

Using Ansys on computers with multiple CPU cores and on HPC clusters is supported. Please contact ECN if you want Ansys software installed somewhere. If you will publish results obtained using Ansys and/or use it for your thesis, then you need to buy and use research licenses.Īnsys software is available on ECN-supported Linux and Windows systems. Graduate students typically need to use research licenses. To get pricing and other information, please send email to licenses are available at no cost, but may not be used for research.

Research groups need to buy research licenses. Here are the complete terms and conditions. The software may not be used for competitive analysis (such as benchmarking) or for any commercial activity, including consulting.

There are two types of academic licenses for typical Ansys software: teaching and research: The Ansys academic support web page describes how to learn to use the software. That PDF has a complicated table summarizing the software features. On the Ansys academic software web page, look for the "Academic Products Features Table" link.
