Based upon your platform version and installed products you may need to install additional Linux libraries and packages. For a list of libraries and packages by product, see Installation Troubleshooting - Mechanical APDL.
Intel 64 / AMD64 system with a supported operating system version installed
8 GB of RAM
128 GB free on the hard drive is recommended
A current default web browser must be installed to view the Ansys internet-based help documentation.
For a complete list of supported browsers, see the Browser Support PDF on the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
Note that Google Chrome does not support the Linux platforms that Ansys supports.
For a local copy of the product documentation on your system, download an installable version from the Ansys Download Center. Instructions for installing the Local Help are included with the download package.
TCP/IP for the license manager (see the Ansys Licensing Guide for more information on TCP/IP)
Approximately twice as much swap space as memory. The amount of memory swap space on the system may limit the size of the model that can be created and/or solved.
Discrete graphics card with the latest drivers and compatible with the supported operating systems. For full functionality, use of a recent NVIDIA Quadro or AMD FirePro card with at least 1 GB of discrete video memory and supporting OpenGL version 4.5 or above. Intel Iris Pro Integrated graphics has also been used successfully.
For information on the most recently tested graphics cards, see the Graphics Cards TestedPDF on the Platform Support section of the Ansys Website.
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Vendor Legacy Support: To be compatible, legacy GL 4.5 compliant cards should still be within the official legacy support period of their respective graphics vendor, and must still be receiving regular driver updates. Visit the appropriate vendor websites to review legacy hardware lists.
A minimum screen resolution of: 1024 x 768 (4:3 aspect ratio), 1366 x 768 (16:9 aspect ratio) or 1280 x 800 (16:10 aspect ratio) with minimum 24 bit color. A higher screen resolution such as 1920x1080 (16:9) or 1920x1200 (16:10) is strongly recommended for most applications.
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A number of cosmetic display issues have been reported when running the installation program on Linux platforms using AMD graphics cards. These issues do not affect the installation functionality.
Ultra High Definition (4K) Graphics Cards: Use of Ultra High Definition (4K) graphics cards may cause a number of cosmetic display issues (including enlarged or reduced text and incorrect positioning of option labels). These issues do not affect the functionality of the installation program.
X11, OpenGL graphics libraries
Mesa-libGL (OpenGL) is required to run data-integrated Ansys Workbench applications such as Mechanical.
For most applications, a three-button mouse is required to access all available functionality.
PDF reader software is required to read the installation guides and other user documentation.
Running Ansys Fluent or Ansys CFX on Cray systems requires a minimum of Cray Linux Environment 6.0 update 03 (based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12).
For Ansys CFX on Cray systems, in order to use the command-line application cfx5mondata, you must ensure that library libsmime3.so is installed.