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# Installation Test for Ansys

Run the Install Test files to ensure DANTE was installed properly. Please follow the following steps.

* Launch ANSYS Workbench, click ***File-->Open***, navigate to the *Ansys\_Link\Install\_Test*, and open the archived file. **Save the Ansys workbench file to a designated working directory**.

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* **Double Click** or Right Click and Edit to open the *Transient Thermal* model.

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* Activate the **Thermal** Model setting under DANTE, and Click \*\*\*Finalize Model Settings".

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**NOTE**: To execute the Install Test models, the Finalize Model Settings object from the DANTE ACT must be added to each model. This ensures all the required DANTE files are generated in the working directory. The models will not run if Finalize Model Settings is not added.

* Right click **Solution** and submit the job.

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**Troubleshooting Hints for DANTE FEA linking to Ansys:**

1. Make sure license is installed correctly. Check the value assigned to “\*LICENSELOC” in the DCTRLA.CTL file, and make sure “@” is used at the beginning of the server name, and “;” is used at the end of the server name. “@localhost;” can be used if the job is running on the server. In some cases, the port number before the “@server name” is required.
2. Check if “ANS\_USER\_PATH” system variable is setup correctly.
3. Check and make sure the directory running jobs has no space or special character, and “write” permission is granted from the administrator.
4. DANTE version 6.3 supports “Distributed” analysis. It is recommended to use distributed parallel analysis by checking "Distributed" before submitting a job from Ansys/Mechanical. If "Distributed" is unchecked, the intel mpi (impi.dll) should be installed and the path should be set correctly to call DANTE user subroutines.

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