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[Alessandro Pelletti]

Hi I'm currently running windows 11 using parallels 19 on a M1 MacBook Air (16GB of RAM and 8 core CPU). I installed Ansys student 2023 R2 on it and the workbench is working fine. The fact is that opening MAPDL through MAPDL launcher is not working. it starts opening MAPDL, but after it opens the command prompt for a second, then it closes and after nothing happens. Also opening APDL from its application gives the same error. Can you please help me?
Thank you in advance

This is the error I got:

/COM,ANSYS RELEASE 2023 R2 BUILD 23.2 UP20230531 21:35:36

*** ERROR *** CP = 0.125 TIME= 21:35:38
An unexpected error ( SIG$ILL ) has occurred... MAPDL internal data
has been corrupted. MAPDL is unable to recover and will terminate.
Previously saved files are unaffected. Please send the data leading
to this operation to your technical support provider, as this will
allow ANSYS, Inc to improve the program.

*** ERROR *** CP = 0.219 TIME= 21:35:38
An unexpected error ( SIG$SEGV ) has occurred... MAPDL internal data
has been corrupted. MAPDL is unable to recover and will terminate.
Previously saved files are unaffected. Please send the data leading
to this operation to your technical support provider, as this will
allow ANSYS, Inc to improve the program.

[George Karnos]

MAPDl is not supported on an ARM CPU.

That being said, some people have gotten it to work.
You can search the forum for posts that may have more ideas, such as:
/forum/forums/topic/i-am-using-macbook-pro-with-m1chip-how-can-i-install-or-any-other-ways-to-use-ansys/

[agujrathi3]

I get the same error running a basic Static Structural simulation in WB Mechanical. I have the exact same specs on my laptop. I have been able to use Ansys in the past though. It's worked as recently as September. Is there a workaround to this?