choose the help for the selected application.

Once the online help has been launched, you can use the Index, Contents, or Search tabs to locate the
help for a specific topic. The context sensitive help works as well.

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6.2 Start Help from the altair/scripts Directory on

Linux
Each Altair HyperWorks Help book can be invoked via command prompt by running the following script:

altair/scripts/help

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6.3 Access Help Installed on a Server on Windows

If you have chosen the Server setup type described in Installing Altair HyperWorks: Client/Server
Installation, each client is installed through NETSETUP as described in GUI Mode. Altair HyperWorks
applications will be available from the Start menu.

If both the Altair HyperWorks application and help are installed on the software server, help can be
accessed on this client as long as a valid browser is installed on the client machine.

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7 Set up CAD Translators

This chapter covers the following:

• 7.1 UG Environment Variable Settings (p. 55)

• 7.2 CATIA V5 License (p. 57)
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7.1 UG Environment Variable Settings

Since the UG reader needs to use the UGOpen library during the run time, it requires that a valid UG
1
installation and UG license be present and available to the user with the assemblies, gateway and
solid_modeling modules.

The UG installation must be the same bit-level and platform as the version of Altair HyperMesh (thus,
64-bit Altair HyperMesh must be used with 64-bit UG).

Windows Environment Variables

The following environment variables must be set prior to starting:

UGII_BASE_DIR
2
Must point to the UG installation directory .

UGI_ROOT_DIR
2
Must point to the UG installation UGII directory .

PATH
3
Must include the %UGII_BASE_DIR%\UGII\ directory .

SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER
1
Must point to the UG license server .

UGS_LICENSE_SERVER
1
Must point to the UG license server .

UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE
1
Must specify the UG license bundle .

For example, an UG installation located at C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 6.0:

UGII_BASE_DIR
C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 6.0

UGI_ROOT_DIR
%UGII_BASE_DIR%\UGII\

PATH
%UGII_BASE_DIR%\UGII\

UGS_LICENSE_SERVER
28000@licsrv

UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE
NXPTNR100

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Linux Environment Variables

The following environment variables must be set prior to starting:

UGII_BASE_DIR
2
Must point to the UG installation directory .

UGI_ROOT_DIR
2
Must point to the UG installation bin directory .

SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER
1
Must point to the UG license server .
UGS_LICENSE_SERVER
1
Must point to the UG license server .

UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE
1
Must specify the UG license bundle .

For example, an UG installation located at /soft/usr/ugs060:

UGII_BASE_DIR
/soft/usr/ugs060

UGI_ROOT_DIR
/soft/usr/ugs060/bin

UGS_LICENSE_SERVER
28000@licsrv

UGS_LICENSE_BUNDLE
NXPTNR100

1. When using UG versions prior to NX6, a UG license is not required. UG versions 9.0 and later utilize
the SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER variable, while older versions utilize UGS_LICENSE_SERVER
2. UG is very sensitive about the environment variables. You should NOT have '/' at the end of
UGII_BASE_DIR path and you MUST have '/' at the end of UGII_ROOT_DIR path.
3. It is advisable to specify %UGII_BASE_DIR\UGII\UGOpen directory at the beginning of PATH
environment variable to avoid DLL version conflict.

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7.2 CATIA V5 License

Altair HyperMesh supports import of CATIA V5 models with .CATPart, .CATProduct and .cgr
extensions.

If you intend to import CATIA V5 models, or CATIA V4 models embedded in CATIA V5 models, you must
obtain a Altair HyperWorks license file with the FEATURE CatiaV5Reader from Altair Engineering.

It is no longer necessary to install, update or manage the third-party library license file.

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8 Uninstall

This chapter covers the following:

• 8.1 Uninstall: Windows (p. 59)

• 8.2 Uninstall: Linux (p. 61)
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8.1 Uninstall: Windows

The Altair HyperWorks uninstaller will only Remove All files from the install. Please note that any
modified files or added files, like the altair_lic.dat file, will also be removed from within that
particular install location. Backup any and all files you wish to save prior to running the uninstaller.
There is no partial uninstaller available.

1. Choose one of the following methods:

• From the Start Menu, click Altair HyperWorks 2018 > Tools >
Uninstall_HyperWorksMasterInstaller2018
• From the Control Panel, click Add/Remove or Uninstall a Program to launch the Altair
HyperWorks uninstaller.
2. Select the Removal option.

8.1.1 Windows Silent Uninstalls Using a Response File

Silent uninstalls for Altair HyperWorks only allows for complete uninstalls of the products, this includes
all folders, directories and files of the Altair HyperWorks install.

