ANSYS, Inc. Known Issues and Limitations

ANSYS, Inc.
Known Issues and

Limitations
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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. v
1. Installation .......................................................................................................... 1
2. Licensing ............................................................................................................. 3
3. Platform Support ................................................................................................ 5
4. Documentation ................................................................................................... 7
5. Advisories ........................................................................................................... 9
6. ANSYS Structural Products ............................................................................... 11
6.1. Mechanical ................................................................................................. 11
6.2. Mechanical APDL ........................................................................................ 11
6.2.1. Documentation Corrections ............................................................... 12
6.3. AUTODYN ................................................................................................... 12
6.4. AQWA ......................................................................................................... 13
6.5. ASAS .......................................................................................................... 13
6.6. BEAMCHECK ............................................................................................... 14
6.7. FATJACK ..................................................................................................... 14
7. ANSYS Fluids Products ...................................................................................... 15
7.1. FLUENT ....................................................................................................... 15
7.2. CFX ............................................................................................................ 19
7.3. TurboGrid ................................................................................................... 19
7.4. BladeModeler ............................................................................................. 20
7.5. CFD-Post .................................................................................................... 20
7.6. POLYFLOW .................................................................................................. 20
8. ANSYS Electronics Products .............................................................................. 21
8.1. Icepak ........................................................................................................ 21
9. ANSYS Geometry & Mesh Prep Products .......................................................... 23
9.1. CAD Connections & Integration ................................................................... 23
9.2. DesignModeler ........................................................................................... 24
9.3. Meshing ..................................................................................................... 24
9.4. IC Engine .................................................................................................... 25
9.5. ICEM CFD .................................................................................................... 25
9.6. FLUENT Meshing ......................................................................................... 25
10. ANSYS Simulation Products ............................................................................ 27
10.1. Workbench ............................................................................................... 27
10.2. EKM .......................................................................................................... 29
10.2.1. Documentation Corrections ............................................................. 30
10.3. DesignXplorer ........................................................................................... 30
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Introduction
The following items are specific to the ANSYS, Inc. Release 14.5. The entries describe known non-operational behavior, an error, or limitation at the time of this
release (Release to Packaging date 2012-1017). Work-arounds for these items,
if available, are included in the respective descriptions. Inclusion in this document
does not imply the issues and limitations are applicable to future releases.
Also included are corrections to known documentation inaccuracies and omissions. Any inaccuracies found following publication of this document will be
posted in the Readme files and late document changes area of the Documentation
section on the customer portal.
The parenthetical numbers associated with each entry are reference numbers
corresponding to an internal error tracking system. The numbers are included
to help to facilitate ANSYS, Inc. technical support and help to ensure that the
issue described in the entry is resolved.
Service packs may become available for some of the entries. See the ANSYS
Customer Portal for information about service packs and any additional items
not included in this document. First-time users of the customer portal must register via the ANSYS Web site (www.ANSYS.com) to create a password.
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Chapter 1: Installation
No known issues or limitations.
Documentation Corrections
In the Windows Installation Guide> Installation Prerequisites for Windows> System
Prerequisites> CAD Support, the table should read as follows:
Teamcenter Unified 8.1 with NX 6 and NX 7.5
Teamcenter Unified 8.3 with NX 7.5.2 and NX 8
And the following entry, which is not supported on any platform, appears in error
and should be disregarded:
Teamcenter Unified 9.1 with NX 8.0
(46635)
Chapter 2: Licensing
When performing DesignPoint updates, we recommend not using a combination
of PrepPost and Solver licenses. Instead, try to use all solver licenses. The combination of PrepPost and Solver licenses could cause the solution to fail because
it is trying to use the PrepPost license to solve. (38833)
In ANSYS Workbench, if you are solving Design Points via RSM and you choose
the One Job for Each Design Point or the Specify Maximum Number of Jobs job
submission option, multiple sessions of Workbench could potentially be started
at the same time, resulting in license failures if you are using single license
sharing. You could see messages such as License Checkout Failed, or Solver
Failed, or similar. We recommend that if you are running design points in this
scenario, you use the separate license method. (46679)
Chapter 3: Platform Support

