Windows 7, 10 and Ansys 16 and Ansys 17

Far · March 12, 2016, 09:43

Description:

I have been using ansys 16 on windows 7 professional and window 7 ultimate without any problems.

Problem:
Then on one of my systems (optiplex 9020) I have installed Ansys 17 with windows 7 ultimate. Every thing went fine, except Fluent 17. Which was not starting and giving me this error :

Quote:

Error: eval: unassigned variable
Error Object: rp-host

Solution:
I have installed windows 10 professional (enterprise also checked and working. Education version is also supported as per ANSYS update) and did not find any problem with it. But as I can see that Ansys is still supporting windows 7 (professional and enterprise), but i thought to upgrade to window 10 instead of installing windows 7 professional.

Hope this will be helpful to every one.

Reards
Far

LuckyTran · March 12, 2016, 12:09

I just installed Fluent v17 on Windows 7 ultimate and it worked on all my machines. These are regular desktops and not any fancy workstation, a factory Dell XPS 9050 and two custom built machines running 1st gen i7's.

Far · March 13, 2016, 10:19

so this is only happening with me...

lisa · March 16, 2016, 06:39

Hi I am also having the problem with ANSYS 17 with my OS Windows 7 enterprise

Far · March 16, 2016, 07:38

Although Windows 7 (professional and enterprise) are supported versions for ansys 17.0. May be it due to some problem in windows installation. This is also confirm by LuckyTran as he is running ansys 17 on unsupported version of Windows 7.

I would recommend you to shift to windows 10 professional or windows 10 enterprise.

Regards

LuckyTran · March 16, 2016, 17:00

I also have it working on Win7 Enterprise. But on Enterprise it is very easy to run into problems depending on who set up the OS.

I forgot to mention, I installed Fluent and only the required CFD-post and nothing else. Can the problem be caused by one of the add-ons for CAD software or maybe another program? CATIA for example?

scipy · March 16, 2016, 18:45

Windows 7 Enterprise with ANSYS v17 here too. Everything works properly though (FLUENT, ICEM, WB, ANSYS Meshing, even Polyflow).

Stop watching, your PCs will work better

Far · March 16, 2016, 22:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by scipy

Windows 7 Enterprise with ANSYS v17 here too. Everything works properly though (FLUENT, ICEM, WB, ANSYS Meshing, even Polyflow).

Stop watching so much porn, your PCs will work better

Well, on my one of the computers where I installed ansys 17, has no access to internet.

Christophe · May 14, 2016, 23:32

I tried upgrading to v17 and v17.1 and have not got it to work on my Windows 7 machines. High end Dell T 7910s. Design Modeler won't work. Gives error message. CFX with Intel MPI only works on one of four computers. Going to downgrade to v16.2.

Far · May 19, 2016, 17:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christophe

I tried upgrading to v17 and v17.1 and have not got it to work on my Windows 7 machines. High end Dell T 7910s. Design Modeler won't work. Gives error message. CFX with Intel MPI only works on one of four computers. Going to downgrade to v16.2.

V17 works well with windows 10

Christophe · May 19, 2016, 19:03

I think the problem has something to do with the way the MPI binds the processes to the cores. I wonder if Windows 10 and 7 do something differently with that, or if it's all controlled by the start-methods.ccl file

Christophe · June 15, 2016, 21:55

Fixed it. For some reason Intel MPI wants to map network drives, so it hangs up the solver if there is something funny about your network drives. You can just delete that command from start methods. I think. No problems so far...

edmoses · June 22, 2016, 06:18

Hi,

I am having the same difficulty on Win 7 Ultimate, SP1. You said you sorted this out, Cristofe. Could you, please, give me the details, so I can do so myself?

Many thanks and best regards,
Ed Moses

Far · June 22, 2016, 16:10

can you install professional or enterprise version?

Christophe · June 22, 2016, 18:40

I actually have it running on Windows 7 pro, and enterprise just fine now. Initially I thought there might be a compatibility issue with win 7 and the newest MPI software. But that wasn't it. I had to edit the start-methods.ccl file to get CFX to work. Also make sure everything you install you install Run AS Admin.

mehaque101 · August 18, 2016, 02:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christophe

I actually have it running on Windows 7 pro, and enterprise just fine now. Initially I thought there might be a compatibility issue with win 7 and the newest MPI software. But that wasn't it. I had to edit the start-methods.ccl file to get CFX to work. Also make sure everything you install you install Run AS Admin.

I am also trying to install ansys 17 on win 7 pro and getting this error,

error: problems were encountered while attempting to start the following process ansysli_server.exe, ansysli_monitor.exe, ansyslmd.exe

There is no anti virus program on this machine and i added exception for the above files in window firewall.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

LuckyTran · August 18, 2016, 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by mehaque101

I am also trying to install ansys 17 on win 7 pro and getting this error,

error: problems were encountered while attempting to start the following process ansysli_server.exe, ansysli_monitor.exe, ansyslmd.exe

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

This is usually a problem with user account privileges. You always? need to launch the license utility with admin privileges. Make sure you installed Ansys as an admin.

mm.abdollahzadeh · August 26, 2016, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Far

Description:

I have been using ansys 16 on windows 7 professional and window 7 ultimate without any problems.

