If your organization already licenses a prior release of StressCheck Professional (e.g. StressCheck v11.1), and your organization is ready to upgrade to StressCheck v12.0, the following steps must be performed by your organization’s IT administrator before distribution. NOTE: You must have an active ESRD membership with Software Downloader access and your organization must have an active StressCheck Software Maintenance & Technical Support (SM&TS) contract to download the latest StressCheck updates.

• Contact ESRD Support to request your StressCheck v12.0 license upgrade.
  • Provide your name, e-mail, organization and server information (server name/server 12-digit MAC address) to ensure we have the latest information on file.
• Update your organization’s FlexNet license server installation to FlexNet 2023 R3 (v11.19.5). Note: FlexNet v11.19.5 is supported on Windows Server 2019 and 2022, as well as Windows 10 and 11. Click here for more details on FlexNet support.
  • This upgrade is required for serving StressCheck v12.0 FEATURES, as previous FlexNet versions will not support the new FEATURES.
• Once the v12.0 FEATURES are sent from ESRD’s Support team to the e-mail provided in the support request, make a backup of your organization’s current license file and then re-import/re-read the upgraded license file using Lmgrd or LMAdmin.
  • Note: v12.0 FEATURES will run either StressCheck v12.0 OR v11.x, so there is no need to keep any v11.x FEATURES.
  • Please notify ESRD Support if StressCheck v10.x or prior FEATURES are still required by your organization.
• Download StressCheck v12.0 from our Resource Library and install on the client machines.
  • Note that StressCheck v12.0, v11.x and v10.x may be concurrently installed/run on the same client node, and FlexNet will decrement from the available license count accordingly.

For more information on upgrading your installation of FlexNet Publisher to serve StressCheck v12.0 FEATURES, refer to FlexNet v11.19.5 License Administration Guide.

For more information on replacing your existing StressCheck license on your FlexNet license server, refer to How Do I Replace ESRD Software Licenses On A FlexNet License Server?

ESRD has created a Student Version of StressCheck v9.2 that you are free to download and use, with no expiration date. It is a great way to learn the basics of StressCheck. The Student Version StressCheck has the following features and limitations:

• StressCheck Student Edition supports 2D analyses for planar, plate bending, and axisymmetric models.
• Elasticity and Heat Transfer theories are supported.
• Linear & Modal analysis types are supported.
• Fracture Mechanics extractions are supported.
• The maximum model size is limited to 15,000 degrees of freedom.
• Advanced meshing tools, StressCheck Composites module, and CAD translators are not available.
• COM API (via StressCheck Application 2.0 Object Library) is supported.
• Full HTML and PDF documentation is included.

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Windows does support a silent installation option for all .msi files.  Msiexec is the program that “interprets packages and installs products” (see links below) and can be run from the command line.  Please note that any command line installation must occur from a command line being run as an administrator.

To run command line as administrator:  Click on the start menu.  In the search box, type cmd.  Wait while Windows searches.  In the list of found programs, right click on cmd (or cmd.exe) and choose “Run as administrator.”

Some condensed notes about installation options:

• To specify the .msi package to be installed, use: /i [path to the .msi file]
• To specify the silent installation option, use: /q
  • Note that using a completely silent option will not provide any feedback about the success, failure, or completion of the installer.  To determine that the process has completed, it is possible to look in the Windows Task Manager Processes tab and watch “msiexec.exe” in the process list.  When msiexec disappears from the list, the installer has finished; however, success or failure of a silent installation will not be reported.  Alternatively, several other “quiet” options are available.  For example, to specify no feedback should occur until the installation ends, at which time a modal dialog box should appear to report the status, use:  /qn+

• To specify a property value, use the syntax:  PROPERTY=VALUE
  • For StressCheck 10.1 and higher, the property INSTALLLEVEL can be set to 5 to indicate all features should be installed (a “Complete” installation).  If INSTALLLEVEL is not specified, StressCheck will default to a “Typical” installation.

The following example, when executed from an administrative command line, will perform a silent installation of all features (“Complete” option in the GUI) in the StressCheck 10.1 installation package located on user Kristen’s desktop: msiexec /i “C:\Users\Kristen\Desktop\StressCheckPE_10.1_x64.msi” /q INSTALLLEVEL=5 More information about msiexec command-line options:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367988(v=vs.85).aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759262(v=ws.10).aspx

Installing ESRD software products is as simple as double-clicking the MSI and following the instructions. Read Tip #1 on our Installation and Licensing page for more information.

Yes, all ESRD software products are compatible with Windows 7 and 8, including StressCheck Professional and StressCheck-Powered Apps. StressCheck Professional has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Windows 10 compatible.

StressCheck Professional and StressCheck-Powered Apps are designed and certified by ESRD to install and run on Windows 7 and Windows 8 64-bit. StressCheck Professional v10.3 and newer have been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Windows 10 compatible. Minimum hardware and software configuration requirements can be found here.