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[Elijah Pruett]

For the tutorial on areodynamics of an F SAE car from Ansys courses is it possible to complete with the student software? I can follow the course up to the volume meshing step and then I am forced out of the software due to a licensing issue. My school has access to a full version of Fluent 2020 R1 however I cannot use the provided .sdoc file from the tutorial as it was saved in a version newer than 2020. 

This is the tutorial I am referencing: /courses/index.php/courses/aerodynamics-of-an-fsae-car/

If anyone has access to the geometry in a version that can be opened in Spaceclaim 2020 it would be greatly appreciated if it could be shared with me, thanks 

[Federico]

Hello Elijah, 

what is throwing you out of the course?

[Elijah Pruett]

I am able to follow the tutorial up to lesson 2 and create a surface mesh, however when I create a volume mesh I am unable to save or export it. When I attempt to do so I am given an error "Exiting due to licensing issue." I am able to complete every step in the watertight geometry workflow up until this point with no issue

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[Federico]

What is the cell count? I know there is a 1M cell limit for Fluids with Student licenses

[Elijah Pruett]

When following the tutorial step by step my surface mesh has over 800,000 nodes, when I create the volume  mesh it would go over the 1M limit, that must be why I get the "licensing issue." Strange that would happen as part of the tutorial when it specifically says it is a "student product friendly version" of the course.

[Federico]

I agree with you that this course should be adapted for Fluent capabilities with a student license. I will bring this to the attention of our content creation team.

You may still follow the course through the video and/or slides, or even try to reduce the sizing, as the concepts will remain the same.