Windows 7 & Abaqus

[Jorgen]

The new Windows OS - Windows 7 - is scheduled to be released this fall. I have been trying out the release candidate of Windows 7 that is available and I am happy to let all Abaqus users know that Abaqus V6.9-1 works just fine on Windows 7.

There is one trick that you may need to use, however, to install Abaqus on Windows 7. If you try to install the software just from the DVD then you might run into the problem that I did, i.e. the Abaqus installation program complained that I was trying to install the 32-bit version on a 64-bit computer. Well, that was not quite right since I was in fact using a 32-bit computer.

One way to fix this problem is to:

Copy the files from the installation DVD to the local hard drive
Set the exe-files to run in XP compatibility mode. You can set this by right clicking on the exe-file and then select the compatibility tab and set the compatibility mode from there.

If you perform these two steps then you can install Abaqus without any other issues.

-Jorgen

[brian]

Thanks. It worked following your tips.

I have a question for you.
When I tried to open .cae files, abaqus failed to open it. Do you have the same problem?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Roh

[Jorgen]

No, CAE works for me.

-Jorgen

[lkewei]

Jorgen: you know what, I had this problem too. I was trying to install ABAQUS V6.9-1 in Win 7, it said something like my system was not supported, so I have on idea what to do, then I remembered how could I install ABAQUS on a non supported Linux version, I started the Windows command and typed the command with "nosystrmchecks", gusse what, it works great!






The new Windows OS - Windows 7 - is scheduled to be released this fall. I have been trying out the release candidate of Windows 7 that is available and I am happy to let all Abaqus users know that Abaqus V6.9-1 works just fine on Windows 7.

There is one trick that you may need to use, however, to install Abaqus on Windows 7. If you try to install the software just from the DVD then you might run into the problem that I did, i.e. the Abaqus installation program complained that I was trying to install the 32-bit version on a 64-bit computer. Well, that was not quite right since I was in fact using a 32-bit computer.

One way to fix this problem is to:

Copy the files from the installation DVD to the local hard drive
Set the exe-files to run in XP compatibility mode. You can set this by right clicking on the exe-file and then select the compatibility tab and set the compatibility mode from there.

If you perform these two steps then you can install Abaqus without any other issues.

-Jorgen

[lkewei]

Jorgen: you know what, I had this problem too. I was trying to install ABAQUS V6.9-1 in Win 7, it said something like my system was not supported, so I have on idea what to do, then I remembered how could I install ABAQUS on a non supported Linux version, I started the Windows command and typed the command with "nosystrmchecks", gusse what, it works great!

[st drome]

Hi everybody !

This is my first installation of abaqus 6.9 under windows 7 and I don't really understand how to install it properly with the license server.

Can anyone explain it to me in detail ? that could be great ! I'm a french student and i need abaqus for my engineer formation.

Btw, i followed Jorgen's tip, and now i can run the install. So thanks to you !

[rosiejons5]

Thanks for the tips Jorgen. They really proved helpful. :)

[salimskhan]

Hi all
I am trying to install abaqus 6.7 on windows 7.
it gives me error bad command.
can some help me to fix this problem


salim

[be29esguerra]

Thanks for tips. Am interested in CAE.