FLUENT - Common Errors/Resolutions |
Can I install a FLUENT product in a folder with a space in its name? (See Related Solution 2019388)<br><br>Can I save a case and data file or a UDF in a folder with a space in it name?... |
How to read Catia v5 files into ICEM CFD |
The only official path for an orphan CATIA V5 file into ICEM CFD is thru workbench geometry readers with a Catia V5 geometry interface.<br><br>There are two CATIA V5 Workbench readers.... |
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With SIWave 5 you need to also have the ECAD translator installed.<br><br>NOTE: This was not the case in previous versions. |
Compiling and Loading User Defined Functions using FLUENT R13 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition running FLUENT in Parallel |
See attached Resolution Document for instructions to compile and load FLUENT udfs using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition running FLUENT in Parallel.<br><br>keywords:... |
Compiling and Loading FLUENT R13.0 64-bit User Defined Functions using the "FREE" Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 32-bit Express Edition and the 7.0 SDK |
See attached Resolution Document for instructions to compile and load FLUENT udfs using the FREE Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 32-bit Express Edition and the 7.0 SDK.<br><br>keywords:... |
HFSS Transient solve attempting to check out HPC licensing when MP license is available. |
Transient cannot take advantage of MP Licensing and will require HPC if desire to solve on >1 core.<br><br>Customer must set processor=1, processor, distributed=1 |
If a pre-stress modal analysis contains a thermal condition load, then the results from R13 do not match that of R12.1. |
This behavior in R13 is expected and in fact represents a better answer.<br><br>The help isn't perfect here since it mentioned pressure load stiffness but it appears the thermal... |
Note: Rank = ##: Process affinity not being set. Offsets failed sanity check. |
The below affinity setting message shows up on new hardware because of changes in core numbering (in /proc/cpuinfo file) with latest OS versions.<br><br>This issue is fixed in R14.0.... |
KNOWN ISSUE: MUSIG model simulations can give solutions that are strongly machine dependent (Class 3 Error) |
SYMPTOM:<br>When using equal mass size group specification for a MUSIG fluid, coalescence may lead to bubbles of mass 'equal' to the maximum mass. Whether coalescence takes... |
FLEX -6 "No port number in license file and license service does not exist (flexlm Error -6)" |
SOLUTION - Applies to Ansoft products<br><br>CAUSE<br> There is a defect in Ansoft installation process, when user clicks button to examine port configuration but does not... |
CAD Configuration Manager does not detect presense of AutoDesk Inventor 2012. |
Create a .bat file and manually register the plugin into 2012.<br>"%AWP_ROOT130%FrameworkbinWin64AnsRegSvr32.exe"... |
KNOWN ISSUE: Mesh Length Scale variable interpolated from solutions (Class 3 Error) |
SYMPTOM:<br>When new cases are restarted from solutions on different meshes, the variable Mesh Length Scale may not be correct.<br><br>PROBLEM:<br>The variable Mesh Length... |
KNOWN ISSUE: Boiling calculations with an energy model for the vapour (Class 3 Error) |
SYMPTOM:<br>If either the Thermal Energy model or the Total Energy model is used for the vapour in a calculation using the RPI boiling model, then temperatures of the vapour phase are... |
The ANSYS 13.0/13.0SP2 CAD Configuration Manager will not recognize that Autodesk Inventor 2012 is installed on a Windows computer. |
Autodesk Inventor 2012 is not officially supported for ANSYS 13.0/13.0SP2. However, it can be made to work by manually configuring the ANSYS plugin into Autodesk Inventor 2012 using the following... |
When I run ICEM CFD 13.0 on a Windows XP platform I get the message:
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This is a known problem in ICEM CFD 13.0 and is fixed in the next release of the software.<br><br>The workaround is to select Settings > Product in ICEM CFD 13.0, scroll to the... |
Starting Workbench 12.1 or 13.0 on a Windows platform gives the following error message:
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Starting Workbench 12.1 or 13.0 on a Windows platform gives the following error message:<br><br>=============<br>ANSYS Workbench<br>Absolute path information is... |
POLYFLOW - Crash of POLYDATA within WorkBench, when importing a file from the material database. What can be done? |
This may happen on XP and Vista, when<br><br>(i) the variable TEMP is defined on the same disk where the software is installed, and<br><br>(ii) involves a long path... |
POLYFLOW - What is the symmetry axis in a 2D axisymmetric simulation with ANSYS POLYFLOW? |
In a 2D axisymmetric simulation with ANSYS POLYFLOW, it is assumed that the vertical axis (y-axis) is the symmetry axis. |
How to plot pressure loads in Mechanical when they come from a command snippet using SFE. |
The nodal pressures on elements are stored as SMISC records. These can be accessed using the user defined result under solution.<br><br>You will need to include a command snippet to... |
POLYFLOW - How to run ANSYS POLYFLOW and ANSYS POLYDATA in standalone mode? |
On Linux, it may be a good idea to define the following environment variables:<br><br>export... |
ANSYS 13.0 and SpaceClaim 7 are installed on a Windows 7 platform. When trying to import a SpaceClaim file into Workbench, SpaceClaim does not appear as a selection option when selecting Import Geometry in Workbench. |
There is a bug in the ANSYS 13.0 original release which resulted in no SpaceClaim import option being shown if the system did not have a current DesignModeler license. It is fixed in ANSYS 13.0... |
Uising the remote solve capability between two machines with SIwave v5.0.1 installed gives the error:
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The error message is occurring because there is a defect in patch version 5.0.1; the siwave_rs.exe was not included in the patch.<br><br>It has been reported and investigated as... |
When installing ANSYS 13.0 a message appears stating that there is a problem with the installation of one of the prerequisites - Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (x64). |
The user had previously installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) via SCCM using the vendor msi. This creates an Uninstall key in the Registry under... |
Why isn't the new spectrum comination method being used by FSUM when issued in a WB Mechanical commands object at 13.0? |
Therea are two reasons. Reason 1 is that to get the correct reaction via FSUM the modal results need to be written to the .mode file. If they are not, the special FSUM logic will not work. So... |
Can I use Inventor 2012 with ANSYS 13.0 on a 64-bit Windows platform? |
Inventor 2012 is not officially supported for ANSYS 13.0; the supported versions of Inventor for ANSYS 13.0 are Inventor 2010 and Inventor 2011.<br><br>Although Inventor 2012 is not... |