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Design of steel structures

BS EN1993-1-1

with CodeMeter Key

Installation guide

© BuildSoft nv, version 17.02

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written permission from BuildSoft.

The publisher holds no responsibility for possible faults that the program and/or the here mentioned

manual may include and declines any responsibility for damages arising from misuse of the BuildSoft

software and/or the here mentioned manual.

By purchasing the BuildSoft software, the purchaser acquires a license of use. Under no circumstances

can the user assign the license in part or in total to a third party without a prior written consent of the

publisher.

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Content 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4

2. System requirements ...................................................................................................................... 4

2.1. ConCrete, 12-Build .................................................................................................................... 4

2.2. Diamonds, PowerConnect, BIM Expert .................................................................................... 4

3. Installation ....................................................................................................................................... 5

3.1. Installation of CodeMeter Control Centre ................................................................................ 5

3.1.1. Local license management ................................................................................................ 5

3.1.2. Network license management ........................................................................................... 5

3.2. Installation of BuildSoft software ............................................................................................. 7

3.2.1. ConCrete, 12-Build ............................................................................................................. 7

3.2.2. Diamonds, PowerConnect, BIM Expert ............................................................................. 8

4. License management with CodeMeter Control Centre ................................................................ 11

4.1. Licenses on your dongle.......................................................................................................... 11

4.2. Licenses in use ........................................................................................................................ 12

5. User and database management with Gateway Configuration Tool ........................................... 14

5.1. Menu ‘Gateway’ ...................................................................................................................... 14

5.2. Menu ‘Gateway Server’ .......................................................................................................... 14

5.3. Menu ‘Database’ ..................................................................................................................... 15

5.3.1. Tab page ‘Settings’ ........................................................................................................... 15

5.3.2. Tab page ‘Users’ .............................................................................................................. 16

5.3.3. Tab page ‘Teams’ ............................................................................................................. 17

5.3.4. Tab page ‘Database’ ........................................................................................................ 17

5.4. Practical configurations .......................................................................................................... 18

5.4.1. Central managed libraries ............................................................................................... 18

5.4.2. Exchanging files over network ......................................................................................... 20

6. Questions and answers ................................................................................................................. 22

6.1. Diamonds/PowerConnect are not starting ............................................................................. 22

6.2. How do I retrieve an IP address? ............................................................................................ 24

6.3. How do I change my username? ............................................................................................. 24

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1. Introduction

This guide covers the installation of the BuildSoft software.

The use of BuildSoft software requires the program ‘CodeMeter Control Centre’. CodeMeter Control

Centre manages the licenses. Without CodeMeter Control Centre no licenses will be found and you

won’t be able to start the software.

You can find the installation files of CodeMeter Control Centre and the BuildSoft software on our

website in the menu ‘Downloads’.

BuildSoft licenses are delivered on a WiBu CODEMETER license dongle ( ).

In order to conduct a complete and correct installation of the BuildSoft products, LOG IN AS

ADMINISTRATOR. If necessary, add an exception to your anti-virus!

2. System requirements

2.1. ConCrete, 12-Build

• Operating system: MS Windows Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1 or 10 (32 or 64 bit)

• Processor: Intel Pentium 4 with minimum 128 MB RAM

2.2. Diamonds, PowerConnect, BIM Expert

• Software

o Operating system: MS Windows 7/ 8/ 8.1 or 10 (32 or 64 bit, but 64 bit is recommended)

o .NET Framework: 2.0 and 4.0 (for Diamonds and PowerConnect), 4.5 (for BIM Expert)

o SQL Server 2014 and Gateway (§3.2.2)

o Tekla Structures 20.0 or more recent and Diamonds 2017 or more recent (for BIM Expert)

• Hardware

o Memory: 2GB RAM (minimum), 8GB RAM (recommended for Diamonds), 12GB

(recommended for BIM Expert)

o Processor: Intel or AMD with minimum clock speed of 1.7 GHz

o Graphics

� one ATI or NVIDIA graphics card with minimum 128 RAM 'on-board'

� graphics card must support OpenGL 2.0

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3. Installation

3.1. Installation of CodeMeter Control Centre

The licenses can be managed in two ways:

• In local management (see §3.1.1) the license dongle ( ) and the BuildSoft software are

used on the same computer.

