© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 1

Configuring CAD Products in v16.0.

Global Support Installation

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 2

What will you learn from this presentation:

• What options should I pick during the Installation? • How to configure CAD Interfaces during the Installation • How to (re)configure CAD Interfaces after the Installation has

taken place.

Configuring CAD Products in v16.0.

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 3

• Please note that this slide deck uses the Creo Reader and Associative Interface to demonstrate how to Configure CAD readers and Interfaces to work with ANSYS Inc Products.

• The other Readers and Associative Interfaces are configured in a very similar way and so you should be able to follow the same general workflow for each.

Note on examples contained with this presentation

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 4

What options should I pick during the Installation?

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 5

• During the Installation you are given the option of which CAD Packages to Install.

• Make sure the ones you require are selected.

• Most of these options are small in terms of size and so the recommendation is to leave them selected. • This means you can configure them

later without needing to re-run the installer.

Make sure you install the CAD Packages during Installation

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 6

Configuring CAD Products During the Installation Process

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 7

• During the Installation Process you will get options for the CAD packages that you have selected.

• The example on the right shows the Creo Parametric.

• You can Pick either the Reader or Workbench Associative Interface options.

• Alternatively If you do not want to configure at this time then click “Skip this step for Workbench and Configure Later”.

• All the other CAD Products are similar in the Installation Process.

Installation Process

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 8

Post Install Configuration through the CAD Configuration Utility

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 9

• Start to CAD Configuration Manager from

Start Menu -> All Programs -> ANSYS 15.0

• Make sure you start the program by right clicking and selecting “Run as administrator”

Starting the CAD Configuration Manager

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 10

1. In ‘CAD Products’ : select « Creo Parametric / Reader »

2. Click Next

3. Click on Configure Selected CAD Interfaces

4. Check every line has the status « Configure Success ».

5. Click « Exit » to close the CAD Configuration Manager

Example – Installing a Reader

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 11

1. In ‘CAD Products’ : select « Creo Parametric / Workbench Associative Interface »

2. Click Next

3. Indicate Creo Parametric installation folders

4. Click Next

Example - Installing the Plug in Interface (1/2)

© 2013 ANSYS, Inc. 12

1. Click on Configure Selected CAD Interfaces

2. Check every line has the status « Configure Success ».

3. Click « Exit » to close the CAD Configuration Manager

Example - Installing the Plug in Interface(2/2)