environment variable CFX5ROOT

- January 3, 2019 at 4:29 pm
  
  FrankR
  Subscriber
  
  Dear Community,
  
  happy new year.
  
  I use FLUENT "Academic Student Release" 19.2 on a Windows-PC.
  
  I try to get output via "Export to CFD-Post", but the message
  
  Unable to launch CFD Post from (path not fully displayed, ending in .../CFD-Post/bin/cfx5post.exe)
  Please set environment variable CFX5ROOT and try again.
  
  pops up.
  
  Strikingly, I find cfx5post.exe only in a different path:
  C:prgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192CFXbin
  
  I am a computer moron and our system administrator is still on holidays.
  
  How can be problem be fixed ? Where and how do I have to set the environment variable ?
  
  I am aware that I can disable the Open CFD-Post option, and load the file manually. Would be nice though.
  
  Your kind assistance is greatly appreciated.
  
  Regards
  
  FrankR
- January 3, 2019 at 8:12 pm
  
  tsiriaks
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi FrankR,
  
  Normally, you should not need to set any extra environment variable.
  
  I think there is something off here with the installation.
  
  Since I don't see the full path that it's trying to launch /CFD-Post/bin/cfx5post.exe , I don't know if this is under the same parent directory as C:prgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192CFX
  
  Check this, open CMD Prompt, then type
  
  set a
  
  then, see if your ANSYS192_DIR and AWP_ROOT192 are pointing to the correct path (e.g., ANSYS192_DIR=C:prgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192ANSYS and AWP_ROOT192=C:prgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192
  
  Thanks,
  
  Win
- January 4, 2019 at 8:45 am
  
  FrankR
  Subscriber
  
  Dear tsiriaks
  
  thank you. On the command prompt I get
  
  H:>set a
  ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:ProgramData
  ANSYS192_DIR=C:PrgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192ANSYS
  ANSYS_SYSDIR=winx64
  ANSYS_SYSDIR32=win32
  ANS_OLD_ATTACH=1
  AWP_LOCALE192=de
  AWP_ROOT192=C:PrgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192
  
  cfx5post.exe resides in
  C:prgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192CFXbin
  
  cfx5post.pl resides in
  C:prgANSYS IncANSYS Studentv192CFXbinperllib
  
  Do you have any other advice ?
  
  Do not invest too much brainwork: I am aware that I can disable the Open CFD-Post option, and load the output file from FLUENT manually.
  
  Thanks once more,
  
  Regards
  
  FrankR
- January 4, 2019 at 11:13 am
  
  DrAmine
  Ansys Employee
  
  Can you launch CFD-Post in Standalone?
- January 4, 2019 at 1:34 pm
  
  FrankR
  Subscriber
  
  yes
  
  Regards
  
  Frank
- January 4, 2019 at 9:23 pm
  
  tsiriaks
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Frank,
  
  On the shortcut that you used to launch stand-alone CFD-Post, right click -> Open file location -> right click on the shortcut and select 'Properties'
  
  Post the content of the 'Target' here.
  
  Also try this, open CMD Prompt then use this command
  
  move %appdata%Ansys %appdata%Ansys.old
  
  does this make any difference ? If not, post the output of
  
  set c
  
  Thanks,
  
  Win