FAQ R01 - How do I deal with different versions of Simcenter Amesim on a single machine (Windows)?

Category: Simcenter Amesim

Topic: Installation/Release

Access Level: End User

Publish Date: November 2009

Note

This FAQ is intended for users who want to start Simcenter Amesim versions older than 2022.1.

Question

How do I deal with different versions of Simcenter Amesim on a single machine (Windows)?

Answer

Note

This procedure is only intended for computer administrators or advanced Windows users.

Two versions of Simcenter Amesim are installed on a single machine. In the example below, we assume that the user wants to use both Simcenter Amesim 2020.1 and Simcenter Amesim v16 on a single machine.

Note

This procedure is applicable for all Simcenter Amesim versions. The instructions below describe how to use both versions of Simcenter Amesim.

Procedure

1. Log in as an Administrator.

2. Install the new version of Simcenter Amesim (2020.1).

3. Copy the new license file into the licensing folder of the Simcenter Amesim 2020.1 installation.

4. Use a .bat command file to start the 2020.1 version of Simcenter Amesim. A template of this type of .bat file is supplied in the misc sub-directory of the Simcenter Amesim installation directory for each application (Simcenter Amesim, Submodel Editor, Simcenter Amesim Run or Component Customization). After adjusting and saving the default .bat file (RunAMExxxTemplate.bat), simply launch it to start the appropriate application in the old version.

A typical example to start Simcenter Amesim would be: Copy@echo off setlocal call "%AME%\vcvars64.bat" set AME=C:\AMESim\vM if exist "%AME%\Common" set AME=%AME%\Amesim if exist "%AME%\Common" set SYSSYN=%AME%\System Synthesis set AME_CMMN=%AME%\Common if exist "%SYSSYN%\win64" set path=%SYSSYN%\win64;%PATH% if exist "%SYSSYN%\win32" set path=%SYSSYN%\win32;%PATH% if exist "%AME_CMMN%\win32" set path=%AME_CMMN%\win32;%path% set path=%AME%;%AME%\win32;%AME%\win64;%AME%\sys\mingw64\bin;%AME%\sys\mingw\bin;%AME%\sys\python\win32;%AME%\sys\python\win64;%path% if exist "%AME%\win64\AMESim.exe" start "Amesim" "%AME%\win64\AMESim.exe" if exist "%AME%\win32\AMESim.exe" start "Amesim" "%AME%\win32\AMESim.exe" endlocal A shortcut to this script can be put on your desktop to start the v16 application by clicking an icon. The previous standard icons and menus associated with the v16 application must not be used anymore: always use the shortcut associated with the script.

5. Start Simcenter Amesim 2020.1 using the standard desktop shortcuts and Windows menus.

Note Old v16 and new 2020.1 models must be saved in distinct directories (e. g. C:\AMETest\V16 for v16 models, and C:\AMETest\2020.1 for new models).

Note If a v16 model is opened and saved with the new 2020.1 version, it can no longer be opened with the v16 version, since it is converted to the new 2020.1 format.