5.4. Product Localization

Many Ansys, Inc. products are available in multiple languages, including English, German, French, and Japanese. For those products that are localized, you are able to view the GUI and messages in the specified language. See your specific product documentation for instructions on choosing a localized version of the product.

Note:  To view Localization Support Requirements for the current release of Ansys products, see Ansys customer site> Knowledge Resources> Online Documentation> Documentation Information.

All products that are localized define the language via the languagesettings.txt file. In most cases, you will not have to manually edit this file. If you do need to edit it manually, you can use one of the following values:

en-us (English, default)
de (German)
fr (French)
ja (Japanese)

Ansys, Inc. applications will look for the languagesettings.txt file in the following locations, in order:

  1. %appdata%\ANSYS\v242

  2. <install_dir>\ANSYS Inc\v242\commonfiles\Language

Ansys, Inc. licensing also looks for the languagesettings.txt in the licensing languages subdirectories in order to display the server ANSLIC_ADMIN utility and the Ansys, Inc. Licensing Interconnect message and log files in a different language.

Some products are not fully localized but offer only the messages in a translated version. See the following section for instructions on translated message file installation.

 

5.4.1. Translated Message File Installation for Mechanical APDL /Ansys Workbench Products

If your Ansys, Inc. sales representative has supplied you with message files translated into your local language, use the following procedure to install and access these files from within Mechanical APDL:

  1. Create an appropriately named subdirectory to hold the message files. For example, if your local language is French, create a directory in the following location:

    <os drive>\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\V242\ANSYS\docu\fr

  2. Copy the message files (msgcat.242, msgidx.242, and msgfnm.242) into the newly created subdirectory.

  3. Access these message files by using the -l command line option. For example:

    ansys242 -l fr

    Or, when you are running Mechanical APDL from the Mechanical APDL launcher, choose the Language Selection option and then pick the desired language.

You must create a newly translated message file for each release of Mechanical APDL because error messages may occur in a different order for each release.