No known issues, limitations, or documentation inaccuracies.
Chapter 4: Documentation
You may see refresh/redraw issues with the Help Viewer if another application
is using the Java process at the same time. If you launch the Help Viewer and
no content appears, you can try any of the following actions to redraw the window:
Move the Help Viewer window so that a portion of it moves off the page and
then move it back.
Click in the Help Viewer window.
Close and reopen the help. (us36837)
Chapter 5: Advisories
The Server and Client ANSLIC_ADMIN utilities used, in part, to start and stop the
license manager, install licenses, display license status, and set user preferences
are displayed only in English. Because localized versions of these utilities are not
available for the ANSYS 14.5 release, the Set Language Options feature in the
Tools menu is inoperable. (47289)
If you are using the beta version of the Help Viewer that is available with Release
14.5, please note the following caveats:
You can choose to run only the Beta version of the Help Viewer by setting the
BETA_VIEWER_SETTING environment variable to YES. You can also choose to
run both the Beta version and the current released version of the Help Viewer
by setting this environment variable to BOTH.
This viewer is a beta version; it has incomplete or in-progress functionality.
Any capabilities that are currently available in this beta version may not appear
or behave the same in the future released version.
Because this is not a released product, you should not file defects on this beta
viewer. If you have comments or encounter errors, please send an email to
docfeedback@ansys.com.
The following are known issues and limitations:
Some graphics formats are not yet supported and may not display in the
viewer.
If you have chosen to use only the beta viewer without the released version
of the viewer, you will not be able to view the standalone help from the
Start Menu on Windows systems.
Search window may freeze, especially when filtering options are selected
for an advanced search.
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Chapter 6: ANSYS Structural Products

6.1. Mechanical
Shell thickness import from ANSYS Composite PrepPost (ACP) is not supported
on Linux for Explicit Dynamics analyses. (43946)
During animation, graphics may appear to jump out of the graphics window
while moving a model. In addition, graphics appear to jump back and forth
between two views during rotation, and appear to zoom out to infinity while
zooming. Work-around: Use the Zoom to Fit option to see the model again if
located out of the graphics window. (45931)
A pre-stressed mode superposition harmonic system may not solve if a remote
force or moment is added to the harmonic system after the static (with a remote
force, moment, point mass or remote displacement) and modal analyses are
solved. The same issue/limitation is also applicable to a pre-stressed mode superposition transient system. To correct the problem, clear and re-solve all the systems. (46489)
Saving the Workbench project after attempting to edit a Mechanical or Meshing
system without the required licenses could lead to database corruption. In these
instances, the editor will fail to initialize or display, generating error dialogs and
Workbench messages instead. To prevent this, disable the Pre-Load of Mechanical and Meshing editors. (47236)
6.2. Mechanical APDL

The acoustic elements FLUID30, FLUID220 and FLUID221 are not compatible
with the database file of the previous release. Work-around: After resuming a
database file from the previous release that contains one of these element types,
redefine the acoustic element type with the appropriate ET command. (45695)
SHELL181, SHELL281, and ELBOW290 may produce incorrect strain results, including thermal, elastic, and total strains), when:
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ANSYS Structural Products

Viscoelastic materials (TB, PRONY) are used, and
The reference temperature and the applied temperature are the same, and
Only one layer exists in the shell section.
Displacement and stress results are not affected. Work-around: Allow a small
difference in the reference and applied temperatures. (46415)
There is a known limitation with the connection for Creo Parametric where the
connection will fail to import models specified using UNC paths. Work-around:
Either copy the file to the local drive, or map the location to a network drive and
import from there. (46150)
In regard to Equivalent Strain Handling following Mode Superposition Analyses,
when the element result superposition key is on (MSUPkey on the MXPAND
command) in a modal analysis, the equivalent strains cannot be summed from
the individual modal contributions in the subsequent mode superposition analysis. As a result, the equivalent strains are zeroed when combined, and written
to the results file (.RST). Workaround: The effective Poisson ratio (EFFNU on
the AVPRIN command) can be used to reconstitute the equivalent strain at the
post-processing level. (45654)
6.2.1. Documentation Corrections

