1.2. Disk Space and Memory Requirements

You will need the disk space shown here for each product for installation and proper functioning. The numbers listed here are the maximum amount of disk space you will need for each Ansys, Inc. product. Depending on the options selected for each product and shared product features, you may require less disk space when installing multiple products.

ProductDisk Space (GB)
Ansys Additive26.0
Ansys Aqwa19.2
Ansys Autodyn18.6
Ansys CFD-Post only18.7
Ansys CFX19.5
Ansys Chemkin19.9
Ansys Customization Files for User-Programmable Features8.8
Ansys Discovery32.3
Ansys Dynamic Reporting20.4
Ansys EnSight21.6
Ansys FENSAP-ICE19.5
Ansys Fluent31.3
Ansys Forte (includes EnSight)22.5
Ansys Geometry Interfaces9.2
Ansys ICEM CFD19.1
Ansys Icepak20.6
Ansys LS-DYNA20.3
Ansys Material Calibration App22.9
Ansys Mechanical Products22.9
Ansys Model Fuel Library (Encrypted)19.9
Ansys Motion20.0
Ansys optiSLang13.2
Ansys Polyflow30.0
Ansys Reaction Workbench19.9
Ansys Remote Solve Manager Standalone Services7.8
Ansys Sherlock21.7
Ansys Sound: SAS5.6
SpaceClaim12.5
Ansys Speos22.9
Speos HPC4.8
Speos for Creo Parametric 77.9
Speos for Creo Parametric 87.9
Speos for Creo Parametric 97.9
Speos for Creo Parametric 107.9
Speos for NX 22128.1
Speos for NX 23068.1
Speos for NX 23128.1
Speos for NX 24068.1
Ansys TurboGrid6.0
Ansys Viewer6.8
Ansys Zemax5.9
Disk space required to install all products74.8

Product installations also require an additional 500 MB of free disk space during an installation.

Memory Requirements  —  You must have a minimum of 8 GB of memory to run product installations; 16 or 32 GB of memory is recommended.