First Steps

Overview

Installing Enscape for the first time should be simple and straight forward. For the best results we recommend making sure that your CAD software is not running before you install Enscape. You can then simply open and run the Enscape installer from the location on your machine that it was downloaded to. At the beginning of the installation you will be prompted to enter the username and password of an admin account even if you are logged in as that admin. This could be a familiar behaviour to other standard installations.

Enter Admin credentials to allow installation

Installing Enscape

When installing Enscape, a wizard will guide you through the various steps of the installation process. To continue, you will be prompted to click ‘I Agree’ to the End-User License Agreement (EULA). You can also print or save the EULA.

Enscape Installation Wizard

Language

You will be asked to select a language you want to use Enscape in and you can choose from a list of selected languages. English will be selected by default. If you are ready, you can simply click Install to continue installing.

If you want to change the destination folder for the installation, you can click Advanced and define it there. Click Next to continue.

Language options

Destination Folder

The default location for the install will be the Library folder. However, you can change the destination folder in this step and define a new location for the install. Once defined, click Next.

Change destination folder

Host Application

During the installation, if you had selected Advanced in the previous step, you will also be able to define the host application(s) you want to install Enscape for. Once selected, click Install.

Select Host Application for which the plugin should be installed

Previous Versions

If you have a previous version of Enscape installed already (2.0.0 onwards), the installer will automatically uninstall it before installing another version.

Uninstalling previous Enscape version

In the following, the components are copied to your system and registered.

Installing Enscape to system

After the installation is completed successfully, you can click Done to close the installation wizard.

The installation process has completed

Remove Enscape

To uninstall Enscape from your Mac, go to the install directory (e.g. /Library/ChaosGroup/Enscape/uninstall) and open the Uninstaller.

Enscape Uninstaller

A dialog will pop up asking you to choose the program you wish to uninstall. Select Enscape and click Uninstall.

Uninstall Dialog

On the Enscape uninstaller window, click Uninstall.

Enscape Uninstaller Window

You can see the uninstall progress in the same window. Once complete, you will get a confirmation. You can click Done to close the Window.

Uninstall Complete

To uninstall Enscape from your Mac using Terminal, please follow the steps below:

1) If not still present on your machine, please download our current installer for Mac from www.enscape3d.com/download to your Downloads folder for macOS (standard folder for any downloads)

2) go to Applications -> Utilities and open the “Terminal” application.

3) copy and paste the following into the Terminal window:

cd Downloads

hit Enter on the keyboard to execute

4) copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, followed by Enter to execute:

hdiutil attach Enscape-4.0.1.dmg -mountpoint ./enscape_mountpoint

a new image will now appear on the Desktop that you can disregard at this time.
In case your dmg has a different name or a different version, please replace it in the command line above.

5) copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, followed by Enter to execute:

./enscape_mountpoint/Enscape\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Enscape.Installer -gui=0 -auto -uninstallApp="Enscape" -log="/Library/Chaos/Enscape/uninstall/install.log"

6) Terminal will ask for your administrator password now. Please enter your password now. Don´t be surprised if the cursor/indicator does not move while you enter the password. Hit enter when the password is complete.

7) The Mac will now execute several steps which takes a short while. Once finished, you should see the line “Automatic uninstallation was successful!” appear in the Terminal window.

8) As a last step copy and paste the following into the Terminal window, followed by Enter to execute:

hdiutil detach ./enscape_mountpoint

This will remove the volume from the Desktop again. Enscape version 4.0 should now be uninstalled.

Tip
NOTE: In case you have installed Enscape in another location, for example in Applications folder and not in the Library folder, please adjust the command in step 5 as follows:

swap

“/Library/Chaos/Enscape/uninstall/install.log”

with

“/Applications/Chaos/Enscape/uninstall/install.log”

Do you need help with Enscape? Please contact our technical support here
or send request directly through Enscape. Don't know how? Check this article.

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