At Structural Analysis Guide > Linear Perturbation Analysis > General Procedure
for Linear Perturbation Analysis > Second Phase of the Linear Perturbation Analysis > Second Phase - Eigenvalue Buckling Analysis the following statement
should appear after Step 5:
In a linear perturbation eigenvalue buckling analysis, the
perturbation load {FPertrubed} does not include external loads
introduced by contact gaps or penetrations, even if these
loads were applied in the prior static or transient load steps.
(46606)
6.3. AUTODYN
When building a customized version on Linux the link script (autolnk145 and
autolnk_dp145) will not compile the routine mdusersub_call.f90 correctly due
to a missing compile directive in these link scripts. This will result in a user executable version that does not have the user flag set to .TRUE. Also it means that
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ASAS
"non up-to-date" (= end of previous cycle) variables are used in the material user
subroutines in the unstructured solver. One can see this in the prt file in the
statement:
User Subroutine : FALSE (whereas this should be set to TRUE)
Work-around:
Open the file mdusersub_call.f90 (in the usersubroutine directory) in a text
editor
Change line 8-12 from:
!DEC$ IF DEFINED (_USERSUB_CALL)
LOGICAL :: LUSERSUB_CALL = .TRUE.
!DEC$ ELSE
LOGICAL :: LUSERSUB_CALL = .FALSE.
!DEC$ ENDIF
To:
!DEC$ IF DEFINED (_USERSUB_CALL)
!DEC$ ELSE
!DEC$ ENDIF
(45957)
6.4. AQWA
6.5. ASAS
If soil-pile interaction data is generated via a ANSYS Workbench-based command
snippet using the PILEGEN macro, and gravity is defined through a Workbench
Standard Earth Gravity object, then the value used for the acceleration of gravity
will be incorrect. Work-around A: add "ACEL,,,9.81" before the PILEGEN command
in the command snippet to define gravity. Work-around B: Update the pilegen.mac file by replacing the following lines:
_gravx=_acelx(2,1,1)
_gravy=_acely(2,1,1)
_gravz=_acelz(2,1,1)
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With:
_gravx=_acelx(10000000000,1, 1)
_gravy=_acely(10000000000,1, 1)
_gravz=_acelz(10000000000,1, 1)
(44982)
6.6. BEAMCHECK
6.7. FATJACK
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Chapter 7: ANSYS Fluids Products

7.1. FLUENT
Specific to Turbo Averaged Contour plot in Turbomachinery Postprocessing,
ANSYS FLUENT may give an unexpected contour region in an averaged contour
plot of a selected topology (2121)
Specific to the Windows 7 operating system, ANSYS FLUENT may fail when the
graphics window is minimized when the graphics window is unembedded. Workaround: Use the default embedded graphics window or use the Microsoft Windows (msw) driver. (5642)
Use of OpenGL drivers for NVIDIA (Quadro FX and Quadro class) graphics cards
in Windows 7 may cause FLUENT to use excessive RAM and generate a low
memory message. Work-around: Use the Microsoft Windows (MSW) driver, or
other graphics cards. (27078)
When postprocessing adjoint results on Windows platforms, attempting to plot
contours of Sensitivity to Body Forces (Cell Values) with specific surfaces selected
may result in a crash. If no specific surfaces are selected, the contour plot will
succeed. (45066)
Solution monitoring plots may not display correctly when performing a parametric
study on a remote machine using FLUENT in Workbench. Work-around: Perform
one of the following steps:
1. Use fluent-startup-scheme file with "(wb-set-chart-enabled? #t)". This file can
be registered with "Fluent System->Setup cell->Mouse Right Click->"Register
Startup Scheme File."
2. Copy the local "FluentPreferences.XML" file to all remote machine where
submitted Remote Solve Manager (RSM) job may run. The mentioned file is
located at:
Windows: "%appdata%/ansys/v145/UserRegFiles*/FluentPreferences.XML"
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ANSYS Fluids Products

Linux: ~/.config/Ansys/v145/UserRegFiles/FluentPreferences.XML
(45343)
When using the PEM Fuel Cell model in Fluent, entering a new value for the
coolant density value in the graphical user interface will not take effect. (45969)
On Linux platforms, using the OpenGL driver with certain graphics cards can
result in floating graphics window contents becoming corrupted if windows are
dragged over one another. The corrupted graphics window contents can be
corrected by re-issuing last graphics command (mesh display, contours etc...).
Alternatively, you can avoid this issue by using the x11 driver. (46152)
In 2D axisymmetric cases with sliding or deforming meshes and using the pressure-based solver with cell-based gradient methods, errors in derivatives will
occur where non-conformal interfaces coincide with partition boundaries. Workaround: Switch to the Green-Gauss Node Based gradient method in the Solution
Methods task page. (46260)
When the Pseudo Transient option is enabled in the Solutions Methods task
page in conjunction with Parallel processing in ANSYS FLUENT, a segmentation
violation error may result when doing the calculation. Work-around: Use the
Message Passing or Hybrid option as the parallel method option in the discrete
phase model (DPM) panel. Alternatively, you can use User Specified instead of
Automatic for the Time Step Method, or initialize the flow before enabling Pseudo
Transient. (46716)
For information about known issues and limitations in regard to meshing, see
the FLUENT Meshing section of this document.

