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This is a guide on how to manually install Ansys, a piece of software used in the School of Engineering. This guide is for anyone that has to perform this installation manually; there is a package located at \\titan\software$\Engineering\ANSYS\v1507 that contains all the necessary components and a batch file to perform the install.

Step-by-step guide

Browse to installer at \\titan\landeskpackages$\Engineering\ANSYS1507
Click Install Ansys Products
Set default install path
Uncheck ANSYS Geometry Interfaces (which are installs that can be done separately)
Input licensing info on the next screen
1. Licensing info all from https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/TuftsUITResearchComputing/Network+Concurrent+Licenses
2. Make sure to click 3-server (redundant triad)
Run install (takes approximately 30 minutes)
Run the following commands to add firewall exceptions:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="autodyn" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\aisol\AUTODYN\winx64\autodyn.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ANSYS Workbench" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\Framework\bin\Win64\ansysfww.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Interconnect Application" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64\ansysli_client.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Wish Application" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\commonfiles\tcl\bin\winx64\wish.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ANSYS RSM Job Manager Service" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\rsm\bin\ans.rsm.jmhost.exe" enable=yes profile=domain

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