Part 2 – Simulation Technologies to Ideate Robust and Correct Medical Devices and Reducing the Risk of Production
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Part of the Accelerate Webinar Series on Simulation as a Competitive Advantage
How to Install a CATIA V5 Service Pack
What is a CATIA V5 Service Pack?
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Service Packs are maintenance components that need to be periodically installed on customer machines in order to keep their CATIA V5 release up-to-date. These service packs contain corrections developed from customer incident reports and quality service requests.
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Service Packs are recommended to be kept up-to-date on machines running Dassault Systèmes products.
Download Install Files
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1. Go to: 3ds.com/support/download/
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2. Select Access your Download.
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3. Login using your Dassault credentials.
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4. Select V5.
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5. Select the Release year of your CATIA V5 installation and select the latest Service Pack from the Level drop-down menu.
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6. Find PLM Solutions from the list and ensure that the files are for WIN64 and proceed to download files.
Unzip Files
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We recommend using 7-Zip to unzip the files. If you do not have 7-Zip, you can download it by going to their website, click here.
1. Highlight all the downloaded zip files.
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2. Right-click and go to 7-Zip->Extract Here.
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3. You should end up with a single extracted folder.
Running the Install
1. Open folders SPK.win_b64 > 1 > WIN64 to locate the StartSPK.exe file. Double-click to run.
2. Click Next in the installer to continue.
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3. Leave the Commit the service pack option disabled and click Next.
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4. Once installation has completed, click Finish to exit.
Verify Service Pack Installed
1. Launch CATIA V5.
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2. Under the Help drop-menu select About CATIA V5.
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3. Ensure that the correct Service Pack is shown.
