2.2. Starting CFD-Post from the Command Line

You may want to start CFD-Post from the command line rather than by clicking the appropriate button on the Ansys CFX Launcher for the following reasons:

  • You may want to specify certain command-line arguments so that CFD-Post starts up in a particular configuration. For details, see Optional Command Line Arguments.

  • CFX contains some utilities (for example, a parameter editor) that can be run only from the command line.

  • If you are having problems with CFD-Post, you may be able to get a more detailed error message by starting it from the command line than you would get if you started it from the launcher. When you start CFD-Post from the command line, any error messages produced are written to the command-line window.

To start CFD-Post from the command line, enter:

Windows

<CFDPOSTROOT>\bin\cfdpost

Linux

<CFDPOSTROOT>/bin/cfdpost