36.3. Starting and Exiting the Fluent Post-Analysis Workspace

You can start and exit the workspace as described in the following sections:

 

36.3.1. Starting the Fluent Post-Analysis Workspace Using the Fluent Launcher

  1. Open the Fluent Launcher. Refer to Starting Ansys Fluent Using Fluent Launcher in the Fluent User's Guide for additional information on opening the Fluent Launcher.

  2. Select Premium or Enterprise from the Capability Level drop-down list.

  3. Select Show Beta Launcher Options, located below the list of workspaces. Additional beta-level workspaces will then be made available in the list.

  4. Select Post Analysis (Beta) from the list of workspaces.

  5. Click Start to open the workspace. Alternatively, you can also:

    • Select an existing Session file by selecting Read → Session (*.flpset). These files contain the commands needed to repopulate the workspace with your previous workspace settings.

    • Select a Script file by selecting Read → Script.

 

36.3.2. Starting the Fluent Post-Analysis Workspace Using the Command Line

To start Fluent Post-Analysis from the command line, enter the following in a command prompt window:

post_analysis -R <script> -I

Loads a Python script.

post_analysis -prj <session file> -I

Loads a session file.

where

-R <script>

Executes the supplied script. The application will exit after reading the script unless -I is also passed as a command-line argument.

-I

Interactive mode. This will not exit after running the script provided with the -R argument.

-prj <session file>

Loads the provided session file.

-N

Enables Non-GUI mode.

-g

Run without the GUI or graphics.

-gu

Run without the GUI but with graphics. You cannot interact with the displayed Graphics objects.

-driver <driver>

The specified driver (opengl2, dx11, x11, msw etc.) will be used for rendering 2D graphics. See Command Line Startup Options for more details)

 

36.3.3. Exiting the Fluent Post-Analysis Workspace

You can exit Fluent Post-Analysis by selecting Exit in the File ribbon tab or by clicking the   button in the top right corner of the application. For the latter, a Warning dialog box will open to confirm if you want to proceed.