Sysreq Win

Chapter 1: Installation Prerequisites for Windows
This document describes the steps necessary to correctly install and configure all Ansys, Inc. products
on Windows platforms for Release 2024 R1. These products include:
• Additional Tools
– Ansys Viewer
• Design
– Ansys Discovery
– Ansys SpaceClaim
• Electronics
– Ansys Icepak (includes Ansys CFD-Post)
• Fluids
– Ansys Dynamic Reporting
– Ansys CFD-Post only
– Ansys CFX (includes Ansys CFD-Post)
– Ansys Chemkin
– Ansys EnSight
– Ansys FENSAP-ICE
– Ansys Fluent (includes Ansys CFD-Post)
– Ansys Forte
– Ansys ICEM CFD
– Ansys Model Fuel Library
– Ansys Polyflow (includes Ansys CFD-Post)
– Ansys Reaction Workbench
– Ansys TurboGrid
• Ansys Geometry Interfaces
Release Release 2024 R1 - © ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential
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Installation Prerequisites for Windows
– AutoCAD
– ACIS
– CATIA, Version 4
– Creo Elements/Direct Modeling
– Creo Parametric
– Inventor
– JTOpen
– NX
– Parasolid
– Solid Edge
– SOLIDWORKS
• Optical
– Ansys Speos
– Speos HPC
– Speos for NX - Includes options for Speos for NX 2206, 2212, 2306 and 2312
• PIDO (Optimization)
– Ansys optiSLang
• Platform
– Ansys Distributed Compute Services
– Ansys Remote Solve Manager Standalone Services
• Structures
– Ansys Additive
– Ansys Aqwa
– Ansys Autodyn
– Ansys Customization Files
– Ansys LS-DYNA
2 information of ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
– Material Calibration App
– Ansys Mechanical Products (includes Ansys Mechanical and Mechanical APDL)
– Ansys Motion
– Ansys Sherlock
– Ansys Sound - SAS (Analysis & Specification)
Note:
Ansys Workbench is installed by default as product components to most Ansys, Inc. products.
Ansys Workbench is not installed as part of the products under Ansys Additional Tools, nor
with the CFD-Post only option. Ansys Workbench includes the following applications:
• The Mechanical Application
• DesignModeler
• DesignXplorer
• Meshing
• Remote Solve Manager
• Fluent Meshing
• EKM Client
• GRANTA Selector
• GRANTA MI
• Minerva
• SpaceClaim Direct Modeler
Caution:
While SpaceClaim Direct Modeler and Ansys SpaceClaim can be installed

on the same computer, only one of the applications can be configured
with Ansys Workbench at any given time. Users can choose which version
to configure via the CAD Configuration Manager utility.
• SpaceClaim CATIA V5 Interface
• ECAD
Because some of these applications can be run as standalone applications without Ansys
Workbench, you will see some but not all of these listed separately as options when you
uninstall. In such cases, you will need to select those options in order to uninstall those
components.
Where supported, IGES and STEP Geometry Interfaces will be installed.
Some procedures apply only to specific products and are so noted.
Important Notice
If you want to run multiple releases of Ansys, Inc. software, you MUST install them chronologically (for
example., Release 2023 R2 followed by Release 2024 R1). If you install an earlier release after installing
Release 2024 R1, you will encounter licensing issues that may prevent you from running any
products/releases. If you need to install an earlier release after you have already installed Release 2024
R1, you MUST uninstall Release 2024 R1, then re-install the releases in order.
Summary of New and Changed Features

The following features are new or changed at Release 2024 R1. Review these items carefully.
• The Ansys installer supports Speos plugin for NX 2312.
• The Ansys installer now displays Nexus as Dynamic Reporting.
1.1. System Prerequisites

Ansys 2024 R1 is supported on the following Windows platforms and operating system levels. For up-
to-date information on hardware platforms or operating systems that have been certified, see the
Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
Table 1.1: Supported Windows Platforms
Processor Operating System Platform architecture Availability

(directory name)
x64 (64-bit) Windows 10 (Professional, Enterprise winx64 Download, USB
& Education), Windows 11
(Professional, Enterprise & Education),
Windows Server 2019 Standard,
Windows Server 2022 Standard
Note:
Home editions of Windows operating systems are not supported.
For detailed and current support information, see the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
Supported Products By Platform
For a complete list of products supported by each platform, see the Platform Support by Applic-
ation PDF on the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
System Prerequisites
Supported Platforms for High Performance Computing
See the discussions on Configuring Distributed Ansys and Configuring Ansys CFX Parallel for detailed
information on supported platforms for distributed computing.
1.1.1. CAD Support

