User manual

Dymola 2015 FD01 Release Notes 5
1 Important notes on Dymola
Installation on Windows
For users of Windows XP and Windows Vista, specific conditions apply. Please see
section “Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista” on page 26.
To translate models on Windows, you must also install a supported compiler. The compiler
is not distributed with Dymola. Note that administrator privileges are required for
installation. Two types of compilers are supported on Windows in Dymola 2015 FD01:
Microsoft Visual Studio C++
This is the recommended compiler for professional users. Note that free Microsoft compiler
versions earlier than Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2008 are not supported (concerning
full versions, some earlier versions are supported). Refer to section “Compilers” on page 52
for more information.
GCC
Dymola 2015 FD01 has limited support for the MinGW GCC compiler. Note:
• To be able to use other solvers than Lsodar and Dassl, you must also add support for
C++ when installing the GCC compiler. Usually you can select this as an add-on when
installing GCC.
• There are currently some limitations with GCC:
• Only ordinary simulation, and DLL, is currently supported (no FMU
Export, DDE or OPC servers).
• Only 32-bit simulation is supported
• Commercial libraries: Only limited testing has been done; no support for
external library resources.
• No support for run-time license.
Installation on Linux
To translate models, Linux relies on a GCC compiler, which is usually part of the Linux
distribution. Refer to section “Supported Linux versions and compilers” on page 53 for
more information.