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If you are downloading from the Solutions Download Center, download the _linux64.exe zip file and follow these steps:
Copy the self-extracting archive (.exe) file to a temporary subdirectory with enough disk space.
Double-click on the installer and follow the prompts.
Generative Design Engine Remote Solver Installation
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To copy the application to the intended folder root privileges are required.Please extract the content of the zip to /opt/, e.g. with:
sudo unzip MSC.Software-Apex-GenDes-2021-2-Linux.zip 'MSC.Software/*'Then the startscript must be made executable:
sudo chmod 755 /opt/MSC.Software/MSC_Apex_Generative_Design/2021-825738/runGD_Engine.sh
Generative Design Engine - Command Line Optimisation
The Command Line Optimisation is the only option available for Linux. This allows you to prepare the models on a different computer and run the solver on a different computer than you have the MSC Apex Generative Design graphical user interface installed on. Once it is installed, you can configure other remote installations of the graphical user interface to point to this instance for remote solving.