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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:27:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Sayan Acharyya</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Sayan Acharyya on 9/1/2023 9:27:16 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design_-_wiki_de/57280/installation-der-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;German Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/13</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:14:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Krishnendu Paul</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 13 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Krishnendu Paul on 3/21/2022 9:14:22 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design_-_wiki_de/57280/installation-der-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;German Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/12</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:57:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Sayan Acharyya</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 12 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Sayan Acharyya on 2/11/2022 3:57:24 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design_-_wiki_de/57280/installation-der-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;German Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/11</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:43:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 11 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 1/19/2022 12:43:45 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design_-_wiki_de/57280/installation-der-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;German Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/10</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:23:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Sayan Acharyya</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 10 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Sayan Acharyya on 1/18/2022 12:23:10 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design_-_wiki_de/57280/installation-der-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;German Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/9</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:44:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Sayanti Das</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 9 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Sayanti Das on 12/9/2021 11:44:31 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:150%;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design_-_wiki_de/57280/installation-der-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;German Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/8</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:39:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Johannes Lerch</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 8 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Johannes Lerch on 12/6/2021 9:39:12 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/7</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:48:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 7 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 3/24/2021 7:48:58 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616613310085v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When upgrading an existing installation any that are already installed will be upgraded as described in the red text below each item:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614257252v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614447980v3.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614551871v4.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the US dataset will be ticked by default, if you do not need it, untick it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616615151425v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614675584v5.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616614934012v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/6</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:37:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 3/24/2021 7:37:48 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications; if already installed they will be upgraded as described in the red text below.. At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570033592v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_04.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616570165904v2.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_06.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_07.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned. Update 8 introduces the new ISO 19650 dataset. When upgrading any existing datasets will be shown ticked in this list:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571256173v7.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New to Update 8 are options for handling existing datasets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are four choices:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Upgrade with Backup: upgrades the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No Action: leaves the existing dataset as is. This will require any changes delivered by a new dataset to be applied manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fresh Install with Backup: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset backing up all content to ensure any custom content is not lost, entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fresh Install: removes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;the existing dataset entirely replacing it with the new dataset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571314158v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_09.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571006073v6.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_11.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616571470200v9.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/5</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:10:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 3/24/2021 7:10:51 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1616569769266v1.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications. At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_03.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_04.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_05.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_06.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_07.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_08.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_09.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_10.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_11.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_12.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/4</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:09:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 3/24/2021 7:09:22 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications. At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_03.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_04.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_05.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_06.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_07.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_08.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_09.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_10.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_11.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_12.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/3</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:08:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 9/10/2020 9:08:35 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_02.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Save the installer file to an appropriate location (e.g. D:\_INSTALLATION\OBD). The installer is a fairly small initial file that downloads the rest of the content from our servers. This amounts to several GigaBytes of data so will be faster on high bandwidth internet connections.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more than two or three installations it is worth creating a &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42741/installing-openbuildings-designer---deployment-image" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Deployment Image&lt;/a&gt; to save time and bandwidth during installations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications. At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_03.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_04.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_05.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_06.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_07.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_08.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_09.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_10.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_11.