What if I do not have CONOPT
CONOPT is available to all ASCEND users on a trial basis. If you would like to use CONOPT, please contact us (see Support) and ask for a trial copy.
If you're in a hurry, the necessary CONOPT files can be found in the GAMS trial version distribution, from http://www.gams.com/. These files need to be dropped somewhere that ASCEND can find them. The same directory as libascend.so (Linux/Mac) or ascend.dll (Windows) is suggested. You can also put them wherever you want, then set the CONOPT_PATH environment variable.