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[deadvermin97]

Hi, I'm a student (using ANSYS on a student license).

I have a Workbench Journal that I would like to run several times in a loop from an external python script, perhaps using subprocess. I've found this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34863574/how-to-run-an-ansys-workbench-journal-from-external-python-script

but I would like to know how one would find the ANSYS path as the current one doesn't work for me.

Thanks

[RK]

Hello,
This I guess would be the temp folder ( C/ Users/ .....) where the WB files are saved. You can check this location by going to Tools tab in WB.

[deadvermin97]

Hello Thanks for the reply, I've actually managed to find the appropriate path. Also, I've found this quite useful in understanding the code I've referenced before:
https://www.padtinc.com/blog/starting-ansys-products-from-the-command-line/
However, I appear to be getting this error from ANSYS only when I try to run the journal from python (running it directly from WB works okay):
Just in case, here's some of the journal script:

[RK]

The error says there are illegal entries in the path, please make sure the characters in the path are the ones allowed to be used.

[deadvermin97]

Okay, the problem has been resolved! While using subprocess.run() still results in the error, the subprocess.Popen() method works. Thanks.