PLEASE READ FIRST

REACH OUT TO Sofia Varner BEFORE USING ONE OF OUR LICENSES. WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT. DO NOT USE ONE OF THE LICENSES FOR NON-TEAM RELATED USE.

To continue getting this sponsorship from Ansys, we are required to submit screenshots of things we have used the licenses for. There is a section at this bottom of this page to include screenshots and descriptions of everything you use the software for. Thank you!

Installing the Software

Go to this link: https://download.ansys.com/
Sign in with your @northeastern.edu email address
Click “send verification code” and enter the verification code you receive
You will then be asked to fill in a bunch of fields to create an account
When you are asked for a customer number, enter 1166850

Setting Up a Server

This is a bit of a pain. Sending loving energy.

Install Ansys License Manager. Open it (it opens in your browser)
Click “Get System Hostid Name”
- This page gives you your HOSTNAME and HOSTID which you’ll need in a second
Go to the Ansys Licensing Portal and sign in with your Northeastern email
Click “Active Entitlements” on the left and click “Add Server” at the top
- fill in the pop up with the info from the license manager
Make sure the licenses you want are selected and the ones you do not want are unselected
- Ansys Academic Research Mechanical and CFD (25 tasks) is the important one
Click “Save and Generate” at the top
A file should download. Move that file into C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\licensing\license_files
Search for Ansys License Settings in your start menu (should already be on your computer from when you installed Ansys)
- Instead of just opening it, right click and click “Run as Administrator”
Enter “1055” as the port and your hostname as server 1. Click test. You should get a little green check mark
Click save. You should be able to see all the analysis systems you got a license for in Ansys now!