Installing ACT-based Extensions

Installing from Workbench project page: 1. In the Extensions menu, select the Install Extension option 2. It will open a file dialog to select the appropriate *.wbex binary file 3. The extension is installed

Notes: The extension to be installed will be stored in the following location: %AppData%\Ansys\v145\AdvancedAddinPackage\extensions The installation will create at the same location a folder in addition to the .wbex file If you already have another (previous) version of this extension installed, please remove both .wbex file & folder before installing the new one
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Default extensions for all Projects

If the user needs certain extensions to be always available for all Mechanical sessions,
define those under Workbench Options In the Tools menu, select the Options Select Extensions in the pop up panel Add the extension names under Default Extensions to Load Restart Workbench and confirm the defined extensions are enabled automatically In the Extensions menu, select the Manage Extensions Confirm the extensions are enabled automatically

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Using extensions from a central location

Once the binary extension is installed at default location, one can move the *.wbex and the folder to any
other location Default path: %AppData%\Ansys\v145\AdvancedAddinPackage\extensions New path: Any location on your machine, shared drive etc.

All users interested in using the extension need to include that path in their Workbench Options
In the Tools menu, select the Options Select Extensions in the pop up panel Add the path under Additional Extensions Folder

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Define additional folders in which ACT will search for extensions in order to expose them in the Extension Manager

Notes: During the scan of the available extensions, the folders will be analyzed according to the following order: 1. The application data folder 2. The additional folders defined in the Additional Extension Folders property 3. The installation folder 4. The extensions folder part of the current Workbench project (if the project was previously saved with the extension) 2011 ANSYS, Inc. January 11, 2013 If an extension is available in more than one of these locations, the 1st one according to the scan order is used