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_12.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/7183.NewLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/189x60/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/pastedimage1557417011710v8.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Companion Features, Companion Products, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 17:14:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 5/9/2019 5:14:16 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#dce5f0;border:0px solid #dce5f0;" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_02.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications. At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_03.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_04.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_05.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_06.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_07.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_08.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_09.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_10.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_11.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_12.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Installing OpenBuildings Designer</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 17:12:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c7cb66fe-a91b-4215-a399-0ac3e2441d86</guid><dc:creator>Marc Thomas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/42268/installing-openbuildings-designer#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Marc Thomas on 5/9/2019 5:12:17 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;" width="30%"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CONNECT Edition&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(The steps in this article also apply to OpenBuildings Station Designer, the sequence is almost identical.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Downloading the Installer&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one download for OpenBuildings Designer, regional datasets are installable options as shown in the steps below. Download from: &lt;a href="https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/"&gt;https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_01.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click &amp;#39;Get Software&amp;#39;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_02.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer can be installed and safely coexist alongside any previously commercial released versions of AECOsim Building Designer V8i.&amp;nbsp;It will not attempt to upgrade or uninstall an existing V8i commercial releases currently installed and by default installs its program and workspace files to different locations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the case of a first installation of OpenBuildings Designer that is upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer. please follow the recommendations in &lt;a href="/products/building/building_analysis___design/w/building_analysis_and_design__wiki/41686/installation-recommendations-for-openbuildings-designer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Installation recommendations for OpenBuildings Designer&lt;/a&gt; before proceeding further.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As the regional datasets and other components are now on-demand downloads, in many cases&amp;nbsp;it will be worth creating a local Deployment Image to install from. This is the recommended solution for sites that a) do not have internet access for security or other reason; b) have limited internet speed.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Installation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Installing OpenBuildings Designer is very similar to installing other CONNECT Edition applications, there are additional OpenBuildings Designer specific options.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once downloaded, right click the installer and pick &amp;#39;Run as administrator&amp;#39;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When the installer reaches the first options dialog you have choices to select Product Companion Features and/or Companion Applications. At this point it is important to select the Configure option and proceed through the available options, particularly the choice of regional datasets! Note that help is available during installation from the&lt;strong&gt; ?&lt;/strong&gt; icon at the top right.:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_03.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Optional) To change the application installation location, click the Browse button next to the Application Path.&lt;br /&gt;We recommend that you accept the default install location unless there is a particular reason not to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_04.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need to make a change, in the Browse For Folder dialog that opens, browse to the drive and folder you want to install the product in, then click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following (optional) step sets the location of the Custom Configuration during installation. This eliminates the need to run additional procedures to deploy customised configuration files to each installation. We recommend that deployment Images are created using this step.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_05.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Select the &amp;#39;Custom Configuration (plus Delivered Configuration)&amp;#39; option. Browse to the folder where your Custom Configuration will be located, then click next:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_06.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Custom Configuration location does not need to have been populated with content for the&amp;nbsp;installation to complete&amp;nbsp;successfully. OpenBuildings Designer will still run without them but with only&amp;nbsp;the delivered configuration and example dataset.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Next to continue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Features step includes selection of the options common to other CONNECT Edition applications. The MicroStation MetroStation example is available at this point, it can be useful to install this as it is used by our online training material as well as being a useful sandbox for individual users to play around with. This example WorkSet can also be useful if troubleshooting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Technology Preview Features are included by default but can be omitted at this point if required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that &amp;#39;File Association is shown unticked, this anticipates that Bentley View CONNECT Edition is installed as a default DGN viewer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_07.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;OpenBuildings Designer Regional WorkSets are selected in the next dialog. At least one dataset must be installed for the application to function (without configuration).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Neutral Metric dataset now includes a metric version of the US examples and training WorkSets. While it is selected by default, the US dataset does not have to be installed. Installing one or both of these datasets is useful for training and troubleshooting as already mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_08.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Done to return to the main installer dialog.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Review/make the required companion choices, accept the licensing terms and the Install to proceed with installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_09.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Install to proceed with the installation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_10.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_11.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click Finish to complete the installation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 &amp;#39;Apps and Features&amp;#39; settings offer Modify and Uninstall options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=" " border="0" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-17/OBD_5F00_U5_5F00_Installation_5F00_12.png" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note that the Modify option does not currently offer the ability to change the Custom Configuration location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If this location needs to be changed please refer to &lt;a href="/other/old_site_member_blogs/peer_blogs/b/marc_thomass_blog/posts/connect-edition---configuration-tips-should-i-edit-configurationsetup-cfg?CommentId=9d4c66d7-73e8-47a5-979e-b255879bd31b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips : Should I edit ConfigurationSetup.cfg?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: CONNECT Edition, installation, OpenBuildings Designer, Datasets&lt;/div&gt;
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