The following sections of the FLUENT User's Guide contain outdated references
to the
Fluent.Inc
installation directory:
7.1.2 - Material Types and Databases
7.16.4 - The NIST Real Gas Models
31.8.3 - Recording an Animation with ANSYS FLUENT
36.7.16 - Display/Video Control...
Where reference is made to the
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FLUENT
Fluent.Inc
directory, the reference should instead be to the

fluent
sub-directory within the ANSYS install tree, typically:

C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v145\fluent
(Windows)
/usr/local/ansys_inc/v145/fluent
(Linux)
(46376)
In the Fluent 14.5 Migration Manual, the following item should appear under
Reacting Flow in the Solution Changes section:
In Fluent R14.5 the numerics of the 2nd order temporal discretization laminar stiff chemistry solver and the thickened
flame model with stiff chemistry option have been reverted
back to the R13 implementation which provides more accurate solutions. The user cannot revert to the R14 implementation.
Equation 7-64 in the FLUENT Theory Guide is incorrect. The correct equation is:
=2(2T) / (T)
At FLUENT Theory Guide> Turbulence> Transition SST Model> Transport Equations
for the Transition SST Model> Separation Induced Transition Correction, for the
local turbulence intensity Tu, the following note should be taken into consideration.
The first empirical function contains the absolute velocity
due to Tu. Therefore the SST transition model is not Galilean
invariant and can only be applied to walls which are stationary with respect to their corresponding coordinate system.
The model should not be applied in rotating frames with
the absolute velocity formulation.
(46951)
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Example 2 in Section 2.5.1 DEFINE_DPM_BC of the Fluent UDF Manual contains
a line reading:
cxboolean moving = (SV_ALLOCATED_P
(thread,SV_WALL_GRID_V) &&
SV_WALL_GRID_V has been renamed to SV_BND_GRID_V. This line should instead
read:
cxboolean moving = (SV_ALLOCATED_P
(thread,SV_BND_GRID_V) &&
The following statement appears in the section ANSYS, Inc. Release Notes >
ANSYS Fluids Products > FLUENT Release Notes > 1.1 New Features in ANSYS
14.5 > Models > Turbulence:
The default value for the turbulence intensity is set to 5%
(medium intensity) and the turbulence viscosity ratio has a
default value of 10. (Determining Turbulence Parameters)
This statement should be corrected as follows:
The default behavior of the boundary conditions has been
changed. Instead of specifying the corresponding variables,
the default specification method is "Intensity and Viscosity
Ratio" or "Turbulent Viscosity Ratio" depending on the turbulence model. The default value for the turbulence intensity
is set to 5% (medium intensity) and the turbulence viscosity
ratio has a default value of 10 (Determining Turbulence
Parameters).
(46951)
The known issue with Mellanox OFED documented in the Fluent Release Notes
has been found to exist with Mellanox OFED versions 1.5.3.x and higher. The
suggested work-arounds remain the same as listed in the Release Notes. However,
note that you only need to perform one of the listed steps and that changing
the value of log_num_mtt is generally considered preferable to reverting to
OFED 1.5.2. (44813)
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TurboGrid
7.2. CFX
In some cases where the signal becomes very weak in geometries that involve
long narrow passages, an instability could occur when using the Fourier Transformation model. (9931)
In certain situations CFX Solution updates submitted to HPC clusters via RSM
can fail with the error "ccl2flow.exe aborted for unknown reasons" when the "File
Management" option is set to "Reuse Shared Cluster Directory" under RSM
Compute Server Properties. Work-around: Change this option to "Use Execution
Node Local Disk.". (39967)
The efficiency calculation may be unrealistically high when using materials
combining the Ideal Gas equation of state and the Zero Pressure Polynomial
option for the Specific Heat Capacity. (45952)
When using the CFX solver monitor point feature, Monitor Location Control: Interpolation Type = Trilinear, the solver may fail if the monitor point location is
initially outside of the domain. Work-around: Make sure the location is initially
within one of the domains, or to narrow the search by providing the optional
Domain Name under the Interpolation Type. (46164)
When running a 2-way FSI calculation with CFX where an additional equation is
being solved but not transferred to ANSYS Mechanical at the FSI wall boundary,
certain boundary conditions for that equation may cause the solver to crash at
the first flow iteration if the FSI boundary patch does not match exactly the
corresponding structural patch geometry. Examples of such equations would be
the energy equation in a fluid-structural-only calculation, or an Additional Variable.
Work-around: Consider an alternative boundary condition for the non-transferred
equation(s), or correct the overlap miss-match on the Fluid-Solid interface. (46669)

