Ansys ModelCenter Virtual Desktop Configurations

Ansys ModelCenter applications are supported on Windows virtual desktops.

  1. Follow the instructions in Creating a Virtual Desktop in the Administration Guide.

    When creating the virtual desktop, use the following guidelines:

    • Operating system: Windows

      On Windows, Ansys 2025 R2 applications are only supported on the Windows Server 2022 operating system, while 2025 R1 and earlier releases are supported on both Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2019.

    • Applications: For 2025 R2, the Ansys ModelCenter 2025 R2 SP03 package contains ModelCenter Desktop, ModelCenter MBSE base connector, ModelCenter Remote Execution for Windows, and the Service Pack 3 update.

      For 2025 R1 and earlier, ModelCenter applications are available as separate packages:

      • Ansys ModelCenter

        If installing the 2024 R1 version, specify the license server information.

      • Ansys ModelCenter MBSE functionality (base connector)

        ModelCenter Desktop is added automatically. If installing the 2024 R1 version, select Ansys ModelCenter in the left pane and specify the license server information.

        Select Ansys ModelCenter MBSE functionality in the left pane, then select at least one vendor connector:

      • Ansys ModelCenter Remote Execution

        If installing the 2024 R1 version, specify the license server information.

      Note: Ansys recommends that you create the virtual desktop without any applications, and then add the application after the virtual desktop has been created. See Adding Applications to a Virtual Desktop in the User's Guide. Sometimes, Windows updates are triggered on newly created virtual machines, causing application installation to fail.

    • Hardware: Select an instance type with a minimum of 4 cores and 8 GB of memory. For ModelCenter Desktop, if you want to use plotting, you will need a graphics card to see results. In this case, choose a g-series instance type such as g4dn or g5.

      If using a g-series instance type, choose the GPU driver option best suited for the work to be performed:

      • Accelerated graphics: GRID

      • Single GPU compute: GRID or Tesla

      • Multi-GPU compute on Windows: Tesla

      • Multi-GPU compute on Linux: GRID or Tesla

      For information about GPU driver options, see NVIDIA GPU Driver Support.

  2. When the virtual desktop is in the Running state, click Connect.

  3. On the virtual desktop, install the vendor software to which you want to connect with ModelCenter.