Network installation

This article describes how to set up SuCri for a team that shares its Plant 3D content in a network folder. Module 1 provides the catalogs, specs and isometric symbols. This content only has to be placed in the network content once; all workstations then access it.

Prerequisites

  • Your Plant 3D content is located in a shared network folder that all workstations can access.
  • You have write access to this network folder.
  • A supported Autodesk version is installed on all workstations (see 2.1. System requirements).
  • The installers of the required modules are available.

Step-by-step guide

  1. Install Module 1 once: Install Module 1 on one computer only (see 2.2.1. Module 1). For the content you have two options:

    • Directly into the network: The installer uses the content path that is set in the Spec Editor of the highest installed Plant 3D version. If the network content is already set there, Module 1 places its content directly in the network folder. It also replaces the Structural Catalog in the network content and backs up the previous one first. Check the path shown before you start the installation.
    • Locally first, then copy: Install Module 1 locally and then transfer everything Module 1 created or changed in the local content (e.g. C:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 202X Content) to the network content:
      • the folder CPak IntegaDesign,
      • the scripts created by Module 1,
      • the replaced Structural Catalog CPak Common\Structural Catalog.acat. Back up the existing Structural Catalog in the network content first, just as the installer does locally.

  2. Other modules on each workstation: On all other workstations you only install the remaining modules locally (see 2.2.2. Module 2 to 2.2.6. Module 5). Module 1 does not need to be installed there again.

  3. Alternative without installer: Instead of running the installers on each workstation, you can copy the bundles of a configured computer to the other machines. The bundles are located in the user profile under %APPDATA%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins, for example SuCri_Module2.bundle. Copy them to the same folder on the target computer.

  4. Obtain licenses: Each workstation obtains its license in SuCri via the license manager (see 2.3. First run).

Expected result: Catalogs, specs and isometric symbols are stored once centrally in the network content, and all workstations work with the same content.

Important notes

  • Close AutoCAD Plant 3D and Advance Steel completely before every installation and before copying the bundles.
  • All workstations must point to the same network content in Plant 3D, otherwise they cannot find the content of Module 1.
  • When Module 1 is updated, you also update the network content only once, in the same way as for the initial installation.
  • Module 1 replaces the Structural Catalog. The installer creates a backup of the previous catalog; when copying manually, back it up yourself.
  • For centrally managed IT environments with software distribution there is a dedicated silent installer (see 2.2.8. Installation for enterprise customers).

Troubleshooting

  • Catalogs or specs are missing on a workstation: Check in the Spec Editor whether the content path points to the network folder and whether the folder CPak IntegaDesign exists there.
  • SuCri parts are missing after copying the bundles: The module installers register the scripts in Plant 3D automatically. If you only copied the bundles, run the command PLANTREGISTERCUSTOMSCRIPTS once in AutoCAD Plant 3D.
  • Copied bundles are not loaded: Check whether the bundles are located in the %APPDATA%\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins folder of the logged-in user, and restart AutoCAD Plant 3D.

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