You must have the following software installed on your system. Administrator privileges are required to install these files. These software prerequisites are installed automatically when you launch the product installation. If, after installing the Ansys products, you need to check your system for these software prerequisites or re-install any of them at a later date, open the Product & CAD Configuration Manager and select Check for Required Prerequisites or Install Required Prerequisites.
A minimum version of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 is required.
Note: If your computer does not have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 installed, the installation program installs .NET 4.6.2 as a prerequisite and may require a system restart after exiting the installation and before running any Ansys products.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 is required for Ansys Discovery installation.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (32 and 64 bit versions)
Prior to installing, you can find the executables for the software prerequisites in the root \prereq directory of the media/download package.