• In network management (see §3.1.2) the license dongle ( ) and the BuildSoft software

are NOT used on the same computer.

3.1.1. Local license management

On each station where you plan to use the BuildSoft software:

• Install CodeMeter Control Centre.

• Plug in the license dongle ( ). Read in §4 how you can consult your licenses.

• Install the BuildSoft software (see §3.2).

3.1.2. Network license management

The license dongle(s) are managed on the server station. The server station can be any device within

the network to which all users have access at all desired time intervals.

On the client station:


• Install the BuildSoft software (see §3.2).

On the server station:


• Plug in the license dongle(s) ( ). Read in §4 how you can consult your licenses

• Start CodeMeter Control Centre.

o EITHER using the Windows task bar

Double click the icon in the Windows task bar . If the icon is not

visible, hit the white arrow on the left.

o EITHER using the menu ‘Start’

‘Start’ � ‘All Programs’ � ‘CodeMeter’ � ‘CodeMeter Control Centre’

• Select the license dongle and click ‘WebAdmin’.

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• Go to ‘Configuration’ � ‘Server’ � ‘Server Access’. Check the option ‘Enable’ with ‘Network

Server’. Click ‘Apply’. Repeat this for every dongle you have.

• Go back to CodeMeter Control Centre.

• Select the instruction ‘Process’ � ‘Restart CodeMeter Service’.

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3.2. Installation of BuildSoft software

3.2.1. ConCrete, 12-Build

• Double click the *.exe to start the installation.

• Keep clicking ‘Next’ until the installation is completed.

• Restart the computer.

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3.2.2. Diamonds, PowerConnect, BIM Expert

Before going into detail on the installation procedure, you should know how Diamonds/

PowerConnect/ BIM Expert work.

• The section and material library of Diamonds/PowerConnect/BIM Expert is a database managed

by an SQL instance. SQL Server is developed by Microsoft, not by BuildSoft. BuildSoft only uses its

features.

Database containing section and material library

• Gateway is a service providing the communication between Diamonds/ PowerConnect/ BIM

Expert and the database of the section/material library.

Database Gateway Diamonds

PowerConnect

BIM Expert

• The database does not necessarily has to be located locally on your computer. It can be stored on

any computer in your network. The service ’Gateway Server’ makes it possible to access the

database over network.

Database (local or in

network)

Gateway Server

Gateway

Diamonds

PowerConnect

BIM Expert

• The Gateway Configuration Tool allows you to configure the settings of the database and services.

Database (local or in

network)

Gateway Server

Gateway

Diamonds

PowerConnect

BIM Expert

Gateway Configuration Tool

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When you install Diamonds/ PowerConnect/ BIM Expert the services ‘Gateway’, ‘Gateway Server’ and

an SQL instance need to be installed.

• When you run the setup of Diamonds/ PowerConnect/ BIM Expert, it will download the missing

essential features (CodeMeter, .NET FrameWork, Gateway).

• No input will be required of you during the installation of CodeMeter and .NET FrameWork.

• During the installation of Gateway, you’ll be asked to configure an SQL Server instance:

o Option 1: select an existing SQL instance.

If you retrieve ‘(local)\SQLEXPRESS14’, select it and hit the button ‘Next >’. If you don’t, go

to ‘Option 2’.

o Option 2: When you don’t find ‘(local)\SQLEXPRESS14’ in the list or it doesn’t work properly,

you’ll need to create a new SQL instance.

Choose for ‘Install new SQL Server Express 2014 instance’ and give it a name, for example

‘SQLEXPRESS14BS’ (‘BS’ is short for BuildSoft). The length of the name is limited to 16

characters! The installation of SQL can take up to 30 minutes.

• After the Gateway installation, Diamonds/PowerConnect or BIM Expert will be installed

(depending on the installer you’re running).

• When you want to export files to Tekla structures, don’t forget to install the Tekla plug-in during

the BIM Expert installation.

