As of 2017, HSSOE has entered into a paid campus license agreement with ANSYS. The software can be used for instruction, education, and non-commercial research.
All ANSYS simulation tools are available to all engineering students and faculty at The University of California, Irvine.
This includes, but is not limited to
ANSYS Fluent and ANSYS CFX for Computational Fluid Simulations http://www.ansys.com/products/fluids
ANSYS Mechanical (and APDL) for structural analysis simulations http://www.ansys.com/products/structures
ANSYS HFSS for high frequency electromagnetic simulation - antenna design, radar cross sections analysis, etc. http://www.ansys.com/products/electronics/ansys-hfss
ANSYS Maxwell for low frequency electromagnetic simulation – remote power transfer devices, electric drive simulation, etc. http://www.ansys.com/products/electronics/ansys-maxwell
ANSYS SpaceClaim, the easiest and fastest solution to prepare geometry for simulation http://www.ansys.com/products/platform/ansys-spaceclaim
ANSYS Discovery Suite (as of version 19.2), instantaneous simulation used to quickly understand how geometry changes affect the performance of your design. Discovery suite covers CFD, FEA, Thermal, and Modal simulation and optimization. Discovery live technology required a dedicated Nvidia GPU with modern architecture and at least 4 gigs of ram https://www.ansys.com/products/3d-design/ansys-discovery-live
The ANSYS Campus Software Program at UCI School of Engineering includes the following:
Solvers
are all included. The license set includes 50 Research (Mech/CFD), 25
Research (Electromagnetics) and 250 Teaching of each, 75 Composites, and
128 HPC's:
NOTE:
By default, research licenses are issued. After research licenses are
used up, licenses are issued at the Teaching level with node
restrictions.
ANSYS Software FAQ, Support, and Online Help:
1) How do I obtain the software?
Download from UCI Google Apps (scroll down to "Download Instructions" for link)
2) Is this research-level software offered without any node-restrictions?
Yes, but it depends upon the number of concurrent users. We are limited to 50 Research Mech/CFD licenses and 25 Research Electromagnetics licenses.
By default, research licenses are issued without any node-restrictions. After all research licenses have been checked-out, instructional licenses are issued with node limits.
3) What is the difference between the research version and instructional version?
Both versions use the same installer package. The license server determines which packages are available to the end-user. By default, the license server will issue research (non-restricted) licenses. Instructional licenses are issued with node-restrictions after all of our research licenses have been checked out.
4) What are the node restrictions for Instructional-use licenses?
In case all research licenses have been used up, you'll be issued an instructional license with the following node limits:
Numerical Problem Size Limits (for Instructional-licenses only):
Implicit Structural, thermal:
32,000 nodes/elements
Explicit Dynamics: 32,000 nodes
Low Frequency Electromagnetics:
64,000 nodes/elements
Fluid Dynamics: 512,000 nodes/cells
5) How do I use the ANSYS Campus software from off-campus?
You need to connect to the UCI network using the campus VPN service.
The student version is obtained directly from ANSYS after students complete a registration process.
There is a minimal cost of around $20.00.
This version does not use the campus license server and it is a year-long lease issued directly from ANSYS.
It has node restrictions.
Students may consider this option if they do not want to use the license server at HSSOE.
7) I keep getting node restrictions on the research version.
Contact Lisa Preble, 4-3965, lpreble@uci.edu.
So far we have no reports of research license shortages.
Keep me posted if you experience problems.
8) I receive an error "Failed to check out license 'hfsshpc_pack'.License server does not support this license
SR Description."
Please know we are licensed for HFSS HPC Pack.
There is a setting you need to configure on your local installation.
Select Tools > Options > HPC and Analysis Options.
In the HPC and Analysis Options window click the Options tab. Under HPC
Licensing the default is Pack. Change Pack to Pool.
9) My HPC installation is not multi-core. It's supposed to use all my processor cores.
Configure licensing from "Pack" to Pool.
Select Tools > Options > HPC and Analysis Options. In the HPC and Analysis Options window click the Options tab. Under HPC Licensing the default is Pack. Change Pack to Pool.
If there is interest in
parallel computing with other ANSYS tools (HFSS, and Mechanical are also
popular) you can find similar documentation on the ANSYS customer portal.
13) How to
access ANSYS manuals (Windows)
The product manuals are included within the product installation media, for example:
From ANSYS Workbench GUI > Help > ANSYS Workbench Help
From ANSYS Mechanical GUI > Help > Mechanical Help
From Windows Start > All Programs > ANSYS 18.0 > Help
Every Workbench application has a similar Help menu process that provides access to the application’s documentation
ANSYS Online Training and Tutorials
ANSYS Online Help
Web based documentation and tutorials home for ANSYS products.
Students can follow these instructionsto activate the online help as the default help system in their ANSYS Student products.
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If you continue to have problems, contact Lisa Preble, lpreble@uci.edu
Installation Instructions:
**IMPORTANT: You must be connected to UCI Campus Network in order to install ANSYS. If you are using Wi-Fi, then you need to use UCI's VPN service because OIT blocks many network ports.
1) Mount the ISO labeled ANSYS_17.1_WINX64_DISK1.
Choose one of the following options for mounting an .iso file:
2) Double click the setup.exe after mounting the ISO`
3) Click Install ANSYS Products from the menu that pops up
4) Click I AGREE and then Click NEXT >>
5) Select Install Directory or leave it as the default. Do not change the checked & unchecked boxes. Click Next >>
6) DO NOT CHECK SKIP THIS STEP AND CONFIGURE LATER Leave the ANSYS Licensing Interconnect port number and ANSYS FlextNet port number as the defaults
Under Hostname 1: enter the license server name retrieved from the license server link and then click Next >>
If you receive an error message, please note the following: **IMPORTANT: You must be connected
to UCI Campus Network in order to install ANSYS. If you are using campus Wi-Fi, then you need to use UCI's VPN service because OIT blocks many network ports.
If
you continue to experience error messages, look at your Windows
Firewall, Advanced Settings, Inbound Rules. Scroll through and look for
any ANSYS software that might be blocked.
7) The software should select the products to be installed based on the license server so click Next >>
NOTE: If you select additional products, please know they may not run because we are not licensed for them.
Contact Lisa Preble, LPREBLE@uci.edu if you require use of a package we are not licensed for.
8) You will reach the following install screen. It will install until it requires the second iso and the enter path to the next media window pops up. Mount the second ISO named ANSYS_17.1_WINX64_DISK2 and click browse and find your mounted iso.
9) Click exit and your ANSYS software should now be ready to be used.
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