Basic headless installation

The Simplygon installer supports installing Simplygon on the command-line. By passing /? or /help to the executable from e.g. PowerShell, the available options are printed to the terminal.

> Start-Process .\SimplygonSDK_10.1.3300.0.exe /help

Installer for Simplygon 10.1.3300.0

Component switches:
  /ueinstallpaths    Semicolon-separated list of custom Unreal Engine paths to install plugin into
  /ueuninstallpaths  Semicolon-separated list of custom Unreal Engine paths to remove plugin from
  /nomaxplugins      Skip installation of Autodesk 3ds Max plugins
  /nomayaplugins     Skip installation of Autodesk Maya plugins
  /noblenderaddon    Skip installation of Blender addon
  /novulkansdk       Skip download and install of the Vulkan SDK (required by Simplygon)
  /nohoudiniplugin   Skip installation of Houdini preview plugin
  /nopythonpackage   Skip installation of Simplygon Python package
  /gridagent         Setup Simplygon Grid Agent to start automatically
  /noautoueplugins   Skip auto detected Unreal Engine plugins

Other switches:
  /help              Show this help screen
  /?                 Show this help screen
  /log               Usage: /log "C:\path\to\my_installer_log.txt". Directory must exist.
  /modify            Modify the Simplygon installation (use component switches)
  /quiet             Run installer in command-line mode
  /uninstall         Uninstall Simplygon from the system

NOTE: Vulkan SDK will not be installed automatically when running command-line mode.

NOTE

Vulkan SDK will not be installed automatically when running the installer in command-line mode since Simplygon may not accept the license of the Vulkan SDK automatically on behalf of the user.

It is recommended to run the installer using the Start-Process cmdlet (together with the -Wait parameter) in PowerShell. If -Wait is not used, the installer executable will return immediately which can cause the output from the installer to get scrambled or lost.

> Start-Process .\SimplygonSDK_10.1.3300.0.exe -Wait

In the example below we are launching and waiting for a command-line based installation without Autodesk Maya plugins.

> Start-Process .\SimplygonSDK_10.1.3300.0.exe -ArgumentList "/quiet","/nomayaplugins" -Wait