About the Installation Process

This section describes the installation process.

Installers

To install ENOVIA Collaborative Design for SolidWorks Server, you use these installers.

ENOVIA Collaborative Design for SolidWorks Server Installer


  • Windows--ENOVIACollaborativeDesignforSolidWorksServer-V6R2013.windows.exe
  • UNIX--ENOVIACollaborativeDesignforSolidWorksServer-V6R2013.unix.bin

ENOVIA Collaborative Design for SolidWorks Client Installer


  • ENOVIACollaborativeDesignforSolidWorksClient-V6R2013.exe

Precautions During Installation on UNIX

You must log in as a user with administration rights. Log in as root to install the ENOVIA Collaborative Design for SolidWorks on UNIX.

The user must have the following permissions:


  • Permission to run the installer
  • Permission to run MQL
  • Write permission on the ENOVIA RMI staging directory
  • Write permission to the user installation directory
  • Make sure JDK is installed, and the environment variable PATH points to the directory where the java executable is installed. For example, if the JDK install directory is /opt/java, then /opt/java/bin should be in the PATH.

Before you start, make sure:


  • The TEMP variable (for Windows) or TMP (for UNIX) must be set to a valid directory.
  • The drive where the TEMP variable points should have sufficient free space. The installer executable size is approximately 4 MB.
  • The Security Alert message is granted permission to proceed.

Ensure that the compatible version of JVM is installed. The JVM is available for download from Sun's Java web site.