The following CAD and auxiliary programs are supported on the indicated products and platforms
(where the CAD product is supported on the noted platforms). Products are:
A = Mechanical APDL
W = Ansys Workbench
I = Ansys ICEM CFD (standalone and Ansys Workbench Readers)
Table 1.2: CAD Support by Platform
Product Windows 10 4 Windows

11
CATIA 4.2.4 A, W, I A, W
CATIA V5–6R2022 A, W, I A, W
CATIA V5–6R2021 A, W, I
CATIA V5 (CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway V3.90.0) V5-6R2020, W, I2
V5-6R2021, V5-6R2022
CATIA V6 R2023x W, I W, I
Parasolid 35.1 A, W, I W
Creo Parametric 10.0 A, W, I A, W, I
Creo Parametric 9.0 A, W, I, A, W,
ACIS 2022 A, W, I 1 A, W
NX 2206 6, 2212 6, 2306 6, 2312 6 A, W, I, S W
SOLIDWORKS 2022 W, I W
SOLIDWORKS 2021 W, I
Solid Edge 2022 W, I W, I
Solid Edge 2021 W, I
Inventor 2024 W, I
Inventor 2023 W, I
Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 W, I W, I
Autodesk AutoCAD 2023 W, I5 W, I
IGES 3 A, W, I W
JT 10.5 W, I W
Product Windows 10 4 Windows

11
STEP AP203, AP214, AP242 W, I
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.6 W, I
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 20.5 W, I
GEMS I
IDI MS8/9 I
Rhinoceros 6.0 W, I W
SketchUp 2021 W, I
Revit 2022 W W
SpaceClaim W
1. For ICEM CFD standalone, ACIS 18.0.1 is the supported version for all platforms.
2. Requires V5-6R2016 or later.
3. IGES Versions 4.0, 5.2, and 5.3 are supported.
4. Professional, Education and Enterprise
5. Requires operating system's Anniversary Update version 1607 or higher
6. Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 x64 required.
Note:
View the latest supported CAD packages at ansys.com> Solutions> Solutions by Role>
IT Professionals> Platform Support> CAD Support.
1.2. Disk Space and Memory Requirements

You will need the disk space shown here for each product for installation and proper functioning. The
numbers listed here are the maximum amount of disk space you will need for each Ansys, Inc. product.
Depending on the options selected for each product and shared product features, you may require less
disk space when installing multiple products.
Product Disk Space (GB)

Ansys Additive 25.1
Ansys Aqwa 19.0
Ansys Autodyn 18.5
Ansys CFD-Post only 18.5
Ansys CFX 18.8
Ansys Chemkin 19.2
Ansys Customization Files for User-Programmable Features 11.1
Ansys Discovery 29.1
Disk Space and Memory Requirements
Product Disk Space (GB)

Distributed Computing Services 8.8
Ansys Dynamic Reporting 20.0
Ansys EnSight 21.2
Ansys FENSAP-ICE 18.8
Ansys Fluent 29.0
Ansys Forte 21.6
Ansys Geometry Interfaces 10.5
Ansys ICEM CFD 18.9
Ansys Icepak 19.8
Ansys LS-DYNA 20.0
Material Calibration App 22.2
Ansys Mechanical Products 22.1
Ansys Model Fuel Library (Encrypted) 19.2
Ansys Motion 19.3
Ansys optiSLang 17.4
Ansys Polyflow 27.7
Ansys Reaction Workbench 19.2
Ansys Remote Solve Manager Standalone Services 11.3
Ansys Sherlock 20.6
Ansys Sound: SAS 9.5
SpaceClaim 15.4
Ansys Speos 21.7
Speos HPC 8.7
Speos for NX 2206 11.5
Ansys TurboGrid 10.5
Ansys Viewer 10.3
Disk space required to install all products 66.2
Product installations also require an additional 500 MB of free disk space during an installation.
Memory Requirements
You must have a minimum of 8 GB of memory to run product installations; 16 or 32 GB of memory

is recommended.
1.3. Software Prerequisites

You must have the following software installed on your system. Administrator privileges are required
to install these files. These software prerequisites are installed automatically when you launch the
product installation. If, after installing the Ansys products, you need to check your system for these
software prerequisites or re-install any of them at a later date, open the Product & CAD Configuration
Manager and select Check for Required Prerequisites or Install Required Prerequisites.
• A minimum version of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 is required.
Note:
If your computer does not have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 installed, the install-
ation program installs .NET 4.6.2 as a prerequisite and may require a system restart
after exiting the installation and before running any Ansys products.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 is required for Ansys Discovery installation.
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)
Prior to installing, you can find the executables for the software prerequisites in the root \prereq
directory of the media/download package.
1.4. Requirements for the GPU Accelerator in Mechanical APDL

