MSCOne VCollab Installation

VCollab Suite (64-bit) is an installer package from Visual Collaboration Technologies Inc. which includes the following products.

• VCollab Pro X

• VCollab Presenter X

• VMoveCAE

• VMoveCAD

• VMoveAdams

• VMoveCST

• VMoveVTK

• VMoveJT

Note

1. The following products are selected for the installation by default.

   • VCollab Pro X, VCollab Presenter X, VMoveCAE

   The following products will be installed only if they are selected by user

   • VMoveCAD, VMoveAdams, VMoveCST, VMoveVTK and VMoveJT

2. The Default Installation location is “C:\Program Files\MSCOne_VCollab\<version>”

3. The shortcuts for VCollab products are listed under “MSCOne_VCollab” in Start Menu

Supported Licensing schemes

MSCOne VCollab supports the following license schemes.

• Floating License

• Node Lock License

Floating License

A license that can authorize usage of an application by one of a group of users on a network. A license server is required to manage a floating license. Floating licenses must be counted.

Node Lock License

A license that can authorize use of an application running on a single specific machine, as opposed to on a network. Node-locked licenses are usually uncounted. Node-locked, uncounted licenses do not require a license server.

System Requirement

1. Hardware Requirement:

   Desktops

   • Win 64 BIT

   • 8 GB RAM with 16 GB virtual memory

   • A graphic accelerator card with minimum of 256 MB RAM

   • Graphic drivers that support OpenGL 1.2 and above

   Laptops

   • Win 64 BIT

   • 5 GB RAM with 12 GB Virtual Memory

   • A graphic accelerator card with minimum of 256 MB RAM

   • Graphic drivers that support OpenGL 1.2 and above

2. Software Requirements

   Operating System

   • Windows 7 and Windows 10

Installation of VCollab Suite

1. Run MSCOne_VCollab.exe that comes as part of VCollab Suite distribution. Following Window will appear

   

   Click Yes to continue. The Language selection window wiill appear user can choose one of any language from the list. English will be the default language

   

   Then Following window will appear.

   

2. After the Setup prepares installer wizard, VCollab Suite Setup Window appears with Welcome Message.

   

3. Press “Next” button. A following window showing license agreement appears

   

4. If you agree all the terms and conditions, press “Next” button

5. The ‘Choose Components’ wizard appears to select the products to be installed.

   

   By default, the following products are selected for the installation

   • VCollabProX

   • VCollabPresenterX

   • VMoveCAE

   The following products will be installed only if they are selected by user

   • VMoveCAD

   • VMoveAdams

   • VMoveCST

   • VMoveVTK

   • VMoveJT

6. Press ‘Next’ Button to continue the installation. The ‘Choose Install Location’ wizard appears to select where the user wants to install it. The default location is “C:\Program Files\MSCOne_VCollab\<version>” as shown in the following figure

   

   User can change the install location by clicking the ‘Browse’ button.

7. Click ‘Install’ button to complete installation. The following window shows up to confirm that installation is complete.

   

8. Click on Next to popup next window to configure the license by using the following page. Select the option (Floating/Node lock) based on the license that you have

   

9. After setting the required license option, Click on Next to popup the finish page.

10. The following window shows up to confirm that installation is complete.

    

Note

It’s not mandatory to restart the system after installation. If there is an issue in running any one of the VCollab’s product, it’s recommended to restart the system.

Uninstallation of VCollab Suite

Uninstallation of VCollab Suite can be done in two ways

• Uninstall from shortcut menu

• Uninstall from Add and Remove Programs of Control Panel

Uninstall from shortcut menu

To uninstall VCollab Suite, click uninstall shortcut from ‘Start | All Programs | MSCOne_VCollab | Uninstall MSCOne_VCollab’ menu, the following windows appear.

Click ‘Yes’ to uninstall and ‘No’ to stop the uninstallation.

Uninstall from ‘Add and remove programs’ of Control Panel

To uninstall VCollab Suite, Click Windows ‘Start | Control Panel | Add and Remove Programs’ and Select MSCOne_VCollab’ and click unintsall.

License Configuration

The environement MSC_LICENSE_FILE should be created/updated to mention the MSCOne_VCollab license.

For Floating license, the license server address should be appended to the value field of MSC_LICENSE_FILE variable.

For example,

Variable	MSC_LICENSE_FILE
Value	27500@hostname (For Single Server)
Value	27500@hostname1;27000@hostname2;27000@hostname3; (For Triad Servers)

For Nodelock license, the license file path should be appended to the value field of MSC_LICENSE_FILE variable.

For example,

Variable	MSC_LICENSE_FILE
Value	C:\MSC.Software\License

Note

The license for MSCOne_VCollab should be acquired from MSC.Software