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[22503862]

During part 2 (mesh generation) of the FSAE cfd tutorial, after creating the volume mesh, I get the error:

 Please exit this session and start another session to continue. This is a student license, and can only be used

with meshes containing less than 512000 cells or 512000.

Then I can't even go back and edit the values on the BOI refinements because the entire ansys suite tells me I have no licence, so I have to redo half of the steps. What is going on? What's the point of the tutorial if we can't even do it?

[Rob]

Some of the tutorials are designed for the Research/Commercial keys rather than the Student/Teaching licences.

[22503862]

Seems a bit strange that a formula student tutorial doesn't work properly on a student licence...

[Rob]

I think the FS teams have Research keys so it'll be aimed at getting a mesh to then run your own car. Most of the tutorials run on coarse meshes to make sure the Teaching/Student keys will run them.

[CP]

Ansys provides full licenses to student teams (no cell limit), to get one fill out the partnership form here:

Free Software for Student Design Teams | Ansys Partnership

 

Note that Ansys has added a new CFD tutorial for Formula teams that walk-through CAD simplification and cleanup on real FSAE geometry (from the University of Pittsburg FSAE team), proper mesh settings and quality metrics, boundary conditions, run, and post processing:
/courses/index.php/courses/aerodynamics-of-an-fsae-car-2/