Your system must meet the following requirements to use the GPU accelerator capability in Mechanical
APDL. For information on the most recently tested NVIDIA GPU cards, see the GPU Accelerator Capab-
ilities PDF on the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
• The machine(s) being used for the simulation must contain at least one NVIDIA GPU card. The following
cards are recommended:
NVIDIA H100
NVIDIA A10, A16, A30, A40, A100
NVIDIA RTX A4000, A5000, A6000
NVIDIA Tesla Series (any model)
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000, RTX 8000
NVIDIA Quadro GV100
NVIDIA Quadro GP100
• When using the sparse solver or eigensolvers based on the sparse direct solver (for example, Block
Lanczos or subspace), only NVIDIA GPU devices with significant double precision performance (FP64)
are recommended in order to achieve optimal performance. These include the following models:
Additional Hardware and Software Requirements
NVIDIA H100
NVIDIA A30, A100
NVIDIA Tesla Series P100, V100
NVIDIA Quadro GV100
NVIDIA Quadro GP100
• NVIDIA GPU devices with at least 16GB of on-card memory are recommended in order to achieve
meaningful acceleration for most simulations in which the GPU card can be used.
• For NVIDIA GPU cards, the driver version must be 527.41 or newer. For optimal performance on
Windows, the TCC (Tesla Compute Cluster) driver mode is recommended when using Tesla series
GPU cards. Some limitations exist when using this driver mode. Check your GPU card documentation
for more details on how to set this driver mode and the existing limitations.
• To utilize a NVIDIA GPU device that is not on the recommended list of cards, set the following envir-
onment variable:
ANSGPU_OVERRIDE=1
This is most beneficial when you wish to run on newer NVIDIA GPUs that were not available at the
time of release of this version of the Ansys program. If you choose to use this environment variable,
you should ensure that the NVIDIA GPU device that you wish to use is sufficiently powerful, in terms
of both double-precision compute power and on-card memory, to achieve meaningful acceleration
for your simulation. Using this environment variable with an underpowered CPU may actually decel-
erate your simulation.
Note:
On Windows, the use of Remote Desktop may disable the use of a GPU device. Launching
Mechanical APDL through the Ansys Remote Solve Manager (RSM) when RSM is installed as
a service may also disable the use of a GPU. In these two scenarios, the GPU accelerator
capability cannot be used. Using the TCC (Tesla Compute Cluster) driver mode, if applicable,
can circumvent this restriction.
1.5. Additional Hardware and Software Requirements

• Intel 64 / AMD64 system with the correct operating system version installed
• 8 GB of RAM (Minimum)
• 128 GB free on the hard drive is recommended
• A current default web browser must be installed to view the Ansys internet-based help document-
ation.
For a complete list of supported browsers, see the Browser Support PDF on the Platform Support
section of the Ansys Website.
For a local copy of the product documentation on your system, download an installable version from
the Ansys Download Center. Instructions for installing the Local Help are included with the download
package.
• Discrete graphics card with the latest drivers and compatible with the supported operating systems.
For full functionality, use of a recent NVIDIA Quadro or AMD FirePro card with at least 1 GB of discrete
video memory and supporting OpenGL version 4.5 or above. Intel Iris Pro Integrated graphics has
also been used successfully.
For information on the most recently tested graphics cards, see the Graphics Cards Tested PDF on
the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
For Ansys Discovery, see Product Installation
Note:
– Vendor Legacy Support: To be compatible, legacy GL 4.5 compliant cards

