MBDVidia
Installation & Licensing
Contents
About Capvidia ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Installation and Licensing: Overview ........................................................................................................ 2
Installation Guide .................................................................................................................................... 3
System Recommendations................................................................................................................... 3
Preparing for your Install ..................................................................................................................... 3
Standard Installation ........................................................................................................................... 3
Silent installation ................................................................................................................................. 3
Licensing Guide ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Requesting a License – New Installations ............................................................................................. 5
Requesting a License – Expired Maintenance or Expired License .......................................................... 6
Activating the License for your Software .............................................................................................. 8
Checking your License........................................................................................................................ 12
Transferring a Standalone License ..................................................................................................... 13
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About Capvidia
Capvidia focuses on true MBD workflows: 3D CAD translation & validation featuring MBD CAD
with semantic PMI that is human & machine-readable for downstream use from design to
manufacturing.
With one single source of truth, interoperable data is shared among different teams, partners,
and personnel with their current systems (CAD, CAM, CMM, etc.) powering automation, AI, and
Big Data insights.
MBD workflows include exporting neutral MBD CAD files like STEP AP242 or QIF, automatic FAI
(first article inspection) and PPAP (production part approval process) reports, viewing and
editing BoC (bill of characteristics), PMI (product manufacturing information) healing and more.
CAD validation workflows include Boeing D6-51991 DPD approval, revision comparison
between any two models, validating CAD derivatives for downstream use and more.
To learn about our software and services, please contact us.
Installation and Licensing: Overview
Regardless of whether you have a floating or fixed license, you need to install the software
first.
After the software is installed, you can then connect your license:
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Fixed license: make your license request to Capvidia
Floating license: connect your installation to your floating license server
This document contains detailed instructions related to the installation and licensing of
MBDVidia.
If you have any questions at any time, contact us! We are here to help.
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Installation Guide
System Recommendations
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Modern, high-performance CPU
16 GB of RAM or more
Dedicated graphics card
Operating Systems: Windows® 10, Windows® 8, 64-bit editions
For MBDVidia Pro S (using Spatial translators) only:
Processor must have support for Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). Most modern
processors support this. To find out if yours does, look up your processor on the
manufacturers website and it has the AVX instruction set extensions.
Preparing for your Install
1. Administrative rights and Anti-virus applications
Installation of MBDVidia requires administrative access to your PC, which is normally
provided by your IT department. Be sure you can configure your anti-virus applications
(if any active) to allow MBDVidia installation.
2. Uninstall previous version
If you already have MBDVidia installed on your computer, uninstall it before going to the
next step.
Standard Installation
To install MBDVidia, run
“MBDVidia_64bit_X_X_XXXXXX.exe".
Walk through the steps of the installation wizard.
When the installation is completed, you must launch
the software to begin the licensing process.
Silent installation
A silent installation is not the typical recommended way to install the software, but it is useful
when deploying a large number of installations.
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You can run a silent install from the command line. For example, use this syntax to silently
install MBDVidia:
MBDVidia_64bit_X_X_XXXXXX.exe /s "/p=d:\MyDirectory\MBDVidia x64 Edition”
Where “d:\MyDirectory\MBDVidia x64 Edition” is the installation directory for the software
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Licensing Guide
Requesting a License – New Installations
Follow these steps to request a license key for
MBDVidia.
If this is the first time you open your software,
the license dialog will appear automatically.
On the registration form, fill out your Name
and Company, and press the Request Key
button.
An email will automatically be drafted with
your default email client. Don’t forget to send
it!
Did your license request email
not get sent?
If your email didn’t get sent to Capvidia, you
can just send it to us manually. Copy and paste
the following information in an email to
support@capvidia.com:
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Name
Company
Hardware ID
Requesting a License – Expired Maintenance or Expired License
If you have upgraded MBDVidia and you get one of these messages, then you will need to
contact Capvidia for a new license key.
Software maintenance expired
License expired
(software trial or subscription)
If one of these messages appears, then you will need to request a new license. When you press
“OK”, the registration dialog will appear. Here’s what you do next:
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Delete the expired license
key. Delete all the text in the
box found on the right.
This will activate the “Request Key”
button.
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Press the “Request Key”
button to compose an email
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to support@capvidia.com
with the necessary license information.
Don’t forget to send the email!
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Activating the License for your Software
Step 1: Open the license registration window
Does your software currently have an active license?
I DO NOT have an active license
Just launch MBDVidia. You will see this dialog
appear automatically:
My license is active
You can load the registration dialog seen on
the left by selecting the “Change License”
item in the help menu:
Step 2: Enter your license info
First, select “Standalone” or “Floating License”, depending on the type of license configuration
you have.
Next, you need to enter your licensing info. This step will depend on if you have a standalone
license or if you are connecting to a floating license server.
Standalone
Enter the following information from your
license key:
• Name
• Company
• License Key
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Floating
Enter the License Server URL in the License
Server field.
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Troubleshooting
Standalone License
You might get an error message like
one of these:
First, check the Name, Company,
Hardware ID, and License Key that
you entered. Make sure that they are
all entered correctly, including
whitespace.
Also, keep in mind that if you don’t enter your license key within 10 days, the license key will
expire, and you will need to request a new key.
Floating License
If the Capvidia License Server is not running or the
client cannot access it, you will get this message.
You should make sure that the license server is
installed and running before you try to connect to
it. If you continue to have issues with the license
server, see the Capvidia License Server Installation guide to troubleshoot.
Floating Licenses – Advanced
The information about the server connection is stored in a file called 3dv_server.ini in the
AppData Roaming folder, as seen below:
This file contains the name of the license server.
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Tip: If you are installing a large number of clients, you can just copy this file onto each target
computer. If you do this, then the user will not need to manually connect their install to the
license server.
Want to learn more about the Capvidia License Server? Check out the Capvidia License Server
Installation guide. You will find everything that you need to know about installation, licensing,
and troubleshooting.
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Checking your License
To check or verify that you have a license
with the correct options, select the “License
Info” item in the help menu:
This will open the License
Information dialog.
Note: if you are using a floating
license and your client can’t
connect to the server, you won’t
be able to see your license info!
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Transferring a Standalone License
Follow these instructions to transfer a standalone license from one computer to another. This
process is carried out with the help of Capvidia support.
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Select “Transfer License” from
the help menu.
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Select the product that you
wish to transfer.
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(Optional) Select “Uninstall
the selected software”, if
desired.
Click OK. This will compose
an email to
support@capvidia.com with
the license transfer data. Make sure
that this email gets sent!
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Install the software on the
other computer, and follow
the steps in this guide to
request a license on a new
installation.
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