Any Luck with 64-bit FLUENT on 64-bit Windows?
 

Hello all,

Thanks in advance for the help. I am currently running 32-bit FLUENT on 32-bit Windows, and my modeling capability is being limited by RAM. Thus, I am thinking about having 64-bit Windows installed on my machine, upgrading the RAM, and installing 64-bit FLUENT. Talking to our software person (I'm a grad student), she said that 64-bit FLUENT was "having issues" on a 64-bit machine she put it on, but the 32-bit version worked OK on it. Has anyone had any issues with 64-bit FLUENT running on 64-bit Windows? And wouldn't running 32-bit FLUENT on a 64-bit machine still face similar memory limitations?

Thanks, Dylan

Re: Any Luck with 64-bit FLUENT on 64-bit Windows?
 

Yes 32 bit Fluent on 64 bit machine would still have memory limitations. There are some graphics issues on Win64 but try starting Fluent with "fluent 3d -serv" which overcomes many of them.

Re: Any Luck with 64-bit FLUENT on 64-bit Windows?
 

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Re: Any Luck with 64-bit FLUENT on 64-bit Windows?
 

We've been running Fluent 64-bit since Fluent 6.3 came out. I haven't noticed any big issues that the 32-bit doesn't have, expect that Fluent is to cheap to ship it with a c-compiler. So if you want to run udf's you will have to buy Visual C++ Studio.

Re: Any Luck with 64-bit FLUENT on 64-bit Windows?
 

Thanks rl,

I am unclear as to how I would start FLUENT in that manner, is that something that has to be typed int he command prompt, or is "fluent 3d -serv" an option in the "FLUENT version" prompt that pops up when you open FLUENT 64-bit initially?

Thanks again, Dylan