Department of Engineering

Introduction (ANSYS Home Page)

Analysis Types

Main Areas

• Fluid-Solid Interaction
• Advanced Mechanical and Thermal
• Nonlinear Mechanics
• Electromagnetics
• MEMS Initiative

ANSYS License

Personal Copy on PC (Engineering Department Only)

There is a nominal charge of GBP 550 + VAT per user to pay towards the cost of the license.

On-line Tutorials

Then in the xterm window for the Linux server startup ANSYS by typing ansys. Then choose : Run --> Help --> ANSYS Tutorials. The following selection of tutorials are available :

• Structural
• Thermal
• Electromagnetic
• CFD
• Micro-ElectroMechanical System (MEMS)
• Explicit Dynamics
• Contact
• Modal

Finding Download files

For files which are setup for downloading, to find the local copy use the find command as follows :

ANSYS is installed in the /usr/local/apps directory.

Here assuming you have a sub-directory called project to which you want the file to be copied to. This is illustrated by finding a file or files with the extension iges.

In the following the commands to be typed ina x-term winodow are shown highlighted.

cd /usr/local/apps

find ./ -name *.iges

This will among other messages will list the following lines :

./ansys/ansys_inc/v100/ansys/data/models/actuator.iges
./ansys/ansys_inc/v100/ansys/data/models/bracket.iges

If you are interested in the actuator.iges file. Then combining these the fullpath name to the actuator is :

/usr/local/apps/ansys/ansys_inc/v100/ansys/data/models/actuator.iges

cd

cd project

cp /usr/local/apps/ansys/ansys_inc/v100/ansys/data/models/actuator.iges .

This file would have been copid to your proeject directory.

ANSYS Training Course

ANSYS Training.

Files

Input

Output

Command to run ANSYS

Then in the xterm window for the Linux server startup ANSYS by typing ansys.

Then type ansys.

If you run into any problem see the section below. If this does not help please contact ansys-support (email "ansys-support@eng.cam.ac.uk") or the Computer Operators (email "operators@eng.cam.ac.uk").

Troubleshooting Problems in running ANSYS

Manuals

The manuals and tutorials are all available on-line. Start up ansys and select Run and then Help.

Hardcopy output

Remote Solver Manager Ansys v13

On the linux machine run rsmadmin from:

./ansys_inc/v130/RSM/Config/tools/linux/

• (optional) Cache password on the linux machine:
  • Right click "My Computer [Set Password]" and select set password, follow the instructions that pop up in the command window that rsmadmin was launched from.
  • This step is if you want to submit things from the local machine to the local machine for solving.

• From the windows machine (or machine you want to use to submit jobs) run the ansys Remote Solve Manager (Start Menu/Ansys 13.0/Utilities/...)

• Go to tools->options, type the computer name (e.g. eed*****.eng.cam.ac.uk) or IP address into the box labelled Name and click Add.

• Right click the computer name and select "Set Password". Enter the username as your username on the LINUX machine and password as your password on the linux machine.

• Now right click on the computer name again and go to "Accounts".
  • On the dialog box you will see your windows username on the left (Accounts), your linux username in the middle column (Alternatives) and a list of Compute Servers as seen by the linux machine on the right.
  • Select your windows username on the left then your linux username in the middle and then put a tick in the checkbox labelled 'localhost' on the compute servers list.
  • If you have cached your password on the linux machine (optional step) then you will see that entry there too under 'Accounts' - ignore it.

• To test the connection and settings, right click on one of the localhost entries under the name of the remote linux machine and select test server. Examine the log for any errors.

• To set up solution from the ansys modelling environment itself there are some extra steps. For ansys Mechanical (what most analyses run under even if they aren't mechanical analyses in the strict sense of the word):
  • Make sure the remote solve managers are running on both the linux and windows machines and configured as above
  • From within the ANSYS mechanical application (assuming this is what you would normally use to solve your FE problem)
  • Click Tools->Solve process settings
  • Select Add Remote and enter a descriptive name
  • Under Computer Settings:
    • Enter the computer's name/IP address in the Solve Manager box
    • Select a Queue from the Queue drop down box (it may take ansys a few seconds to read info from the remote computer and populate this box)
    • Select the appropriate license from the License drop down box (e.g. ANSYS Academic Teaching Advanced)

  • Now click OK
  • To make a solution run on the remote computer instead of the local computer, select the drop down arrow next to the 'Solve' button and select the entry corresponding to the remote solver you've just set up.
  • To monitor progress you can right click on 'Solution Information' and select 'Retrieve ...'.