Portable License File Instructions for Academic Users

These instructions outline how approved academic users can use an Ansys academic license file to support e-learning and remote research due to COVID-19.

As the ASC on your account we grant you permission to download the license and make it available to users at your university via university systems or a university FTP site with your understanding and agreement to the below terms. Please note that this offer is not available in China and Russia.

"You are authorized to obtain multiple copies of the temporary license key provided that a) no person can use more than one license; b) the licenses may only be used by professors and students of the university; c) the use may only be in association with teaching or research; and d) used by individuals who were otherwise using licenses of the Program(s) available on your network (individuals satisfying conditions b, c and d are referred to herein as "Authorized Users").  You are authorized to 1 copy of the license key with each Authorized User for his/her/their own use solely in association with a university class or research.  Your right to share the license keys with Authorized Users is contingent on you providing the notice below with the license key to each Authorized User and subject to US export law restrictions.  You will not otherwise share the temporary license key to any other person nor will you disclose the location of this page on the customer portal with anyone.  

This temporary license key is not to be distributed, downloaded or made accessible to any other individual.  It may only be used by you, the recipient, solely in connection with your university class or authorized university research."

  • The license file has been built and tested for Ansys Release 2020 R1. It may work with previous versions, but support is only provided for 2020 R1. 
  • Verify your computer meets the supported hardware and platforms. 
  • Verify you can log in to the Ansys Customer Portal. 

DOWNLOAD & INSTALL SOFTWARE

  1. Download Ansys software(Requires login to the Ansys Customer Portal) 
  • For SCADE products, select Embedded Software from the Primary Packages section. 
  • For SPEOS, go to Optical Products
  • For Dynardo software, browse to: https://customer.dynardo.com/  
  • Forgot your Dynardo login or need one? Email to customer.portal@dynardo.de. 
  1. Extract downloaded software. 
  2. Install software by running setup.exe from the extracted directory. 
  3. Once downloaded, it is the responsibility of the ASC to make the software accessible to the students and professors that need access to it via a university system/process.

INCLUDED PRODUCT LINES

  • Ansys Discovery 
  • Ansys Electronics 
  • Ansys Embedded Software 
  • Ansys Fluids 
  • Ansys HPC 
  • Ansys optiSLang
  • Ansys SPEOS 
  • Ansys Structures 

INSTALL ANSYS PORTABLE LICENSE FILE 

  1. Download academic.lic license file (Requires login to the Ansys Customer Portal) 
  • By default, your browser will write the file to your Downloads directory. The directions assume you are leaving it in the Downloads directory (%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\academic.lic). 
  • Should you choose to save the file to a different directory, please make note of that new file location so you can replace the text in quotes in the setx commands below with the new file location

  1. Open a command prompt: press the Windows key + at the same time, enter cmd, and press OK.
  2. In the command prompt, run the following commands to set appropriate environment variables to point to the license file: 
  • setx ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\academic.lic"
  • setx DYNARDO_LICENSE_FILE "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\academic.lic"
  • setx ESTERELD_LICENSE_FILE "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\academic.lic"
  1. Verify that the environment variables set in step 3 point to the file you just downloaded. 
  2. Start your Ansys application and verify it starts successfully. 

 

GETTING SUPPORT 

  • Support will only be provided to the ASC.
  • Many commonly asked questions are available on Ansys How To Videos YouTube channel. 
  • You may also create a Support Request through the Ansys Customer Portal
  • If a Channel Partner serves your account, please follow the normal support process with your Channel Partner. 

 

FAQs 

Are there any applications that are known not to work with this license file? No, none.

How do I get a Customer Portal account? The ASC on your account has access to the Customer Portal and should log in to access the download for your university. You should reach out to them or your Ansys Account Manager who can help connect you with them. If you are the ASC you can access the Customer Registration link. 

I have a Customer Portal account but I’m not able to log in. Use this link for common login issues

I would like to use an earlier version than 2020 R1.  Will this license file allow me to use it? 
The license file has been built and tested for 2020 R1. It may work with previous versions, but support is only provided for 2020 R1. 

Are there any best practices for moving to 2020 R1? 
You should back up your pre-2020 R1 projects to maintain access in prior versions. Once projects have been saved in a new release of Ansys, they may no longer run with past releases.