The full Ansys Academic Multiphysics Campus Solution is available, e.g. Mechanical, CFX, Fluent, LS-Dyna, Electronic, SCADE.
Below you find explanations to obtain and check out product licenses and regarding support and training.
For additional information and minimal examples regarding specific products see:
General Information
To see if (new) software products are included in our Ansys suite please check Ansys Academic Product Reference Table.
This documentation only covers the specifics of the usage of ANSYS on our system. General introductory courses as well as courses for special topics are offered by ANSYS Inc. and their regional offices. It is recommended to take an introductory course first (see the CAD-FEM GmbH homepage). Good (free) starting points for self-study are https://students.cadfem.net/de/ansys-gratis-lernen.html and https://courses.ansys.com
Details of the HLRN Installation of ANSYS
The installed versions are
| Version | Module File | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| ANSYS 2022 R2 | ansys/2022r2 | |
| ANSYS 2022 R1 | ansys/2022r1 | default |
| ANSYS 2020 R2 | ansys/2020r2 | |
| ANSYS 2019 R2 | ansys/2019r2 | |
| ANSYS 19.2 | ansys/19.2 | |
| ANSYS 19.0 | ansys/19.0 |
The module name is ansys. In the meantime, Other versions may be installed. Inspect the output of: module avail ansys
Usage and Licensing
The use of Ansys is restricted to members of the ansys user group. You can apply to become a group member at support[at]hlrn.de
Please note the license conditions: Our academic licenses are restricted to students, PhD students, teachers and trainers of public institutions. They cannot be used in projects that are financed by industrial partners.
Licences
Important: Always add#SBATCH -L ansys
to your job script.
The flag "#SBATCH -L ansys" ensures that the scheduler starts jobs only, when licenses are available.
You can check the availability yourself: scontrol show lic
aa_ris a "ANSYS Academic Research License" with 4 inclusive tasks. Research jobs with more than 4 tasks cost additional "aa_r_hpc" licenses.aa_t_ais a "ANSYS Academic Teaching License" with a maximum of 4 tasks. These may be used only for student projects, student instruction and student demonstrations. Eligible users are allowed to activate these, by adding the flagActivation of the aa_t_a license-lpf $ANSYSLIC_DIR/prodord/license.preferences_for_students_and_teaching.xml
to the Ansys executable. The path $ANSYSLIC_DIR is provided after loading any Ansys module.