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 Additive26.6
Ansys Aqwa19.6
Ansys Autodyn19.1
Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors27.5
Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors Library for SCANeR16.7
Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors Library for CarMaker8.5
Ansys AVxcelerate Headlamp14.5
Ansys AVxcelerate Headlamp Library for SCANeR13.9
Ansys AVxcelerate Headlamp Library for CarMaker7.7
Ansys BladeModeler13.9
Ansys CFD-Post only19.7
Ansys CFX20.6
Ansys Chemkin20.5
Ansys Customization Files for User-Programmable Features9.3
Ansys Discovery (Reduced Install)20.5
Ansys Discovery (Full Install)35.2
Ansys Dynamic Reporting21.3
Ansys EnSight22.6
Ansys Electromagnetics Suite39.9
Ansys Electromagnetics RSM3.9
Ansys FENSAP-ICE20.6
Ansys Fluent32.5
Ansys Forte (includes EnSight)23.5
Ansys Geometry Interfaces12.5
Ansys ICEM CFD19.6
Ansys LS-DYNA21.0
Ansys Lumerical10.9
Ansys Material Calibration App23.6
Material Designer28.9
Ansys Mechanical Products23.6
Ansys Model Fuel Library (Encrypted)20.5
Ansys Motion20.3
Ansys Optics Launcher3.9
Ansys optiSLang14.5
Ansys Polyflow (including CFD-Post)32.5
Ansys Reaction Workbench20.5
Ansys Rocky8.6
Ansys Remote Solve Manager Standalone Services8.6
Ansys Sherlock22.4
Ansys Sound: SAS5.6
Ansys Sound - JLT4.8
Ansys Sound - CSS5.2
Ansys Sound - VRS5.9
Ansys Sound - ASDfoEV5.5
Ansys Speos25.7
Ansys Speos Libraries8.2
Speos HPC4.7
Speos for NX 22128.8
Speos for NX 23068.8
Speos for NX 23128.8
Speos for NX 24068.8
Speos for NX 24128.8
Ansys TurboGrid7.9
Ansys TwinAI13.8
Ansys Twin Builder39.0
Ansys Viewer7.5
Ansys Zemax6.4
Disk space required to install all products180.3

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.