Ansys Learning Forum Forums Installation and Licensing Ansys Free Student Software ‘The shared license is not available to perform the geometry attach operation’ Reply To: ‘The shared license is not available to perform the geometry attach operation’

Gary_S
Ansys Employee

"Shared License" is when both SC and Mechanical use a single license, but only one program can be open or active at once. 
Close SpaceClaim, then try the Attach / Refresh into Mechancial.