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2 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction...1 Installing...3 Contact Us...4 Intellectual Property Rights Notice...5 License Specification...6 Chapter 2: Configuring... 7 Installing Third Party Solvers...9 Chapter 3: Setting Up the Job Manager Configuring the Job Manager Chapter 4: Setting Up Local Service...13 Adding a Service Configuring Click2Extrude for Your Local PC...17 Chapter 5: Setting Up Remote PBS Service...18 Creating a New PuTTY Session...20 Creating a Password-Free Connection...22 Chapter 6: Setting Up Remote Linux Machines Setting Up a Remote Linux Machine Configuring the Linux Host for Job Manager Communication...27 Configuring Click2Extrude for Remote Linux Host Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering i

3 Chapter 1 Introduction Topics: The installers can be downloaded from the Altair website. Installing Contact Us Intellectual Property Rights Notice License Specification Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 1

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5 Installing For use on the local machine, this is sufficient. The Job Manager (JM) is a utility used for generating solver data decks in batch mode and for launching the solvers on local or remote machines. This is also automatically configured to be used on the local machine and additional setup is required. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 3

6 Contact Us Welcome to the solidthinking community! If you are a solidthinking customer and require technical support or more information about Click2Extrude, you can browse our forum, watch videos, find documentation, and contact us at our website at or solidthinking.com/click2extrude. If you are an Altair HyperWorks customer and require support, please contact your local support office as listed on the Altair HyperWorks website at or contact hxsupport@altair.com. 4 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

7 Intellectual Property Rights Notice Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Patents & Third Party Software Licenses Click2Extrude 2016 Copyright solidthinking Inc. All Rights Reserved. Notice: Pre-release versions of solidthinking software are provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Usage is strictly limited to non-production purposes. solidthinking intellectual property rights are protected under U.S. and international laws and treaties. Additionally, solidthinking software is protected under patent #6,859,792 and other patents pending. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. solidthinking Inc E. Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI Not for use or disclosure outside of solidthinking and its licensed clients. Information contained in solidthinking 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 License Software Security Measures: solidthinking 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. End User Software License Agreement A full copy of the license agreement was provided to you upon download or installation of this product. Supplier Warranties Supplier warranties for third party software can be viewed at: Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 5

8 License Specification Click2Extrude requires user to specify the environment variable ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH and without this, all components of Click2Extrude will not work. Multiple license paths are allowed and should be separated by a semicolon (;) on Windows and a colon (:) on Unix/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 are: ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@server.foo.bar.com ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=6200@srv1;6200@srv2;6200@srv3 ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH=C:\Program Files\Altair\Licensing12.0\altair_lic.dat 6 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

9 Chapter 2 Configuring Topics: Installing Third Party Solvers Configure the Job Manager for remote machines usage and other HyperMesh installations (not packaged with ). Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 7

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11 Installing Third Party Solvers Gzip and PuTTY are third party tools and they are not included in the installation. These tools are required to communicate with remote Linux machines in order to submit and monitor solver runs. The third party tools have to be downloaded from the respective websites: PuTTY: Gzip: They are needed only for remote job submission. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 9

12 Chapter 3 Setting Up the Job Manager Topics: This section describes how to configure the Job Manager. Configuring the Job Manager 10 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

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Configuring the Job Manager 1. In the Job Manager dialog, click Configure > Configuration Settings. 2. Browse and select the bin folder for Gzip and PuTTY. 3. Click Update to save the settings.

14 Configuring the Job Manager 1. In the Job Manager dialog, click Configure > Configuration Settings. 2. Browse and select the bin folder for Gzip and PuTTY. 3. Click Update to save the settings. Decide which type of service you need: Local Host: Used to launch batch-meshing (HM) and solver ( and OptiStruct) jobs on the local machine, where 2016 is installed. Remote Host: Used to submit solver jobs remote Linux machines or PBS servers. 12 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

15 Chapter 4 Setting Up Local Service Topics: Adding a Service Configuring Click2Extrude for Your Local PC This section describes how to set up services for a local installation. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 13

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Adding a Service 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Add Server. 3. In the Service Name field, enter the name of your windows pc. 4. In the Host Name field, enter the local host name. 5.

17 Adding a Service 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Add Server. 3. In the Service Name field, enter the name of your windows pc. 4. In the Host Name field, enter the local host name. 5. For the Architecture drop down menu, select win For Location, select Local. 7. Specify your PC Working Folder. This can be at any place on your computer (avoid folder names with spaces or any special characters). The Remote Working Folder field is not needed for a local service. 8. In the HM Bin Folder field, enter the HW installation location. <HW Installation Home>\hm\bin\win64 Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 15

18 9. In the HX Bin folder field, enter the HX installation location. <HW Installation Home>\hwsolvers\scripts 10.Click Update to save the settings. 16 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

Configuring Click2Extrude for Your Local PC 1. Open Click2Extrude from the Start menu. 2.

In the right pane, make the following selections: a) HM Service: enter local_pc_hm b) HX

Job Manager settings. 4. Click Apply. Configuration is completed.

