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ANSYS Student Edition

By: zjoseph1

Product Name: ANSYS Student Edition

Product Version: 14.5

Product Cost: $25 a year

Product Registration, Activation, and License Requirements: Must register as a student on the web site

Operating System Compatibility: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit editions)

System Hardware Dependencies:

Workstation class processor
4 Gigabytes of RAM
25 Gigabytes of freespace
Professional workstation graphics card that is 3D openGL-capable

Vendor Web Site for Support and Access: https://www1.ansys.com/customer/default.asp

Date Evaluated by PCS: 3/4/14

Version tested on Mosaic: 14 on Mosaic Linux

Available from: Online


Bundled Applications/Capabilities:

ANSYS Workbench
ANSYS Multiphysics
ANSYS Mechanical
ANSYS AUTODYN
ANSYS CFD (CFX & FLUENT)
ANSYS Meshing and Extended Meshing
ANSYS DesignModeler
ANSYS DesignXplorer
Support up to 4 cores (SMP) for HPC solutions

MCAD Geometry Import:

Neutral format import IGES, STEP
Parasolid (Native within ANSYS DesignModeler)

Workbench Analysis Systems:
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Design Assessment
Electric
Explicit Dynamics
Fluid Flow (CFX)
Fluid Flow (FLUENT)
Harmonic Response
Linear Buckling
Magnetostatic
Modal
Random Vibration
Response Spectrum
Rigid Dynamics
Shape Optimization
Static Structural
Steady-State Thermal
Thermal-Electric
Transient Structural
Transient Thermal

Workbench Component Systems:

CFX
Engineering Data
External Connection
External Data (Import)
Finite Element Modeler
FLUENT
Geometry
Mechanical APDL
Mechanical Model
Mesh
Microsoft Officer Excel
Results

Numerical Problem Size Limits:

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
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Registering as a Student
In order to purchase a copy of the Student Edition of ANSYS, you will first have to register for an account
at https://www1.ansys.com/customer/siebel/StudentReg.asp. Fill out of the fields with your
information. The account number needs to be requested by the College of Engineering student via a
ticket request from http://pcs.uncc.edu/open-ticket enter the academic facility name University of
North Carolina. Once all the fields have been filled in, click the Next button.



Select your professor from the dropdown list and the click the Submit button. If your professor is not
listed, ask them to register at https://www1.ansys.com/customer/New_Login_siebel.asp before
continuing.



Now fill in the password you would like to use and select a security question and provide an answer.
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With the given username and the password you created, log in to the web portal.


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Click the ANSYS Academic Student Product item.



Before downloading ANSYS, make sure you buy a license through the Buy Now so that way you can
activate and use it.




Downloading ANSYS
After logging into the ANSYS customer portal, click the ANSYS Academic Student Product item and
then click the Download button. Make sure that you have bought a license through the Buy Now
item before continuing as you will need a license for the install. Once you have bought a license, click
the Download button. You will be prompted to select which version of ANSYS you would like to install.
Be sure to match the operating system on your computer to the download or else you will not be able to
install ANSYS.
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A file download manager will start and download the necessary files compressed in a zip file. You will
need to unzip the files once they are downloaded.



Once downloaded and unzipped, run the setup file as Administrator and then click the Install ANSYS, Inc.
Products button.


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Read the license agreement and if you agree, select the I AGREE option and then click the Next >>
button.



Click the Next >> button if you wish to have the default recommended install of ANSYS.

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Click the Next >> button.




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Click the Next >> button.





Select Skip this configuration and then click Next >>.













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Click the Next >> button.




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Click the Next >> button.



Then click Finish.
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