5.2. User Manuals

User manuals are available for Ansys Chemkin as HTML pages that can be viewed with a web browser.

These manuals include:

These user manuals can be accessed by the following methods:

  • Use the Help group or menu on the Ansys Chemkin Interface.

  • On PCs, access the Help with the Windows Start > All Programs > Ansys Inc 242 > Help menu command.


Note:  Users of various combinations of Linux and remote terminal programs who install Chemkin may encounter intermittent failures when trying to open Help from the Chemkin user interface. If this occurs, access Help by manually opening a browser and going to the Ansys Help website at ansyshelp.ansys.com. Information about remote display with Ansys products is available at General Information in the Using Remote Display Technologies with Ansys Workbench Products


Tutorial manuals are available for Ansys Chemkin and Reaction Workbench. To access tutorial lessons, go to the product's page at the Ansys Help website at ansyshelp.ansys.com.

Sample files for the tutorials are available for Ansys Chemkin, including Reaction Workbench, included as part of the product installation and are available in the (default) samples<release_number> directory (see Verifying Your Installation)