1. Backup any important files before proceeding with a silent uninstall.

2. A response file is necessary for using the silent uninstall capabilities. Create a response file adding
the following three variables within it and save it as hw2018_silent_uninstaller.properties.
INSTALLER_UI=silent
FEATURE_UNINSTALL=COMPLETE
INSTALL_CLEANUP_ALL=1
3. Open a command prompt (Administrative elevation is recommended to bypass any User Account
Control prompts as shown in image below):

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4. Run the Altair HyperWorks Uninstaller executable with the

hw2018_silent_uninstaller.properties file using the syntax in the example below (where

<INSTALL_PATH> is the path used to install Altair HyperWorks and <RESPONSE_PATH> is the path
where the response file resides):

C:\<INSTALL_PATH>\2018\uninstalls
\Uninstall_HyperWorksMasterInstaller2018\Uninstall_HyperWorksMasterInstaller2018.
exe” –f
C:\<RESPONSE_PATH>\hw2018_silent_uninstaller.properties

This will remove the Altair HyperWorks install completely in silent mode.

Note: Files in the installation directory and the Start Menu folder will be removed, but
any Desktop Shortcuts may remain and need to be manually deleted.

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8.2 Uninstall: Linux

Run the command rm –Rf install_directory to uninstall the product, where install_directory is
where the Altair HyperWorks installation you would like to remove resides.

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A-1 Appendix

This chapter covers the following:

• A-1.1 Windows Installation (p. 63)

• A-1.2 Linux Installation (p. 71)
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A-1.1 Windows Installation

Complete the following steps to extract and install the software.

1. Double click the installer executable file to start the installer.

2. If UAC (User Account Control) is enabled, then a prompt displays showing the Altair Engineering,
Inc. digital signature for elevated permissions. Click Yes to continue with installer.

Figure 18:

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4. In the Introduction panel, click Next to continue.

Figure 20:

5. In the Choose Installation Type panel, choose Local and click Next.

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6. In the Choose Install Folder panel, choose the Altair HyperWorks install directory and click Next.

Note:
• The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;
• Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:\

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7. In the Change Shortcut Folder (Local) panel, choose a Start Menu name for the Altair HyperWorks
install and solidThinking applications (if desired, they can be the same) and select whether
desktop shortcuts are created. There are options on this panel to associate Altair HyperWorks
file types to products, install Altair ConnectMe, and to generate thumbnail previews for Altair
HyperMesh files. These options are selected by default. Once options are chosen, click Next to
continue.

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8. In the Choose Install Set panel, select the products to install. Click Next to continue.
You can now install compatible hotfixes, that are not selected by default, for Altair HyperWorks
Desktop, Altair HyperWorks Solvers, and Altair AcuSolve as well.

Products that do not have sub-installer present or were not picked up by the Master Installer in
the residing directory will be listed as (Unavailable) and are not available to be installed.

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9. If Help was NOT selected to be installed, the Help Configuration panel is displayed. Select one of
the options:
• Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path,
to where the Help was installed to create the product link.
• Connect to the Altair website Help: Allows the products to connect to the Altair website
Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.
• Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will
default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.

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10. In the Set up Licensing panel, your current license is displayed. Select one of the following
options:
• Enter license server Input the license server (port@host) or choose a license file.
• Skip this step Do not change your license settings at this time.

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11. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk
space requirements. Click Install to continue.

Figure 27:

12. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.

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A-1.2 Linux Installation

Complete the following steps to extract and install the software.

Altair HyperWorks install directories with spaces are not supported on Linux.

1. Open a command terminal window/prompt.

a) cd – change directory – to the location where the installer executable resides.
b) Execute the sh command on the installer binary, for example sh hw2018_linux64.bin.
The HyperWorks installer extracts the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and the install modules to the
TMP location of the machine and launches the installer.

sh hw2018_linux64.bin

Launching installer...

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3. In the Introduction panel, click Next to continue.

Figure 30:

4. In the Choose Install Folder panel, choose the Altair HyperWorks install directory and click Next.

Note:
• The installer does not allow the use of characters # and ;
• Installing to a root drive is not permitted, for example C:/

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Products that do not have sub-installer present or were not picked up by the Master Installer in
the residing directory will be listed as (Unavailable) and are not available to be installed.

Figure 32:

6. In the Choose Web Browser for Help dialog, input the path of the internet browser to be used with
the Altair HyperWorks Help. Click Next to continue.
7. If Help was NOT selected to be installed, the Help Configuration panel is displayed. Select one of
the options:
• Connect to a network installed Help location: Input the path, either UNC or drive path,
to where the Help was installed to create the product link.
• Connect to the Altair website Help: Allows the products to connect to the Altair website
Help. A working Internet connection is needed for this functionality.
• Set up Later: Allows for a post Help install over the current installation. This option will
default to the website help if an Internet connect is established.

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Note: A valid Linux web browser will need to also be defined in this panel
(HW_MSG_BROWSER).

Figure 33:

8. In the Pre-Installation Summary panel, review the Product Features list, Install Folder and disk
space requirements. Click Install to continue.

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9. Once the installation completes, click Done to exit the installer.

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