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[GiulioValerio]

Hi, i have problems to open a dbs file with ansys 2021 R1, a message Geometry interface not found appears. It is a problem of license or i am opening the file in the wrong way?n

[Matt Madore]

Array Are you running Ansys Student? If so, you would only have access to STEP and IGES files, and Parasolid natively within DesignModeler.nIf you look in your %TEMP%\.ansys directory there will be log files that will give more information if this is in fact due to a lack of license.n

[GiulioValerio]

Hi, nThank you for your answer.nYes i am running Ansys Student, im sorry but i have no idea where to look for %TEMP%\.ansys, i found the lincenses.chromium, i dont know if its the same thing.n

[Matt Madore]

Open a file explorer window and enter %TEMP%\.ansys in the address bar.n

[GiulioValerio]

I have a list of AddinTemplates, can i upload a screenshot of that?n

[GiulioValerio]

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[Matt Madore]

That's not right. nn

[GiulioValerio]

Sorry for my ignorancenn

[Matt Madore]

Please share the full contents of the licdebug.DESIGNMODELER.211.out and licdebug.FEAT_ADVANCED_MESHING.211.outn

[GiulioValerio]

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[Matt Madore]

The .dbs file you're trying to import, into which application are you trying to import it? n

[GiulioValerio]

I have to see the geometry, i am running Fluid Flow (Fluent), then geometry and Spaceclaim because i saw that it supports dbs files.n

[Matt Madore]

It appears the Gambit Reader was discontinued as of Release 2020R1.n

[GiulioValerio]

The Professor sent me this file. I have to tell him to convert it in another formatnThank younHave a nice dayn

[Rob]

Assuming he has an older version of Workbench it'll read into DesignModeler and he can then export the agdb file (DM format) for you to use. I'd suggest he exports Step as that's also recognised by CAD and he can check it's valid. Note, the old Gambit reader won't pick up mesh or virtual geometry settings. n