AIMCAD – Desktop Installation

The following prerequisites apply to all workstations.

Req Description Resolution
1. AIMCAD Enterprise Deployment See https://iwms.uconn.edu/aimcad-configuration-enterprise/
2. Static IP address Submit SR to UITS Networking with users Ethernet MAC Address
3. Firewall Policy – UConn Submit SR to UITS Security with users Static IP – All on Port 3306 to Assetworks Database IP 65.211.74.223
4. Firewall Policy – AssetWorks Email Assetworks with users Static IP
5. Mapped network drive (Note: UNC paths not supported)
Q:\UPDC\AIMCAD
Contact Franchise IT in FOBS if user does not already have access to Q:\UPDC\AIMCAD\
6. Administrator access to local PC Contact Franchise IT in FOBS if user does not already have the needed access

RealDWG 2010
*Required for users who need to use Export to AiM functionality

Step Description
1. Extract file “02(64)-Real DWG 2010.zip” to local PC
2. Click on setup.exe to start installation
3. Accept all defaults
4. Enter License Key (serial.txt file located in the extracted folder)
5. Click Install to finish

DWG Conversion Tool (by Transvoyent)
*Required for users who need to use Export to AiM functionality

Step Description
1. Extract file “03(64)-DWG Converter AutoCAD 2013up.zip” to local PC
2. Click on DWGConversionToolSetup.msi
3. Accept all defaults
4. Click Install to finish

Setting PATH variables on local PC (to be replaced with PowerShell script)

Step Description
1. System Properties -> Environment Variables
2. Under System Variables, highlight “Path” variable
3. Click Edit
4. Click New (once for each of the following paths)
5. Type: C:\Program Files\RealDWG 2010
6. Type: C:\Program Files\Transvoyant\DWGConversion
7. Type: Q:\UPDC\AIMCAD\FileUploader9
8. Click OK

Install / Configure ODBC Drivers
Note: Both the 32-bit and 64-bit ODBC drivers must be installed (in order 32, then 64)

Step Description
1. Extract “MySQL_ODBC_Drivers.zip” to local PC
2. Run “mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.8-winx32.msi” (32-bit)
3. Open ODBC Data Source Administrator (32-Bit)
4. Click on System DSN tab->Add->MYSQL ODBC Driver
5. First, we’ll set up the test database connection
6. Enter the following details:
7. Click Test
8. Upon successful connection, set the Database drop-down to “test”
9. Click Ok
10. Now, we’ll configure the production connection.  Click on Add->MYSQL ODBC Driver
11.
12. Click Ok
13. Click Finish
14. Run “mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.8-winx64.msi” (64-bit)
15. Open ODBC Data Source Administrator (64-Bit)
16. Repeat steps 3-13, ensuring that the Data Source Names set up for 64-bit match those of the 32-bit
17. If setting up additional environments (e.g. test, stage, etc.), repeat steps 3-9 for both 32-bit and 64-bit connections.

To configure each user profile on the desktop, proceed to: https://iwms.uconn.edu/aimcad-configuration-user-profile/