At CFX Tutorials> Chapter 35: Time Transformation Method for a Transient RotorStator Case> Defining a Transient Blade Row Case in CFX-Pre> Setting up a
Transient Blade Row Model, the table does not specify a domain for the Transient
Blade Row model. The default domain is set to R1. You need to set S1 as the
domain under Transient Details > Time Period > Domain. (46951)
7.3. TurboGrid
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7.4. BladeModeler
7.5. CFD-Post
7.6. POLYFLOW
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Chapter 8: ANSYS Electronics Products

8.1. Icepak
Heat flux and heat flow values at boundary faces of 3D source objects placed
inside fluid regions cannot be reported. (36488)
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Chapter 9: ANSYS Geometry & Mesh Prep Products

9.1. CAD Connections & Integration
Specific to Solid Edge with the Windows XP operating system (on 32-bit and 64bit platforms) and Windows 7 (32-bit platforms), in some instances, a message
is displayed during an import similar to the following but with different memory
locations and instructions:
The instruction at "0x7c9109f9" referenced memory at
"0x000000dd". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK
to terminate the program.
In most of the instances, the import works correctly, but it may result in a system
failure in some rare cases. Changing the display driver to Backing Store in Solid
Edge (Solid Edge Options > View > Application Display > Backing Store) fixes
the problem in many cases. (26887)
Configuration of the NX Associative Geometry Interface will incorrectly indicate
failure when the ANSYS Workbench installation is located on a remote machine.
In these cases the "ANSYS 14.5" menu will load normally and attach of NX
models will work as expected. Additionally, the CAD Configuration Manager is
unable to unconfigure the NX interface when Workbench is installed on a remote
machine. In this case the user can manually unconfigure the product by opening
the file referenced by the UGII_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY_FILE and removing the line
referencing v145. (44606)
For information about known issues and limitations in regard to licensing, see
the Licensing section of this document.

At CAD Integration> Overview> Geometry Interface Support, the footnote of the
CATIA V5-CAD Nexus CAPRI CAE Gateway Reader/Plug-In entry (associated with
the Windows 7 operating system) in the Windows support table incorrectly reads:
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ANSYS Geometry & Mesh Prep Products

ANSYS tested but not supported by CAD vendor.
The footnote should read:
Requires CATIA V5R19 SP6+. (46201)
Within the CAD Integration help at ANSYS Teamcenter Connection> Caveats and
Known Issues, the following entry should be included:
Unconfigured Teamcenter Plugin during the install
causes a crash while saving to Teamcenter Please configure Teamcenter plug-in during install if you plan to use
it. If you observe the crash, please delete your %APPDATA%\Ansys\v145 folder and run the CAD Configuration
Manager (CCM) to configure Teamcenter. (45985)
In the CAD Integration> Overview> Geometry Interface Support, the table should
read as follows:
Teamcenter Unified 8.1 with NX 6 and NX 7.5
Teamcenter Unified 8.3 with NX 7.5.2 and NX 8
And the following entry, which is not supported on any platform, appears in error
and should be disregarded:
Teamcenter Unified 9.1 with NX 8.0
(46635)
9.2. DesignModeler
Selecting the Extrude feature following the use of the Conversion feature's Add
Cleanup Features option may result in the failure of the DesignModeler application. (45741)
9.3. Meshing
For a slender body, specifying Hard local mesh sizing on the body may result in
a mesh containing elements that are much larger than the specified size. Work-
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FLUENT Meshing
around: Either use Soft local mesh sizing on the body instead of Hard sizing, or
apply Hard local mesh sizing to the faces of the body. (4442)
Changing the Method control from None to Tetrahedrons while using assembly
meshing to mesh an entire model may result in differing named selection titles
in the system file. If so, the new mesh will be incompatible with the POLYFLOW
data file. (40103)
The CFD General Notation System (CGNS) export function of the Meshing cell
does not support virtual bodies used in Assembly Meshing. (45062)
For fracture meshing, the quality of the mesh in the buffer zone around the
fracture affected zone may be lower than desired. (45769, 42568)
9.4. IC Engine
9.5. ICEM CFD