19 Configuring Click2Extrude for Your Local PC 1. Open Click2Extrude from the Start menu. 2. Click File > Preferences. 3. In the left pane, highlight HyperWorks. In the right pane, make the following selections: a) HM Service: enter local_pc_hm b) HX Service: enter local_pc_hx c) OptiStruct Service: enter local_pc_os This was configured in the Job Manager settings. 4. Click Apply. Configuration is completed. Your machine is now configured to mesh and the solver HyperXtrude runs on your local PC. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 17

20 Chapter 5 Setting Up Remote PBS Service Topics: Creating a New PuTTY Session Creating a Password-Free Connection This section describes how to set up services for remote PBS service. 18 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

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22 Creating a New PuTTY Session 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Invoke > PuTTY Session. 3. Specify the Linux Host Name and Saved Sessions name. 4. In the left pane, click Data. 5. In the Auto-login username field, specify your login ID. 20 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

23 6. At the top of the left pane, click on Session. 7. Click Save and close the dialog. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 21

Creating a Password-Free Connection To enable automatic data transfer between your PC and the remote Linux machine, setup a secure password free connection. 1. Open Job Manager. 2.

$Click Save private key, and save the private key to a secure location on your computer. C:\Users\<USER NAME>\Documents\Putty_Job Manager.ppk 9. Close the PuTTY Key Generator dialog. 10.$

24 Creating a Password-Free Connection To enable automatic data transfer between your PC and the remote Linux machine, setup a secure password free connection. 1. Open Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Passwordless Connection 3. Click to generate a private/public key pair. The PuTTY Key Generator dialog opens. 4. At the bottom of the dialog, select the SSH-2RSA radio button. 5. Set the number of bits in a generated key to Click Generate. 7. During the key generation process, roll your cursor in the empty space, so that a password with great strength is generated. 8. Click Save private key, and save the private key to a secure location on your computer. C:\Users\<USER NAME>\Documents\Putty_Job Manager.ppk 9. Close the PuTTY Key Generator dialog. 10. In the Altair HX Job Manager dialog, click and locate the PuTTY private key (Putty_Job Manager.ppk) that you saved in Step Click Update to save this information to the PuTTY session. 12.Click Passwordless to copy the public key pair to the remote Linux machine automatically. 13.In the dialog that appears, specify the Linux login password. Note: This is a one-time password request. The password is not saved inside the Job Manager program. It is only used to login and copy the public key pair to the Linux machine automatically. 22 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

25 14.Click OK. The public key pair is automatically copied to the.ssh\ authorized_keys2 file in your home folder on Linux. Once Job Manager copies the public key pair to the Linux machine, it runs a test connection and a confirmation message is displayed. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 23

26 Chapter 6 Setting Up Remote Linux Machines Topics: Setting Up a Remote Linux Machine Configuring the Linux Host for Job Manager Communication Configuring Click2Extrude for Remote Linux Host This section describes how to set up services for remote Linux machines. 24 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

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Setting Up a Remote Linux Machine 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Add Server. 3. For Service Name enter trpdecompute. 4. In the Protocol field, select Putty. 5. Select the Host Name.

28 Setting Up a Remote Linux Machine 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Add Server. 3. For Service Name enter trpdecompute. 4. In the Protocol field, select Putty. 5. Select the Host Name. The saved session created in PuTTY displays. 6. For Architecture, select linux For Location, select Remote. 8. In the Max Memory field, enter the maximum memory supported on the server. 9. In the PBS field, select Yes/No depending on whether your Linux machine supports PBS or not. 10.For Machine Type, select HX. 11.Enter the Version as Specify your PC Working Folder. This can be at any place on your computer (avoid folder names with spaces or any special characters). 13.Specify the Remote Working Folder field. /users/<user name>/hx_runs 14.In the Job Manager Script folder field, enter the location to save Job Manager scripts. /users/<user name>/job Manager_scripts 15.Click Add to save this server to the Linux host. 26 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

Configuring the Linux Host for Job Manager Communication 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Edit Server. 3. 2. Pick the host saved in previous steps trpdecompute. 4.

29 Configuring the Linux Host for Job Manager Communication 1. Open the Job Manager. 2. Click Configure > Edit Server Pick the host saved in previous steps trpdecompute. 4. Click Advance to configure Linux host. 5. Specify the HM EXE file path location. 6. Specify the HX BAT file path location. 7. Specify the License Path. 8. Click Update. Click2Extrude Installation Guide Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering 27

Configuring Click2Extrude for Remote Linux Host 1. Open Click2Extrude 2016 from the Start menu. 2. Click File > Preferences. 3. In the left pane, highlight HyperWorks.

30 Configuring Click2Extrude for Remote Linux Host 1. Open Click2Extrude 2016 from the Start menu. 2. Click File > Preferences. 3. In the left pane, highlight HyperWorks. In the right pane, make the following selections: a) HM Service: enter local_pc_hm b) HX Service: select trpdecompute This was configured in the Job Manager settings. 4. Click Apply. The configuration is complete. Your machine is now configured for remote access. 28 Proprietary Information of Altair Engineering Click2Extrude Installation Guide

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