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March 4, 2020 at 3:50 am
Ramy
SubscriberHi,
I have a ".dbs" file. I used to open those files by earlier Fluent versions (such as v16). But I am trying to open it in the design modeler of Fluent V19.3 and it gives an error saying that it is not compatible with the interface!
How can I open it?
Thank you.
Ramy
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March 4, 2020 at 10:31 am
Keyur Kanade
Ansys Employee - 
March 5, 2020 at 3:31 am
Ramy
SubscriberIt didn't work out. It gave the same error.
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March 5, 2020 at 4:55 am
Keyur Kanade
Ansys Employeeif you have v16, you can import in it and save file. then open it in latest version.
please try latest version at
https://www.ansys.com/en-in/academic/free-student-products
if you have GAMBIT, please check if you can export step or iges file and import it in SpaceClaim.
If this helps, please mark this post as 'Is Solution' to help others.
Regards,
Keyur
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