The ANSYS Composite Cure Simulation add-on requires a copy of ANSYS to be already installed. You will also need administrator rights to be able to install this add-on. Currently, the Workbench integration is only available for Microsoft Windows machines. The current release was successfully tested against the officially suppurated Windows OS.

Download the installer from the customer portal: https://support.ansys.com/portal/site/AnsysCustomerPortal

Double click on the installer to execute it and follow the steps as illustrated below. The installation should be performed with the system administrator rights. By default, ACCS is available with a reference material library. This library is automatically loaded into the installation folder and is seamlessly imported into the engineering data toolbox with the name Cure Simulation.

Agree the Terms of Agreement and Click Next

Click Next

Choose the destination Folder and Click Next

Choose the Folder where ANSYS is installed and Click Next

Choose the components to install and Click Next

Choose the folder for the Start Menu Shortcuts and Click Next

Review the install settings and Click on Install

The installation is in progress.

Click on Finish to close the window

A silent install option is also available. Run the Installer with the /SILENT switch from within a console with administrative rights.

On Windows: > LMAT_ACCS-v2.5_WB22.1_INNO.exe /SILENT

If the user does not want to see any messageboxes, the /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES switch allows to remove them all.

To configure the installation directory, please use the /DIR="" switch and to configure the Workbench Root folder, please use the /AWPROOT="" switch.

It is also possible to specify a log file by adding to the previous command the following /LOG=""

On Windows, a complete example would be: > LMAT_ACCS-v2.5_WB22.1_INNO.exe /SILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /DIR="%ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.5_WB22.1" /AWPROOT="%ProgramFiles%\ANSYS Inc\v22.1" /LOG="C:\Temp\ACCS.log"

Please run as an administrator the following file:

On Windows: > %ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.5_WB22.1\uninst000.exe

A silent uninstall option is also available. Run the Uninstaller with the /SILENT switch from within a console with administrative rights.

On Windows: > %ProgramFiles%\LMAT\ACCS\v2.5_WB22.1\uninst000.exe /SILENT

It is also possible to specify a log file by adding to the previous command the following /LOG=""