3.1. Setting the RSM Configuration Directory

Before creating RSM configurations you should determine who will be using them, where they will be stored, and how they will be accessed.

The Default RSM Configuration Directory

By default, RSM configurations are stored in the following location:

Windows: %APPDATA%\ANSYS\v242\RSM

The path to this directory might be C:\users\%username%\appdata\Roaming\Ansys\V242\RSM, where %username% is the name of the RSM or system administrator.

Linux: ~/.ansys/v242/RSM

On Linux, ~ is the home directory of the account under which RSM is being run.

To verify the location of your RSM configuration directory, see Querying the Location of the RSM Configuration Directory.

Important:  The default directory is appropriate if you will be the only one running jobs on the local machine, as you will have full control of this directory. However, if you want to share RSM configurations with other users, we recommend that you do not share the default RSM configuration directory because it is associated with a specific user account, and is therefore not suitable for sharing. In this case you should change the RSM configuration directory before creating RSM configurations, as described below.

Creating a Shareable RSM Configuration Directory

If you plan to share RSM configurations with users via a shared directory, you will need to create or choose a folder other than the default for your RSM configuration files.

  1. Create a folder in a location that is not associated with a user account (for example, C:\some\folder).

  2. If you have already created RSM configurations, and are looking to copy them to the shareable folder, or share the folder in which they currently reside, add the following required sub-folders to the selected folder: ANSYS\v242\RSM.

    Otherwise, RSM will add these sub-folders when you start RSM. This sub-location (for example, C:\some\folder\ANSYS\v242\RSM) is where RSM configurations must reside.

  3. Use the RSM Utilities application to set the JobManagement ConfigurationDirectory setting to the new folder. See Specifying the Location of the RSM Configuration Directory.

Once you have set the RSM configuration directory you can begin creating RSM configurations. See Launching the RSM Configuration Application.

Any new RSM configurations that you create will be saved to the specified directory (in this example, C:\some\folder\ANSYS\v242\RSM).

If you will be sharing configurations with users, see Sharing and Accessing RSM Configurations.