Ansys EM Suite Installation

The Ansys® Electromagnetics Suite (hereafter EM Suite) is installed by the same unified installer that is used for non-electronic Ansys applications. Both Windows and Linux installation guides are available from the following link:

Installation Guides

In addition to the preceding installion guides link, this topic directs you to product-specific platform support information and lists limitations when installing the suite on a Linux platform.

Note:

For up-to-date platform suport by product:

  1. Go to the Ansys Platform Support website.
  2. From the list of documents, click the link, Ansys 2025 R1 - Platform Support by Application / Product (PDF).

    3. This document includes platform support information for all Ansys products. Refer to the section labeled Electronics Applications.

Applications, Design Types, and Features not Supported on Linux

All features of the EM Suite are available when the solftware is installed on a supported Windows platform. The majority of features are also available when the software is installed on a supported Linux platform, with the following exceptions:

  • The ACT Extensions window of the Ansys Electronics Desktop application and the design toolkits it contains:

    • (5G Wizard, HFSS Antenna Design Toolkit, HFSS-Savant Datalink, and Maxwell Eccentricities)

  • The Ansys Nuhertz FilterSolutions application
  • The Ansys PEmag application
  • The Ansys PExprt application
  • The Ansys Twin Builder application
  • The EMIT design type of the Ansys Electronics Desktop application
  • The Simplorer design type of the Ansys Electronics Desktop application

To utilize any of the above listed features, you must install the EM Suite on a Windows platform.