To install Discovery, follow the steps below.
Save all data and close all Windows applications before continuing.
After downloading the installation zip file, uncompress the file to a new temporary directory.
In the temporary directory, locate the setup.exe file. Right-click the setup.exe file and select .
Click Install Ansys Products. The license agreement appears.
Read the agreement, and if you agree to the terms and conditions, select Click , located on the right side of the screen.
The Sign-In screen is displayed.
Click the Sign in via Ansys ID option.
The Ansys sign in page is displayed in your default browser.
Enter the email address that you used to register on the Ansys customer site and click Continue.
Enter the password that you used to register on the Ansys customer site and click Sign In.
A successful sign-in message is displayed. Close this page in your default browser.
The directory where you want to install Ansys Discovery is shown in the Installation Directory Path field. You can install the product into any directory you want, but you must have write permissions to the directory you choose. The default is C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc. Ansys recommends using the default directory.
Note: When you install Discovery with other Ansys products of the same release, Ansys recommends that you install all products to the same directory.
Choose whether to associate file extensions with Ansys products. Disable (un-check) the option if you do not want to associate the extensions. Then click to continue the installation.
The installation progress screen displays a status bar that tracks the percentage of packages that have been installed on your computer. You will not be able to interrupt the installation process.
The installation program will first check your system to determine if you have the necessary basic prerequisites for installation. If the prerequisites are not already on your system, the prerequisites will be installed automatically.
Note: For Discovery, a minimum of Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 is required. If you are installing Discovery and the installation program detects that you do not have .NET Framework 4.8 installed, the program prompts you to install it.
Note: If prerequisite components necessary for the installation were installed, depending on your existing machine configuration, the following message may be displayed:
Software prerequisites have been installed.
A system restart may be required after exiting the installation and before using any Ansys Products.
If a system restart is required, a restart error message will be written to the install.err error file. The install.err error file is located in the installation directory.
When the install progress reaches 100%, click .
The product installation window displays a message noting that the installation is complete.
If needed, you may click to install an optional MPI for the Ansys Parallel Processing package.
A option is included here. Clicking while the option is enabled causes the installation to perform the graphics compatibility check. The Discovery Compatibility Utility is displayed containing a message informing you of the results of the check.
Disabling (un-checking) the option and then clicking skips the check.
You can also choose to disable (un-check) the option here. Disabling the option and clicking skips the survey.
If you are using a server-based license, the Licensing Settings panel appears after you click . Enter the license server specification.
You need to run the Ansys, Inc. License Manager installation on each machine designated as a license server. These machines may have been specified during this installation or may have been previously specified.
To access Ansys Discovery products, click .