This release of the Ansys Material Designer™ material homogenization software contains all capabilities from the previous release. The following sections present the notes for the Ansys Material Designer application's 2025 R2 release.
Material Designer Installation
To install the Material Designer application, you must select the Material Designer checkbox in the installation. The Material Designer product will no longer automatically be installed with the Mechanical Products.
Alternatively, you can use the -matdesigner flag in the silent
installer. For more information, refer to the Ansys, Inc. Installation Guides.
General Material Designer application and release-specific limitations can be found in Known Limitations in the Material Designer User's Guide.