Autodesk Installation, Network Administration, and Licensing Help (for desktop products)
Installation help is unified across the Autodesk family of desktop products. The following links lead to the help resources that are common to all of the Autodesk desktop applications. For the cloud-based, subscription product, please see the Simulation Mechanical Flex Installation Help page.
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Autodesk Installation Basics:
This publication provides end-user installation instructions.
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Autodesk Installation Administrator's Guide:
This publication includes the following resources:
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Network Administrator's Guide
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Network Licensing Administrator's Guide
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Application Manager Administrator's Guide
Note: The Installation Administrator's Guide publication is useful for setting up a network license server, deploying the software to multiple networked workstations, and more. The Application Manager is installed along with the Simulation Mechanical software. It runs in the background, downloading and installing program updates as they become available (to keep your Autodesk software up-to-date).
Simulation Mechanical and Simulation Mechanical Flex: Product-Specific Installation Help
The following links lead to various product-specific help resources:
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System Requirements:
Find out about hardware and operating system minimum requirements and recommendations for Simulation Mechanical.
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ReadMe:
The ReadMe file contains a list of known issues in the software that are not resolved in the subject version.
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Simulation Mechanical Flex Installation:
This page provides end-user installation instructions for the Flex (cloud-based) version of the software.
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Advanced Windows Installation Topics:
This page covers how to uninstall or repair program installations and how to work with side-by-side installations of two or more Simulation Mechanical versions.
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CAD Setup and Troubleshooting:
This page covers add-ins for various CAD applications. These add-ins provide a ribbon tab or menu within the supported CAD programs for transferring models directly into Simulation Mechanical.
- Autodesk SimStudio Tools: This application is automatically installed along with Simulation Mechanical and Simulation Mechanical Flex. You can use it to create CAD surface and solid models and to simplify or repair existing CAD models. Simulation Mechanical can transfer FEA models directly into SimStudio Tools for modification of the geometry, regardless of the original source of the CAD data. SimStudio Tools can transfer new or edited CAD models directly into Simulation Mechanical. The following installation help resources are available: