Launching FLUENT 6.x.x and FLUENT 12.x.x in the New FLUENT Launcher


Problem Description: FLUENT 6.3.x.x installs by default in the .../Fluent.Inc directory. FLUENT 12.x.x installs by default in the /ANSYS_Inc/v120/fluent directory. In order to launch the current release and prototypes versions, FLUENT 6.3.x.x and FLUENT 12.x.x from the new FLUENT launcher follow the steps below.

COMMAND LINE
Create an alias to the FLUENT 6.3.xx in your startup file .cshrc (C shell) or .profile (Bourne/Korn shell) or .bashrc (bash shell). For example:

alias fluent6 <path>/Fluent.Inc/bin/fluent

USING THE FLUENT LAUNCHER GUI
1. Open up the new FLUENT 12.x.x Launcher
2. In the FLUENT Root Path click the down arrow and type in the location of the FLUENT 6 and FLUENT 12 location as shown below.
3. When you want to launch FLUENT 6 choose the FLUENT 6 "FLUENT Root Path". When you want to launch FLUENT 12 choose the FLUENT 12 "FLUENT Root Path".





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