Sesam Knowledge Centre Sesam.Starter Getting started
Hardware requirements
Sesam.Starter is supported on Windows 10 and 11.
1 GB of storage is required for the program installation, and a minimum of 1 GB for project storage.
Download the installer
The Sesam.Starter installer can be downloaded from the Downloads page.
Figure 1. Sesam.Starter package on Downloads page.
Click on the Sesam.Starter package to download the installer ZIP file to your PC. Unzip the installer file to a temporary folder.
Run the installer
Please note that admin rights are required to perform the installation.
To run the installer, right-click on the Setup.exe file and select the Run as administrator option.
During installation, you will be asked to specify the licence file within C:\FlexLM.
The installation includes a click-to-accept agreement where the terms and conditions for usage are listed. You must accept to install and use the Sesam.Starter package.
Start the application
Sesam.Starter can be started from the Windows Start menu (search for GeniE), using the file GenieR.exe located in the C:\Program Files\DNV\GeniE V8.9-04\Program folder, or using a desktop shortcut created from GenieR.exe.
Test the installation
When you start Sesam.Starter you will initially see an empty user interface.
The first thing you should do is to specify the default location of your projects. Click on File > Set Default Workspace Folder... to specify the location. In this example the default is set to C:\DNV\Workspaces. You may choose another location, but it cannot be within protected folders such as C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86). The selection is now remembered, both for the ongoing session and your next projects.
Figure 2. Set Default workspace folder in GeniE.
Secondly, click on File > New Workspace to make a project. You can use any name, but it should not have blanks or special characters. In this example, the project name “GeniE_test” has been used.
Figure 3. Create new workspace in GeniE.
Third, download a copy of the Installation_test.gnx file to your PC.
Click on File > Import > Workspace (GNX file) and select the downloaded Installation_test.gnx file.
Figure 4. Import GNX file into GeniE Workspace.
Now you can see the imported model in GeniE interface.
Figure 5. Imported sample concept model in GeniE.
Click on the Fit button to locate all structure in the user interface.
Figure 6. Fit to View icon in GeniE.
Finally, use the shortcut key Alt+D (or Mesh & Analysis > Activity Monitor from the menu) to start the analysis.
Figure 7. Execute analysis through Activity Monitor interface in GeniE.
There should be no warning or error messages from this. If there are, most likely the reasons are that you did not install the licence file, or you did not specify a default location for your projects.
You can close the session using File > Exit.
Congratulations! The Sesam.Starter installation works successfully.
Next steps
Continue to the Tutorials page to learn how to use Sesam.Starter.