This section describes how to set up your database and install Smart Engineering Manager and supporting software. Before you begin installing the software, verify that the computers on which the software components will be installed meet the requirements described under Hardware and Software Recommendations (see ).
The Open Database functionality, incorporated into all parts of the Hexagon PPM software, allows you to install pieces of the software on several different workstations. You do not have to maintain a server for just Smart Engineering Manager. For example, you can install Smart Engineering Manager and its related managers on one workstation, Smart P&ID and its related managers on a different workstation, and the reference data on yet another workstation or file server. You could install all the Hexagon PPM products on one workstation, or you could install Smart Engineering Manager, Catalog Manager, and the remaining software on three separate workstations.