should still be within the official legacy support period of their respective
graphics vendor, and must still be receiving regular driver updates. Visit the
appropriate vendor websites to review legacy hardware lists.
• A minimum screen resolution of: 1024 x 768 (4:3 aspect ratio), 1366 x 768 (16:9 aspect ratio) or 1280
x 800 (16:10 aspect ratio) with minimum 24 bit color. A higher screen resolution such as 1920x1080
(16:9) or 1920x1200 (16:10) is strongly recommended for most applications.
Note:
– Some combinations of graphics card type, operating system, and MPEG resolution
fail to play MPEGs properly. You may be able to get normal playback results simply
by changing the MPEG settings. Alternatively, you can upgrade your graphics card.
– Ultra High Definition (4K) Graphics Cards: Use of Ultra High Definition (4K)
graphics cards may cause a number of cosmetic display issues (including enlarged
or reduced text and incorrect positioning of option labels). These issues do not affect
the functionality of the installation program.
• Microsoft Mouse or a mouse. Most applications require a three-button mouse.
• If you use a 3Dconnexion product, ensure that you have the latest version of the drivers installed.
• Approximately twice as much swap space as memory. The amount of memory swap space on the
system may limit the size of the Ansys model that can be created and/or solved.
• TCP/IP for the license manager (see the Ansys Licensing Guide for more information on TCP/IP).
Although TCP/IP is included as part of the operating system, it may not be installed by default. When
TCP/IP is installed, it must be bound to a network adapter. On machines that are connected to an
internal network, TCP/IP must be bound to a network card such as an Ethernet adapter. The vast
majority of systems using TCP/IP will fall into this category. On machines that connect to the internet
or corporate intranet through a modem, TCP/IP can be bound to the Remote Access Service. Also,
the Autodial option of the Internet Options must be disabled so that the machine does not attempt
to connect to the Internet every time Ansys is run. See the Ansys Licensing Guide for more information.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 11 or greater is recommended for proper operation of Ansys Workbench.
Once the correct version of IE is installed, it does not have to be your default Internet browser. After
installation, simply run your preferred browser and reestablish it as the default.
• PDF reader software is required to read the installation guides and other user documentation.
To access our help system videos, Ansys recommends that you set Windows Media Player as your
default.
1.5.1. Ansys Discovery Requirements

Prior to installing Discovery products, verify that your installation computer has the following prerequis-
ites.
Operating System Requirements
One of the following:
• Microsoft® Windows 10 version 21H2 or later (Professional, Enterprise & Education)
– Supported Releases: General Availability Channel and Long-Term Servicing Channel (Windows
10 Only)
• Microsoft® Windows 11 version 21H2 or later (Professional, Enterprise & Education)
• Microsoft® Windows Server 2019 (Standard) or Windows Server 2022 (Standard)
System Requirements
• 64-bit Intel or AMD system
• Disk Space and Memory:
– 32 GB RAM or greater
– 32 GB disk space
Video Card Requirements
User systems should have a dedicated graphics card for Discovery. As detailed in the table below, Dis-
covery's minimum and recommended video card requirements differ depending on the product stage
and solver being used.
For information on the most recently tested graphics cards, see the Platform Support section of the
Ansys Website and view the Graphics Cards Tested PDF for your release.
Note:
With a 4K monitor, Ansys recommends use of a video card with more than 4 GB of
dedicated video memory.
Table 1.3: Discovery Stages and Video Card Requirements
Discovery Minimum Video Card Requirements Recommended Video Card Requirements

Stage
and
Solver
• Model Dedicated graphics card with the Dedicated NVIDIA Quadro or AMD
stage latest vendor drivers supporting Radeon Pro graphics card with the
OpenGL version 4.6 and a minimum latest vendor drivers supporting
of 2 GB of dedicated video memory OpenGL version 4.6 and a minimum
of 4 GB of dedicated video memory
• Refine Dedicated graphics card with the Dedicated NVIDIA Quadro or AMD
stage latest vendor drivers supporting Radeon Pro graphics card with the
with OpenGL version 4.6 and a minimum latest vendor drivers supporting
Fluent of 2 GB of dedicated video memory OpenGL version 4.6 and a minimum
solver of 4 GB of dedicated video memory
• Refine
stage
with
MAPDL
solver
• Explore • Dedicated NVIDIA GPU, Maxwell • Dedicated NVIDIA GPU, Pascal series
stage series or newer or newer
• Refine • 4 GB of dedicated video memory • 8 GB dedicated video memory

stage
with Note: Note:
LiveGX
solver Update your graphics Update your graphics
card to the latest drivers card to the latest drivers
from the NVIDIA website from the NVIDIA website
prior to installation. At a prior to installation. At a
minimum, you must be minimum, you must be
using driver version using driver version
456.38. 456.38.
With AMD cards and With AMD cards and

non-compliant NVIDIA non-compliant NVIDIA
cards, Discovery still cards, Discovery still
functions but access to functions but access to
Discovery Minimum Video Card Requirements Recommended Video Card Requirements