Problem:
Then on one of my systems (optiplex 9020) I have installed Ansys 17 with windows 7 ultimate. Every thing went fine, except Fluent 17. Which was not starting and giving me this error :

Solution:
I have installed windows 10 professional (enterprise also checked and working. Education version is also supported as per ANSYS update) and did not find any problem with it. But as I can see that Ansys is still supporting windows 7 (professional and enterprise), but i thought to upgrade to window 10 instead of installing windows 7 professional.

Hope this will be helpful to every one.

Reards
Far

Dear Far

i solved it by installing windows update:
KB2533623

but after I got

Error: sopenoutputfile: unable to open file for output
Error Object: "C:\\Program Files\\ANSYS Inc\\v172\\fluent\\ntbin\\win64\\cleanup-fluent-jakson-PC-4776.bat

Kind Regards

SJSW · February 16, 2017, 00:44

Hi!
Did you solve this problem?
Could you tell me how to solve it?
Thank you!

Far · February 24, 2017, 16:50

install windows 10 professional or enterprise

March 16, 2016, 06:39	same error	#4
lisa New Member lisa Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 17	Hi I am also having the problem with ANSYS 17 with my OS Windows 7 enterprise

March 16, 2016, 18:45		#7
scipy Senior Member Alex Pasic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Croatia Posts: 199 Rep Power: 16	Windows 7 Enterprise with ANSYS v17 here too. Everything works properly though (FLUENT, ICEM, WB, ANSYS Meshing, even Polyflow). Stop watching, your PCs will work better __________________ If you're in need of some free quality CFD video tutorials - check out SiriusCFD @ YouTube Last edited by Far; March 17, 2016 at 04:48. Reason: sorry, editing was necessary.

February 24, 2017, 16:50		#20
Far Senior Member Sijal Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Islamabad Posts: 4,558 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 54	install windows 10 professional or enterprise SJSW likes this.

March 12, 2016, 12:09		#2
LuckyTran Senior Member Lucky Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Orlando, FL USA Posts: 5,754 Rep Power: 66	I just installed Fluent v17 on Windows 7 ultimate and it worked on all my machines. These are regular desktops and not any fancy workstation, a factory Dell XPS 9050 and two custom built machines running 1st gen i7's.

March 13, 2016, 10:19		#3
Far Senior Member Sijal Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Islamabad Posts: 4,558 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 54	so this is only happening with me...

March 16, 2016, 07:38		#5
Far Senior Member Sijal Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Islamabad Posts: 4,558 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 54	Although Windows 7 (professional and enterprise) are supported versions for ansys 17.0. May be it due to some problem in windows installation. This is also confirm by LuckyTran as he is running ansys 17 on unsupported version of Windows 7. I would recommend you to shift to windows 10 professional or windows 10 enterprise. Regards

March 16, 2016, 17:00		#6
LuckyTran Senior Member Lucky Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Orlando, FL USA Posts: 5,754 Rep Power: 66	I also have it working on Win7 Enterprise. But on Enterprise it is very easy to run into problems depending on who set up the OS. I forgot to mention, I installed Fluent and only the required CFD-post and nothing else. Can the problem be caused by one of the add-ons for CAD software or maybe another program? CATIA for example?

May 14, 2016, 23:32		#9
Christophe Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 11	I tried upgrading to v17 and v17.1 and have not got it to work on my Windows 7 machines. High end Dell T 7910s. Design Modeler won't work. Gives error message. CFX with Intel MPI only works on one of four computers. Going to downgrade to v16.2.

May 19, 2016, 19:03		#11
Christophe Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 11	I think the problem has something to do with the way the MPI binds the processes to the cores. I wonder if Windows 10 and 7 do something differently with that, or if it's all controlled by the start-methods.ccl file

June 15, 2016, 21:55		#12
Christophe Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 11	Fixed it. For some reason Intel MPI wants to map network drives, so it hangs up the solver if there is something funny about your network drives. You can just delete that command from start methods. I think. No problems so far...

June 22, 2016, 06:18		#13
edmoses New Member Ed Moses Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 15	Hi, I am having the same difficulty on Win 7 Ultimate, SP1. You said you sorted this out, Cristofe. Could you, please, give me the details, so I can do so myself? Many thanks and best regards, Ed Moses

June 22, 2016, 16:10		#14
Far Senior Member Sijal Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Islamabad Posts: 4,558 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 54	can you install professional or enterprise version?

June 22, 2016, 18:40		#15
Christophe Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 11	I actually have it running on Windows 7 pro, and enterprise just fine now. Initially I thought there might be a compatibility issue with win 7 and the newest MPI software. But that wasn't it. I had to edit the start-methods.ccl file to get CFX to work. Also make sure everything you install you install Run AS Admin.

February 16, 2017, 00:44		#19
SJSW Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Taiwan Posts: 100 Rep Power: 12	Hi! Did you solve this problem? Could you tell me how to solve it? Thank you!