BS

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• You will be asked for a username. This username will be used

o to identify yourself when working with centrally managed libraries (see §5.4.1)

o and/ or to identify yourself when exchanging files over network with BIM Expert (§5.4.2).

The user suggested here, will be administrator of the Gateway system. No password will be

assigned to this account during the installation (§5.2). Your Windows username is suggested, but

you are free to change it. Even after installation you can change it (see §6.3).

If you are not planning to use any of these features, the username is not important.

• Start Diamonds/PowerConnect or BIM Expert. The first time you start Diamonds / PowerConnect

the databases will be loaded. This may take a while. The next start up will go faster.

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4. License management with CodeMeter Control Centre

4.1. Licenses on your dongle

To get an overview of the available licenses on your dongle

• Start CodeMeter Control Centre.

o EITHER using the Windows task bar,



o EITHER using the menu ‘Start’.

‘Start’ � ‘All Programs’ � ‘CodeMeter’ � ‘CodeMeter Control Centre’.

• Select the any license dongle and click ‘WebAdmin’.

• Go to ‘Container’ � ‘All containers’ � *pick a dongle*. You’ll get an overview of the modules

(‘Name’) present you the selected dongle, the expiration date (if relevant) (‘Expiration time’), the

number of licenses for each module (‘License Quantity’) and the version (‘Feature Map’).

Diamonds, PowerConnect,

BIM Expert

Content of the

‘Feature Map’

2011 0xf

2012 0x1f

2013 0x3f

2014 0x7f

2015 0xff

2017 0x1ff

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4.2. Licenses in use

To get an overview of the used licenses on your dongle

• Start CodeMeter Control Centre

o EITHER using the Windows task bar



o EITHER using the menu ‘Start’

‘Start’ � ‘All Programs’ � ‘CodeMeter’ � ‘CodeMeter Control Centre’

• Select the license dongle and click ‘WebAdmin’.

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• Go to ‘License Monitoring’. You’ll get an overview of all the free licenses (‘Free’) and licenses in

use (‘Available’).

• To see who is using a license, click on the number before the license name (in the column ‘Product

Code’).

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5. User and database management with Gateway Configuration Tool

Note: the language of this tool changes with the language of your operating system.

5.1. Menu ‘Gateway’

• Below the Gateway icon you see the status of the service: started or stopped.

• In the service host you can indicate to start the service as a Windows service (recommended) or

in console.

• Next to ‘Service’ you can stop or start the service.

• Click on ‘Log files’ you retrieve the log files.

• The empty field at the bottom is used for working in a network (see §5.4.1 , §5.4.2).

5.2. Menu ‘Gateway Server’

Log in to see the content of the menu ‘Gateway Server’. Only a Gateway administrator can log in.

Remember that by default, the user proposed during installation has administrator rights on the

Gateway without a password (see §3.2.2).

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• Below the Gateway Server icon you see the status of the service: started or stopped.

• In the service host you can indicate to start the service as a Windows service (recommended) or

in console.



• The fields at the bottom are the communication channels. Changing them is rarely needed. Click

on to save the changes.

5.3. Menu ‘Database’

Log in to see the content of the menu ‘Database’. Only an administrator can log in. Remember that by

default, the user proposed during installation has administrator rights on the Gateway without a

password (see §3.2.2).

Click on to save the changes. Click for the undo action and for the redo action.

5.3.1. Tab page ‘Settings’

• Below the Database icon, you see the status of the service: started or stopped.

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• Specify the SQL instance. The instance is selected during the installation, so usually you don’t have

to change it.



5.3.2. Tab page ‘Users’

Centrally managed libraries (§5.4.1) and exchanging files over network (§5.4.2) require Users in order

to identify everyone.

• Click on to add a user. Click on to delete the selected user.

• Define the username, a colour, the user’s rights and a password.

For ‘Subscriber’ and ‘Banned’, it has not advantage to define a password because they already

have limited access. Multiple administrators are possible. If you define a password for the

administrators, make sure you remember it!

Add/ adjust users

Change passwords

Change libraries Read libraries Password

Administrator � � � recommended

Contributor - � � recommended

Subscriber - - � not mandatory

Banned - - - not mandatory

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5.3.3. Tab page ‘Teams’

The users can be organized in teams.