Stage
and
Solver
the Explore stage, or to the Explore stage, or to

the Refine stage using the Refine stage using
the LiveGX solver, is the LiveGX solver, is
disabled. disabled.
Unsupported Video Cards
The following cards are no longer supported at 2024 R1. In general, Discovery maintains support for as
long as NVIDIA drivers and SDKs allow:
• Consumer
– GeForce 600 series (for example, GeForce GT625)
→ NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (192-bit)
→ NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
• ProViz
– Quadro Kxxx series
→ Quadro 410/420
→ Quadro K600/620
→ Quadro K[1/2/4]200
→ Quadro K2000D
→ Quadro K[2/4/5]000
– Quadro Kx000M series
→ Quadro K[1/2/3/4/5]000M
– Quadro Kx100M series
→ Quadro K500M
→ Quadro K[1/2/3/4/5]100M
• Datacenter
– GRID K520 (AWS EC2 g2 instance)
– Tesla K10
Miscellaneous Requirements
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
• Microsoft ASP.NET Core Runtime 6.0
• Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0
• Microsoft .NET Runtime 6.0
• Microsoft .NET SDK 6.0
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 x64 Redistributable
• OpenCL 1.2
• Windows Media Player is required for viewing the videos that appear on the Ansys Discovery
Welcome Screen
Reporting Issues to Ansys Customer Support
If you encounter issues running Discovery, follow this procedure:
1. Open the Windows command prompt as administrator.
2. Run this command:
"<ansys-install-location>/Framework/bin/Win64/Ans.DriverSetup.exe" --check-system-
compatibility
3. Capture the output of the command and include it when contacting Ansys customer support.
1.5.2. 3Dconnexion Product Support

Only specific Ansys applications have been tested for manipulating the model (turning, zooming,
panning, etc.) with the 3Dconnexion products. While these 3Dconnexion products do provide signi-
ficantly enhanced 3D control over viewing the model, they do not function as a mouse replacement
and selection operations still require a mouse. For a complete list of 3Dconnexion products certified
with the current release of Ansys applications, see the 3Dconnexion Devices Certification PDF on
the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website
To use a 3Dconnexion product with the listed products, you must download and install the appropriate
Microsoft Windows driver for your version of Windows. Refer to http://www.3dconnexion.com for
more information on using Space products and to download the appropriate drivers.
Spaceball/Connexion3D functionality in Ansys Discovery

• Only the "FIT" built in function is supported.
• Most of the other operations can be simulated by mapping Connexion functions to keyboard
shortcuts supported in Ansys Discovery.
1.5.3. Ansys Additive Requirements

The Ansys Additive application uses ports 5000, 7000, 7933, 7934, 7935, 8125, 8181, 9002, 9042, and
9711 to allow communication among the components in the application. See Ansys Additive will not
start immediately after installation (p. ?) to troubleshoot if these ports are not open.
All other requirements for Additive are the same as the default requirements for all Ansys products.
1.5.4. Speos Software Requirements

With the exception of the graphics adapter, the requirements for Ansys Speos are the same as the
default requirements for all other Ansys products. Ansys Speos requires a minimum NVIDIA Quadro
P5200 graphics adapter with a 537.13 NVIDIA driver.
Note:
Ansys certifies one Nvidia driver per release for Speos. That means other or subsequent
drivers are not officially supported and may not work.
Regional Settings
When using "Regional Settings>Additional Settings", you must use a dot as decimal symbol and a
space as digit grouping symbol.
1.5.4.1. Speos for NX Requirements

To be able to use Speos for NX during a Siemens NX installation, you must install the Programming
Tool module for the NX 2206 version and subsequent (NX 2212, NX 2306 and NX 2312).
1.5.4.2. Ansys Optical Labs Requirements

This page presents the hardware and software requirements of the Ansys Optical Labs. The Ansys
Optical Labs are exclusively integrated in Ansys SPEOS installation.
The workstation should meet or exceed the following requirements.
Graphic Adapter
Only required for 3D Energy Density Lab and Virtual Reality Lab.
Table 1.4: 3D Energy Density Lab and Virtual Reality Lab Graphics
3D Energy Density Lab Virtual Reality Lab