The Smooth Hexahedral Mesh option for "Smooth Along Curves" may oversmooth nodes along curves, leading to poor quality. Select "none" for this option.
Instead, edge distributions along curves can be smoothed with the Match Edges
or Edge Params controls. (33598)
In Linux systems, resetting the ICEM CFD model data or deleting the ICEM CFD
System Component does not fully delete the temporary data for the component,
and might cause your system to hang. Work-around: Save the Workbench project
before performing any operations on the component. (45887, 45367)
9.6. FLUENT Meshing

The maximum size specified for size functions used with the object wrapping
operation should not exceed a value of 8000 times the minimum size. In addition,
if extra refinement levels (1 or 2) are specified for the shrink wrap method, the
maximum size specified needs to be further reduced (by 1/2 or 1/4, respectively).
(45508)
You may encounter random errors (Error: GENERAL-CAR-CDR) while picking zones
from the graphics display. Work-around: Save the mesh file in the current state
and read it in a new session. (43813)
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Executing the shrink-wrap option in the Wrap dialog box on large cases comprising many features could be significantly slower than executing the corresponding
set of commands in the Boundary Wrapper dialog box. (46047)
For the object sewing operation, if there is a face zone or group of face zones
that is disconnected and spatially far from the closest neighbor, you may experience execution interruptions with segmentation violation messages. In such
cases, it is recommended to define individual objects for each separated face
zone or group of face zones and sew individually. (46309)
For the FLUENT (with TGrid Meshing) system in ANSYS Workbench, journal replay
of a file containing the command "switch-to-solution-mode" may fail when the
TGrid or Extended Meshing licence key is present. Work-around: Change the license preference so that the FLUENT license key is used or switch to solution
mode manually. (46480)
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Chapter 10: ANSYS Simulation Products

10.1. Workbench
On a Linux platform, if you are in the Parameter Set workspace and attempt to
generate a chart by pasting journal text into the ANSYS Workbench Command
Window, you may receive an exception error or Workbench may stop functioning
with possible data loss. (40637)
If CFX-Pre is open during a Project Save or Save As and you subsequently try to
archive the project, the archive operation may fail and report that unsaved files
still exist. Work-around: If this error is encountered, close CFX-Pre before saving
the project. (44326)
When you rename a named selection in Excel, it is added, but does not properly
replace the previous named selection. If you try to update the Excel system, you
get the following error: The text you entered is not a valid reference or defined
name. Work-around:
1. Edit the Analysis component of the Excel system.
2. In the Analysis workspace, deselect the variables in the Input column.
3. Return to the Project Schematic and update the Analysis component.
(44335)
If you save a project configured to update via Remote Solve Manger (RSM) by
selecting the Save as menu option, the file cleanup operation is not performed.
Work-around:
1. On the RSM Client machine, open the System Properties dialog.
2. Set the environment variable ANSYS_FRAMEWORK_ENABLE_ REDUCE_RSM_FILE_TRANSFER to 1.
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ANSYS Simulation Products

