2.4. The Directory Structure of Ansys CFX

In this documentation, <CFXROOT> refers to the path to your installation of Ansys CFX, for example C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\V242\CFX on Windows. The path to <CFXROOT> is release-specific to enable you to have more than one release of Ansys CFX installed.

Some of the important directories immediately under <CFXROOT> are:

bin

Contains executable programs for starting Ansys CFX software components.

config

Contains the host definition file for Ansys CFX software.

etc

Contains various data files common to all supported system types.

examples

Contains sample files, including C source code files that can be used as the basis of custom executables. User Fortran examples are also provided.

include

Contains header files used by parts of the Ansys CFX software.

lib

Contains libraries needed to relink the CFX-Solver for user-defined mesh import or mesh export.

tools

Contains software tools such as cygwin and perl.