• NVIDIA graphics • AMD or NVIDIA graphics processor
processor
• Support of OpenCL 1.2 minimum
• Support of OpenGL v2.1
minimum • Support of OpenGL v2.1 minimum
SDK OpenCL is not required for GPU since it is included with

the drivers.
Active Stereoscopy can only be done on QUADRO and

FIREPRO cards.
• HDR only supports the NVIDIA graphics processor. Refer to

your GPU specifications to ensure HDR compatibility.
Additional VR Lab Requirements

Examples of Speos 360 Files Memory Requirements
This table contains a list of characteristics associated to Speos 360 files and the corresponding GPU
memory required for a correct display.
The following examples are for a 1920*1080 screen resolution.
Network and Access Requirements for VR Lab in Multiscreen
• Port 51008 must be available for the OPTIS Daemon in TCP.
• Port 51004 must be available for Virtual Reality Lab in TCP.
• Port 51005 must be available for Virtual Reality Lab in multicast UDP.
• Maximal Transmission Unit value must be set to default value (1500 bytes).
SIM2 HDR monitor for Virtual Reality Lab
• HDR47 Series monitor
• SIM2 HDR monitor has to be dedicated for rendering and a standard monitor for interface.
• High Dynamic Range DVI signal connector (#11).
Note:
Press F1 key on the remote control to activate the HDRI mode. See your SIM2 HDR
display user manual for more information.
1.6. Third-Party Software and other Security Considerations

The following third-party products are used as part of the installation process. In order for the installation
to work properly, you must allow access to these products.
Product Name Executable Name

Tcl tclsh.exe
Tk want.exe
Perl perl.exe
7zip 7z.exe
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Chapter 1: Installation Prerequisites for Windows

– Ansys Icepak (includes Ansys CFD-Post)

– Ansys Dynamic Reporting

– Ansys CFD-Post only

– Ansys CFX (includes Ansys CFD-Post)

– Ansys Fluent (includes Ansys CFD-Post)

– Ansys ICEM CFD

– Ansys Model Fuel Library

– Ansys Polyflow (includes Ansys CFD-Post)

– Ansys Reaction Workbench

• Ansys Geometry Interfaces

– Creo Elements/Direct Modeling

– Ansys Distributed Compute Services

– Ansys Remote Solve Manager Standalone Services

– Ansys Customization Files

– Ansys Mechanical Products (includes Ansys Mechanical and Mechanical APDL)

– Ansys Sound - SAS (Analysis & Specification)

• The Mechanical Application

• Remote Solve Manager

• SpaceClaim Direct Modeler

While SpaceClaim Direct Modeler and Ansys SpaceClaim can be installed

• SpaceClaim CATIA V5 Interface

Where supported, IGES and STEP Geometry Interfaces will be installed.

Some procedures apply only to specific products and are so noted.

Summary of New and Changed Features

• The Ansys installer supports Speos plugin for NX 2312.

• The Ansys installer now displays Nexus as Dynamic Reporting.

1.1. System Prerequisites

Table 1.1: Supported Windows Platforms

Processor Operating System Platform architecture Availability

Home editions of Windows operating systems are not supported.

Supported Products By Platform

Supported Platforms for High Performance Computing

1.1.1. CAD Support

Table 1.2: CAD Support by Platform

Product Windows 10 4 Windows

Product Windows 10 4 Windows

2. Requires V5-6R2016 or later.

3. IGES Versions 4.0, 5.2, and 5.3 are supported.

4. Professional, Education and Enterprise

5. Requires operating system's Anniversary Update version 1607 or higher

6. Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2019 x64 required.

1.2. Disk Space and Memory Requirements

Product Disk Space (GB)

Product Disk Space (GB)

You must have a minimum of 8 GB of memory to run product installations; 16 or 32 GB of memory

1.3. Software Prerequisites

• A minimum version of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 is required.

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 is required for Ansys Discovery installation.

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)

1.4. Requirements for the GPU Accelerator in Mechanical APDL

1.5. Additional Hardware and Software Requirements

• 128 GB free on the hard drive is recommended

For Ansys Discovery, see Product Installation

– Vendor Legacy Support: To be compatible, legacy GL 4.5 compliant cards

• Microsoft Mouse or a mouse. Most applications require a three-button mouse.

1.5.1. Ansys Discovery Requirements