FAQ R03 - What are the supported versions of the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler with Simcenter Amesim?

Microsoft Visual C++ compiler supported versions

Category: Simcenter Amesim

Topic: Installation/Release

Access Level: End User

Publish Date: March 2013

Question

What are the supported versions of the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler with Simcenter Amesim?

Answer

Below are the compatibility lists between Microsoft Visual C++ and Simcenter Amesim versions:

• If not done by default with the Visual C++ installation, Microsoft SDK must be installed.

Yes	Probable	No

MSSDK	Microsoft Visual C++ 64 bits	Simcenter Amesim
2021.1	2021.2	2022.1	2210	2304	2310	2404	2410	2504	2511
10	2022	Std/Pro
2019	Std/Pro
2017	Std/Pro
2015	Std/Pro
8.1A	2013	Std/Pro
8.1	2012	Std/Pro
7.1/8.0	2010	Std/Pro
6.0/7.0	2008	Std/Pro

For Visual 2015 to 2022: if several versions of the compiler are installed the latest version is used automatically.

For Visual 2010 to 2013: if several versions of the compiler are installed the latest version is used automatically.

In both cases you can modify this by editing the files %AME%\vcvars64.bat (for Visual 2010 to 2013 64-bit), %AME%\vcvars64_vc140.bat (for Visual 2015 to 2022 64-bit) or %AME%\vcvars32.bat (for Visual 2010 to 2013 32-bit).

Note

On some machines with Visual 2022 installed, you may need to create a System environment variable called VS170COMNTOOLS pointing to the location of the Tools folder of the Visual 2022 installation, typically C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\Tools. This environment variable is used in %AME%\vcvars64_vc140.bat to locate the compiler.