• Click on to add a new team. Click on to delete the selected team.

• Give the team a name, for example ‘Drafters’.

• Click on ‘Add’ to add members from the list of users. Click ‘Delete’ to remove the selected user

from the team. The user itself is not deleted. A user can belong to multiple teams.

5.3.4. Tab page ‘Database’

This tab page allows you to make a backup of all the databases (sections, materials, users and teams).

• Click on to add a restore point.

• Give the restore point a name and description. Click ‘Create’.

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• To restore the databases, select the restore point and click ‘Restore’.

5.4. Practical configurations

5.4.1. Centrally managed libraries

Of all the stations in the network, choose 1 as SERVER STATION. This station does not have to be the

file server, but can be any machine in the network. Important is that all users at all times have access

to this computer.


• Start the software ‘Gateway Configuration Tool’ (All Programs � Gateway Configuration Tool).

• Add a user for each person that will be part of the network (§5.3.2). Don’t forget to save the

changes .

• Close the ‘Gateway Configuration Tool’.

• Remember the IP address of this machine (§6.2).

On each client station:

• Close Diamonds/PowerConnect.


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• Go to the tab page ‘Gateway’. Enter the IP-address of the server. Click . Some menus and tab

pages will be disabled.

• Start Diamonds/PowerConnect. The usernames you see, will be those defined on the server.

Depending on the defined rights, you’ll be able to adjust or only read the libraries.

• When a change to the central libraries has been made, you’ll get a notification about it.

To stop a client station from using the shared libraries:


• Go to the tab page ‘Gateway’. Replace the IP-address with ‘localhost’ and click .

Disabled

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5.4.2. Exchanging files over network

Of all the stations in the network, choose 1 as SERVER STATION. This station does not have to be the

file server, but can be any machine in the network. Important is that all users at all times have access

to this computer.


• Plug the license dongle with the BIM Expert Server licenses in on this station. Make sure the

dongle shares its licenses on the network (§3.1.2).


• Add a user for each person that will be part of the network (§5.3.2). Don’t forget to save the

changes .

• Organize the users in teams (if desired) (§5.3.3).

• Close the ‘Gateway Configuration Tool’.

• Remember the IP address of this machine (§6.2).

On each client station:

• Close Diamonds/PowerConnect/ BIM Expert.


• Go to the tab page ‘Gateway’. Enter the IP-address of the server. Click . Some menu’s and tab

pages will be disabled.

• Start Diamonds/PowerConnect and BIM Expert. The usernames you see will be those defined on

the server.

• In BIM Expert go to ‘File’ � ‘About’.

• Check the option ‘Use network licence’.

Disabled

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• Consult the BIM Expert manual on how to exchange files.

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6. Questions and answers

6.1. Diamonds/PowerConnect are not starting

Question: when starting Diamonds/ PowerConnect you see one of these windows. Diamonds/

PowerConnect doesn’t start.

Solution 1: (Windows admin rights required)

• Click on the icon . This will start the BuildSoft Service Tool. If Windows asks permission to run

the BuildSoft Service Tool, Click ‘Yes’.

• Select the services that are stopped and click ‘Start’.

• All services are now ‘Running’. Close the tool.

Solution 2: (Windows admin rights required)

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• Open task manager � tab page ‘Services’.

• Click on ‘Open Services’.

• Select ‘Gateway’ � right mouse button � ‘Start’ if the service is not started.

• Select ‘Gateway Server’ � right mouse button � ‘Start’ if the service is not started.

Solution 3: (no Windows admin rights required)

• Restart the computer. The services will start automatically.

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6.2. How do I retrieve an IP address?

• Open the program ‘Cmd’ (Command Prompt).

• Write ‘ipconfig’ and confirm with ‘Enter’.

• The IP address required for the BuildSoft software is the ‘IPv4 Address’.

6.3. How do I change my username?


• Go to the menu ‘Database’. Find the tab page ‘Users’. The username you’ve defined during the

installation will be visible. Click ‘Next’.

Note: if the usernames where entered by a Gateway administrator, you’ll have to ask him/her to

log in and change it.

• Change the username and click on .

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