June 2009

Installation

Helix Direct Interface for CATIA V5 V1R11M1

This section provides technical information about installation.


  1. Required CATIA Configuration
  2. Disk Space Required for Installation
  3. License Types
  4. Helix File Server
  5. Trouble Shooting

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1. Required CATIA Configuration

Helix Direct Interface for CATIA V5 is an add-in software package for CATIA®.
The following CATIA® system configuration is required to use the software.

Hardware Requirements

The following hardware configuration follows the requirement recommended for running CATIA.


Operating System

The following operating systems can be used.

This product is available on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (64-bits) or Windows Vista x64 Edition (64-bit) as a 32-bit application.


Required CATIA Products

The following CATIA product components (32-bits) must be installed.


Software Requirement

The following software needs to be installed.


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2. Disk Space Required for Installation

The free disk space required to install the module is as follows:

Helix Direct Interface for CATIA V5 : 55MB (approx.)

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3. License Types

Two licensing types are available: standalone (use on a single computer) or networked (managed by a server).

Standalone License

Use Nodelock Management to set the License.
See "Setting up the license" for details of the procedure.


Network License

The license is set by "IBM License Use Management (LUM)".
It is set in the same way as for CATIA.

LUM Version 4.6.8 or earlier is required on the network license server machine.

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4. Helix File Server

The File Server of the Helix Server V5R2M1 must be installed on the server machine in order to utilize the resources such as drawings on network.

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5. Trouble Shooting

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