The ANSYS Product Suite includes its time-tested, industry-leading applications for structural, thermal, mechanical, computational fluid dynamics, and electromagnetic analyses, as well as solutions for transient impact analysis.

ANSYS software solves for the combined effects of multiple forces, accurately modeling combined behaviors resulting from "multiphysics" interactions. The software also features advanced nonlinear material simulation and the best solvers money can buy.

At CTC it can only be run in command mode on a compute machine in the batch system.

General Notes for Running Ansys at CTC

• Ansys on the batch machines must be run in command line mode. The user must create an Ansys script file (.dat) which lists the commands that need to be carried out.
  
• Before running Ansys, users must execute the setup file by issuing the command:

call setup_ansys.bat

This sets the appropriate path, registry settings, and other environment variables.

Sample Batch Command File

• Here is a sample batch file that you can copy and modify. You may also view an in-depth explanation of the sample batch file.
  
• In addition to modifying the xml elements in the sample batch file, users will need to set some variables.

Variable List:

• For details about how to submit batch jobs, see the  Velocity Scheduler Batch System documentation.

Online Documentation

Online help for Ansys is available on CTC login machines (use terminal server to connect). The name of the Ansys help file is:

help_ansys

Users can invoke the help in one of two ways:

1. Browse the H:\CTC_Tools folder and double click on the help filename.
2. From a command prompt (H:\CTC_Tools must be in your path), enter the help filename as a command.   

Ansys, Inc. Home Page

www.ansys.com