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ANSYS Student
ANSYS Student is an introductory software package for engineering students who are interested in
learning the fundamentals of simulation while gaining exposure to our state-of-the-art ANSYS
Workbench simulation work ow, pre-processing, post-processing and solver products.
The renewable six-month product license is free and can be downloaded and used by students
anywhere in the world. It provides access to versions of ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS CFD, ANSYS
Autodyn, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS DesignModeler and ANSYS DesignXplorer that are limited only in
the size of the problems that can be solved. The product can be installed on any supported MS
Windows 64-bit machine.
The ANSYS Student license is for personal educational purposes. The analysis work performed with
ANSYS Student must be non-proprietary, and the product may not be used for competitive analysis
(such as benchmarking) or for any commercial work.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Self-guided technical support for the ANSYS Student is provided through the Support
Resources tab below. The support includes installation videos, an FAQ for
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troubleshooting help and several introductory tutorials that show you how to perform
basic simulations. Please note that we do not provide online or face-to-face technical
support for this free product. We advise you to follow our download and installation
instructions very carefully.

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Before installing ANSYS Student:

Ensure that your computer meets the technical requirements necessary to run the software. Please
see theproduct data sheet
(http://resource.ansys.com/staticassets/ANSYS/staticassets/resourcelibrary/brochure/ansysstudent-brochure.pdf)for details.
Ensure that you have Administrator privileges for the computer you are installing this product on.
Uninstall any existing ANSYS, Inc. products present on your computer. The ANSYS Student
installation will overwrite any existing installations.
Make sure that you have your license key available. This is a separate download covered in the "Free
Download" section.
Please review our Installation Guide andFAQs
(http://resource.ansys.com/staticassets/ANSYS/staticassets/industry/academic/ansys-studentfaq.pdf).

Installation Steps
After downloading and installing ANSYS Student, you should then install the ANSYS Student License
File, following ALL of the installation steps in sequence (follow the steps in both Part 1 Part 2 and Part
3):

Part 1 - ANSYS Student Installation:

Extract (Unzip) the downloaded installation files.

Run setup.exe from the extracted files. Right-click on setup.exe and selectRun as Administrator.
Click theInstall ANSYS, Inc. Productstext.
Read and accept the click wrap to continue.
Click the Next button to accept the default values throughout the installation.
Important:Skip over the "Enter License Server Specification" step.DO NOT enter any port
information or otherwise install the ANSYS LIcense Manager.
After the installation is completed, clickNextand a message marked***Important***displays
indicating that the installation is complete.
Check the survey box at the bottom if you wish to submit the survey.
Click theExitbutton.
Your are now back to the Release 16.2 Installation home page.Be sure to NOT select any other
options as these aren't supported by the ANSYS Student license. Do not select License
Manager Installation.
Click theExitButton to close the installer.
The ANSYS Student software is now installed.
Next, follow the steps inPart 2below.

Part 2 - ANSYS License File Installation:

1. Download the license file - ansys_student_<yyyymmdd>.lic - to your computer. The <yyyymmdd>
portion of the filename indicates the expiration date of the license file.
2. Extract the downloaded license file and note the location where you save it to:
We recommend moving the license file to C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing,
but you can also put the license file on your desktop.
Do not put the license file in aTempdirectory
Do not save this license file using the MS Word format.

3. Set theANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILEenvironment variable to the location of the ansys_student_.lic

file, including the filename. For example:
C:\ansys_inc\ansys_student_20160131.lic

Follow these steps to set an environment variable in MS Windows:

Open theControl Panel
SelectSystem and Security
SelectSystem
SelectAdvanced system settings
Click theEnvironment Variablesbutton
Select theNewbutton under System variables

Note that there will be several environment variables with very similar names already
present.Be careful to use this EXACT environment variable name.

4. Next, follow the steps in Part 3 below.

Part 3 - Running ANSYS Student:

After completing Parts 1 and 2 of the installation, we recommend rebooting your machine. Then the
best way to run ANSYS Student is from the start menu.
1. Go to theStart Menuand either selectWorkbench 16.2 OR select All Programs, then select
theANSYS 16.2folder, and selectWorkbench 16.2.
2. The ANSYS Student Workbench 16.2 project page will launch.
3. Congratulations you are now ready to start using ANSYS Student!

If you run into any problems following the above instructions then be sure to review ourFrequently
Asked Questions.
(http://resource.ansys.com/staticassets/ANSYS/staticassets/industry/academic/ansys-student-faq.pdf )

click below to start a conversation with ANSYS

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