

So, you may have no option except to use version 2021 or newer. If you do not want to use the latest version, you may continue to use older versions back to version 17.0 (for Mecahnical and CFD.) You may need to reset the license configuration for old versions (see below.)Īnsys EM versions older than 2021 may not work on Windows OS systems. If you are using the latest version, you will be able to open files saved from older versions (but not visa-versa.) It should work without requiring any workarounds using the new license system. Other Ansys software (such as LS-DYNA and Granta) should not be affected by this change in licensing.

Note that Pro, Premium, Enterprise licenses are available on your server. No such feature existsĪlso affected is Ansys EM software (Electronics Desktoip, HFSS, Maxwell.) You may see errors that look like:įailed to enable fIeature using current license settings. It affects people using Mechanical and CFD software (such as fluent.) Ansys Mechanical and CFD software older than version 17.0 (released in 2016) will no longer work. ECN was forced by the vendor to adopt this new licensing system.

made a major change with how software licenses are managed.
