Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer

These instructions apply to 3D Network Visualizer 3.2.0. These instructions include

the following procedures:

• Downloading the Installers

• Installing 3D Network Visualizer

• Installing 3DNV Communications

These instructions apply only to installing 3D Network Visualizer. To install other

OPNET products, refer to their installation instructions.

Note—It is strongly recommended that you uninstall any previous releases of

3D Network Visualizer on the target host before you install this release. You cannot
specify multiple releases in your environment variables; a mix of different releases can
cause conflicts and issues. For more information, go to the OPNET Support Center
and see the following FAQ:
FAQ #1983—Is it possible to have multiple releases of 3DNV on the same
machine? If so, what do I need to change in my environment to avoid conflicts
between various releases of 3DNV?

Note—3D Network Visualizer is highly graphics-intensive. For this reason, the

computer running 3D Network Visualizer should have an OpenGL 2.1-compliant
graphics card, recommended with 256 MB of VRAM.

Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer IN-1

Downloading the Installers
If you do not have the installer files on a CD or if you want the latest version of these
install instructions, download them using these steps.

Procedure IN-1 Downloading the 3D Network Visualizer Installers

1 Go to the OPNET Support Center at www.opnet.com/support.

2 Click on the OPNET solution you are using (for example, OPNET Modeler).

3 Click the solution name under Latest Product Updates.

4 Click the 3D Network Visualizer (3DNV) 3.2.0 link.

5 Download the following installers by clicking the platform button under each name:

• 3D Network Visualizer 3.2.0

• 3D Network Visualizer 3.2.0 Data

• 3D Network Communications 3.2.0

6 To download the latest version of these instructions, click the Installation Instructions link
under 3D Network Visualizer 3.2.0.

End of Procedure IN-1

IN-2 Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer

Installing 3D Network Visualizer
To install 3D Network Visualizer, follow these steps.

Procedure IN-2 Installing 3D Network Visualizer

1 Log in as Administrator before you insert a CD or run an install program.

2 If you have a 3D Network Visualizer software CD, insert it into your CD-ROM drive.

3 Open the CD-ROM directory or the directory that contains the downloaded installers.

4 Double-click on the 3D Network Visualizer install program

(3D_Network_Visualizer_3.2.0_win).

3D Network Visualizer will be installed into the same directory as other OPNET products
(such as OPNET Modeler), if they have already been installed. Otherwise, you will be
prompted for a directory in which to install your software (such as C:\Program
Files\OPNET). OPNET documentation refers to the selected directory as <opnet_dir>.

5 When you are prompted to specify the type of licensing system you want to use, the
following might help you decide:

• Floating - access licenses from remote server is the correct choice if you already have
an OPNET license server running on a remote machine and you want this installation
to get its licenses from that machine.

• Floating - serve licenses from this computer is the correct choice if the current machine
is a license server.
Note—Typically, 3D Network Visualizer and the OPNET analysis software using it (such
as OPNET Modeler) should use the same license server. If this is not the case in your
installation, review the licensing examples in the online documentation
(Animation Viewers > Introduction to 3D Network Visualizer > License Requirements)
before registering the 3DNV licenses.

6 A dialog box will ask if you want to install the OPNET RTI (run-time interface), which is
required for other OPNET products to communicate with 3DNV. If you do not have this
software installed, click Yes.

7 When prompted, click Install to install the 3D Network Visualizer software.

Near the end of the 3D Network Visualizer installation, you will see a dialog box asking
whether you want to register a required addition to your environment variables. If you
choose Yes, the following will be added to your system PATH variable:

<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\3d_visualizer\bin

OPNET recommends that you choose Yes to register the change automatically.

If you chose to install the OPNET RTI in step 6, you will see a dialog box asking whether
you want to register the following required environment variables:

RTI_CONFIG=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\configs

Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer IN-3

 RTI_RID_FILE=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\configs\rid.mtl

The following will be added to your system PATH variable:

<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\rti\bin

OPNET recommends that you choose Yes to register the change automatically.

8 If you chose to register environment variables automatically in step 7, the installation

program will prompt you to reboot the computer. You must do this for the environment
changes to take effect.

End of Procedure IN-2

Setting Up the Path System Variable

The 3D Network Visualizer installer will optionally register the path variable for you. If
you did not change the path variable automatically in Procedure IN-2, you must add
the following to the PATH system variable:

<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\3d_visualizer\bin

IN-4 Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer

Installing 3DNV Communications
To run 3D Network Visualizer, you must have either 3DNV Communications
(optionally installed during installation of 3D Network Visualizer) or an equivalent RTI
installed on your computer.

To see if your computer has 3DNV Communications installed, look for the following
item on the Windows Start menu:

Start > OPNET 3D Network Visualizer 3.2.0 > OPNET 3DNV Communications 3.2.0

If this menu item is not present, the 3DNV Communications software is not installed.

Procedure IN-3 Installing 3DNV Communications

1 Log in as Administrator before you insert a CD or run the install program.

2 If you have a 3D Network Visualizer software CD, insert it into your CD-ROM drive.

3 Open the CD-ROM directory or the directory that contains the downloaded installer.

4 Double-click on the 3D Network Communications install program (3DNV_RTI_3.2.0_win).

3DNV Communications will be installed into the same directory as other OPNET products
(such as OPNET Modeler), if they have already been installed. Otherwise, you will be
prompted for a directory in which to install your software (such as C:\Program
Files\OPNET). OPNET documentation refers to the selected directory as
<opnet_dir>.

5 When prompted, click Install to install the 3DNV Communications software.

Near the end of the 3DNV Communications installation, you will see a dialog box asking
whether you want to register the following environment variables:

RTI_CONFIG=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\configs

RTI_RID_FILE=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\configs\rid.mtl

The following will be added to your system PATH variable:

<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\rti\bin

OPNET recommends that you choose Yes to register the change automatically.

6 If you chose to change the environment variables automatically in step 5, the installation
program prompts you to reboot the computer. You must do this for the environment
changes to take effect.

End of Procedure IN-3

Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer IN-5

 Setting Up the System Variables and the Path System Variable
The 3DNV Communications installer will optionally register these variables for you. If
you did not register variables automatically in Procedure IN-3, you must do the
following procedure.

Procedure IN-4 Setting Up System Variables and the Path System Variable

1 If you are going to use 3D Network Visualizer, set up the following system variables to
finish installation:

RTI_CONFIG=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\configs

This is where the OPNET_3DNV.fed file is located. Advanced users can add their own
FED files to this location, or change the system variable to point to their directory.

RTI_RID_FILE=<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\configs\rid.mtl

This contains the appropriate RTI settings based on OPNET configurations.

2 Add the following to the PATH system variable:

<opnet_dir>\3DNV\3.2.0\rti\bin

End of Procedure IN-4

IN-6 Installing OPNET 3D Network Visualizer