The connection functionality of all supported CAD products is included with the Ansys release media, and all CAD functionality except is installed by default. To use the connection functionality, you need to ensure that the product is properly licensed and set any necessary environment variables or other configuration as appropriate. See the manuals for the individual CAD products for information about environment variables and other configuration requirements.

For complete information about the files you can import, see the Mechanical APDL Connection User's Guide.

The following sections describe any post-installation configuration procedures that are required.