You can use environment variables to tailor the operation of Ansys Icepak to a particular environment. There are two types of environment variables: system environment variables and Ansys Icepak environment variables. System environment variables are used by Ansys Icepak at the system level, and are independent of the Ansys Icepak application. Ansys Icepak environment variables are specific to the execution of Ansys Icepak.

System Environment Variables

In most cases, the system environment variables shown in Table 2.2: System Environment Variables will already have been set for your system when you log onto your computer. These environment variables must be set for your system before you can use Ansys Icepak.

For more information on environment variables, refer to documentation concerning shell commands for your computer system.

You will need to include the Ansys 24.2/bin directory in the path. For example, if Ansys Icepak 2024 R2 has been installed under /usr/local, there will be a Ansys directory present as /usr/local/ANSYS.Inc. You would then need to set your PATH environment variable to include /usr/local/ANSYS.Inc/bin.

Ansys Icepak Environment Variables

Ansys Icepak allows you to change certain aspects of its operation by setting Ansys Icepak-specific environment variables. There are two Ansys Icepak-specific environment variables, which are described in Table 2.3: Ansys Icepak-Specific Environment Variables.