Starting the ANSYS License Management Center

Windows 7:
1. Click Start>All Programs>ANSYS, Inc. License Manager>ANSYS License Management Center

Windows 10/Server 2012/Server 2016:

1. From the Start screen, click the arrow located in the lower left portion of the screen to access
the Windows Applications.
2. Scroll to find ANSYS, Inc. License Manager.
3. Click the ANSYS License Management Center option.
Linux:
1. Run the start_lmcenter script located in the following directory:
../ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing/

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 2. Choose “Add a License File”

3. Browse to the License file and select it. In this below example, there are 2 license files from ANSYS
which can be used with ANSYS license Management Center.

4. Choose “INSTALL LICENSE FILE” if prompted

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 5. Choose “RESTART” if prompted.

The ANSYS License File should now be installed and available. If you have a second license file called ‘license-
ansoft’ then please repeat steps 2 through 4.
NOTE: Please do not use ANSYS License Management Center if the license file says ‘license-fluent’ or ‘license-
apache’

Updated: April 16, 2020