Workbench Platform

ANSYS Workbench platform is the backbone for delivering a comprehensive and integrated simulation system to users. See ANSYS Workbench platform for more information. 

Availability and Restrictions

ANSYS Workbench is available on Owens Cluster. You can see the currently available versions in the table on the main Ansys page here.

You can use module spider ansys  to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.

Access for Academic Users

Use of ANSYS products for academic purposes requires validation. In order to obtain validation, please contact OSC Help for further instruction.

Access for Commercial Users

Contact OSC Help for getting access to ANSYS if you are a commercial user.

Usage

Usage on Owens

Set-up for Structural-Fluid dynamics related applications

To load the default version , use  module load ansys . To select a particular software version, use   module load ansys/version . For example, use  module load ansys/17.2   to load version 17.2 on Owens. After the module is loaded, use the following command to open Workbench GUI:

runwb2

Set-up for CFD related applications

To load the default version , use  module load ansys  . To select a particular software version, use   module load ansys/version   . For example, use  module load ansys/17.2   to load version 17.2 on Owens. After the module is loaded, use the following command to open Workbench GUI:

runwb2

Further Reading

See Also

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