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[ChristianWood]

Hi,

I am currently trying to do a CFD simulation for my final year project at university, due to the corona virus at the moment, I am having to work from home. When I am trying to do the simulation, I am getting an error, I have imported my geormetry, and have made my mesh and completed setup, the same as I was doing at university, where this worked, and I have completed simulations there. The error I am getting is as follows:

Error: cx-run: can't listen on renezvous socket.
Error object: ()

Error: eval: unassigned variable
Error object: rp-3d?

version>
Error: eval: unassigned variable
Error object: rp-3d?


once this has been posted in the console of fluent, the fluent application closes itself, and I get a meesage from ansys workbench saying:

The FLUENT application failed to validate the connection.

any help or advice would be appriciated, I am not particularly well versed with this software and am self taught, so if possible, please try to keep it simple.

regards

Christian

[Rob]

Is it the same geometry as before or a different one?  It's a 3d error: check the model is on the z=0 plane too if 2d and has a volume mesh if 3d. 

[ChristianWood]

The geometry is the same as the one's I've run at university, as is the mesh. 

[Keyur Kanade]

Is you geometry 2D or 3D?

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Keyur

 

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[ChristianWood]

Yes, it's a 3D model, and I'm importing it the same way as I did before at university.

[Rob]

Can you post a screen grab of the set up and all error messages. If you can, scroll up in Fluent in case there's something more diagnostic there.  

[ChristianWood]

 

I scrolled up in the console, there was no more error messages or information

[Rob]

If you're running at/from home is it the same computer, or are you using a "home" PC?  Try serial and see what happens. If that works, open up the "more options" I wonder if the parallel settings are correct for your (new?) machine. 

[ChristianWood]

Yes, this is a different computer, as the ones I was using before were in the university library, I was using those computers as I was getting this error, and thought I'd get the work done there, but with this virus being around I can't work there anymore. I have just tried serial, and I'm getting the same errors.

[ChristianWood]

When fluent opens, and gives those errors in the console. I try and interact with the software, and I get the message "there is no active application"

 

[Keyur Kanade]

from meshing export .msh file for fluent. 

then try to open standalone fluent and read .msh file. use serial mode. 

please try this and let us know. 

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Keyur

 

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[Keyur Kanade]

also try on simple flow through pipe  or similar example which will give idea if it is installation issue or mesh issue or solver issue. 

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Keyur

 

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[ChristianWood]

In the past I have tried simple examples, such as a 2 flat plate and a 3d flat plate, and have gotten the same error both times. I am sorry for the quality of the picture, I took it at the time and don't have the saved file anymore. At the time I tried both serial and parallel, to see if it would make a difference.

[Keyur Kanade]

did you try standalone fluent? 

from meshing export .msh file for fluent. 

then try to open standalone fluent and read .msh file. use serial mode. 

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Keyur

 

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[ChristianWood]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean standalone fluent, I can only access Fluent through the workbench, if I search fluent in windows, nothing comes up.

[Rob]

There's not an icon in Start for some reason. Launch fluent.exe from

C:Program FilesANSYS Incv201fluentntbinwin64

You should be able to open Fluent and then read in the mesh. That'll help understand if it's the model or the solver install (or the hardware). 

[ChristianWood]

followed your instructions, had a slightly different path, mine was:
C:program filesansysansys inc ansys student v194fluentntbinwin64

and once I'd opened fluent, the above error came out

[Keyur Kanade]

if you have tried a simple cube or flow in a pipe example and if it is working then it may be a installation issue. 

can you please uninstall and reinstall 2020R1. 

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Keyur

 

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[ChristianWood]

I have now reinstalled ansys student, I believe I've done it properly, and I am now getting this error

this is from the fluent console

 

[Keyur Kanade]

this must be installation issue. I am moving this to installation and licensing category to get better response. 

 

[ChristianWood]

When I was installing the software, I got a message from my Anti Virus (bull guard) that it had quarantined some software, I looking into this and it was an ansys program, I released it, then got the above error. Does this information help?

[Rob]

Possibly, can you try the install with the anti-virus turned off? 

[ChristianWood]

reinstalled the software with my anti-virus and firewall disabled, and I'm still getting the above error

[tsiriaks]

Open CMD Prompt and issue the following command

"%awp_root194%fluentntbinwin64fluent.exe" 3d -g -t0

do you get the same issue ?

If so, there is still something on the machine that prevent the socket connection. When you reinstall, did you completely delete this C:program filesansys  folder before installing it again ?