3. Run the RSM job again. Transfers of files from ANSYS Workbench to RSM will
be minimized.
(46153)
When multiple ANSYS Mechanical systems share a model, if you delete the first
system added while the second system is still on the Project Schematic, the files
associated with the deleted system are not removed from the project file structure. Work-around: Manually remove the files by deleting the MECH directory
(located in the dp0/SYS directory in the project file structure). (46239)
When using solution strategy and updating Design Points in the background or
via RSM, FLUENT Workbench System may issue the following error:
Shared license is not available. FLUENT will not continue
until it is released.
Work-around: Place the Scheme command
(%cx-checkout-acle)
in either the
.fluent
or
Fluent-startup-scheme
file. (46663)
On Linux platforms, it is not possible to compress files for file transfer with Remote
Solve Manager. Attempts to compress a file for a Linux Solve Manager will either
prevent the file from being properly transferred or result in the following error:
(Exception compressing file: Internal error (no progress possible) Flush ) Workaround: Compression of files during file transfer is triggered by specifying a
compression threshold in the Solve Manager Properties dialog. The compression
threshold should be left to its default value of 0 in order to avoid compression.
File compression may make file transfers faster, but is not critical functionality.
Please also review the Setting Up RSM File Transfers section in the Remote Solve
Manager Users Guide for guidelines about setting up efficient file transfers.
(46690)
When Updating Design Points via Remote Solve Manager, you cannot solve a
Transient Thermal Analysis with Parallel configured as the Component Execution
Mode when the update will be sent to a Cluster. Work-arounds:
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1. In the Analysis Settings of the Transient Thermal system, set the Nonlinear
Formulation to be Full.
2. Use Serial as the Component Execution Mode.
(46724)
10.2. EKM
After upgrading to EKM 14.5, you may be unable to delete files or folders from
the repository. For any file/folder you try to delete, you will get an error message
that says "Invalid Date" and you will be unable to delete it. If you navigate to
/My Home/My Recycle Bin, you will not be able to view the Recycle Bin and will
instead be shown a stack trace that begins with:
com.ansys.ingress.commons.model.VariantParseException:
Invalid Date
Work-around: This problem can sometimes occur if you had files in your Recycle
Bin at the time of the upgrade.
1. Go to Settings > Preferences and choose Recycle Bin.
2. Change the Cleanup Policy to "Permanently delete all objects on exit or
logout"
3. Log out and log back in. You should now be able to delete files/folders and
view the Recycle Bin. (46258)
When installing EKM Shared Advanced/cluster: Cluster Node, make sure there is
no process occupying the chosen database port number (3306 for example) on
the local host. If the Cluster Database server is installed and running on the same
node where you are installing Shared Advanced/cluster: Cluster Node, stop the
Cluster Database server before installing the Cluster Node. (46481)
The job objects in the Jobs container of a queue will be automatically deleted
by the system 7 days after the job's completion. You should never explicitly delete
job objects; if you do, they will be added to the Recycle Bin--from where they
cannot be deleted. In this situation you will not be able to clear the Recycle Bin,
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but you can still selectively remove the other non-Job objects in the Recycle Bin.
(46634)
In EKM, any user who has access permission to an object can copy the object to
a different location--even if you have restricted download permissions to that a
file or folder. The user will then be the creator of the copied object and hence
will have all permissions--including download permission--on that object. To restrict access to the contents of a file, do not provide access permissions to users
who should not download the content. (46734)
Some firewalls and security products may process or alter traffic whose destination
port is port 80 (HTTP) in ways that may cause EKM to function incorrectly. If you
decide to configure the EKM server, or a front-end web server connected to the
EKM server, to listen on port 80 and find that you experience difficulties using
the EKM server, it may be necessary to configure the EKM server or front-end
web server to use another port, such as 8080. (46774)

Section 5.1.1.1 of the EKM Installation Guide gives the minimum hardware requirements for the EKM server alone--you must also account for the RAM and
CPU required to execute external applications on the EKM server, which is highly
dependent on the nature of the simulation data. External applications, such as
ANSYS Workbench, are executed on the EKM server when simulation files are
added to the EKM repository in order to perform metadata and report extraction
on those files. The amount of RAM and CPU required to perform these actions
varies with the size, type, and complexity of the simulation data. For large or
complex simulation files, the cost in RAM and CPU to execute these external
applications can be considerable, and can be several times the amount of RAM
and CPU required by the EKM server and connected users, depending on the
size, type and complexity of the simulation data you will be managing in EKM.
(46919)
10.3. DesignXplorer
When Remote Solve Manager (RSM) is configured to run multiple jobs simultaneously, project updates via RSM may fail for projects containing multiple out-ofdate DesignXplorer systems. (45982)
On the Linux platforms only, ANSYS Workbench might crash or hang if the Outline
view is visible while the Optimization component of a Response Surface Optimization system is updated. Work-around: Define the environment variable AN30
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SYS_DX_NOSPARKLINE and set it to "1" to deactivate the generation of sparkline
charts displayed in the Outline view. (45984)
When you update design points from DesignXplorer via Remote Solve Manager
(RSM), you may receive an exception error. The combination of the following
conditions can cause this problem to occur:
Design of Experiments (DOE) is updated when one design point is the same
as the Current design point (dp0) of the Parameter Set. (This occurs when
parameter bounds and the DOE Type are left to default settings.)
RSM is configured to perform multiple simultaneous jobs, so that a pre-RSM
update is performed.
The Design Point Update Order property is set to Update Design Points in
Order.
Work-around: Set the Design Point Update Order property to Update from
Current. (46371)
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