Licensing error while opening ANSYS Mechanical

- July 30, 2018 at 7:36 pm
  
  ashish35
  Subscriber
  
  Hello,
  
  I have got hybrid product license pack for ANSYS 19.1. Everything runs smooth with the software, however, once in a while, I get a licensing error message saying "The shared license is not available to perform Geometry Attach operation" while trying to load up the imported geometry in ANSYS Mechanical. Once I get this error, I would not be able to open ANSYS Mechanical throughout the day. Would be really helpful if I get to run this feature throughout the license period without any obstruction.
  
  Thank you,
  
  Ashish
- July 30, 2018 at 9:17 pm
  
  tsiriaks
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Ashish,
  
  That error message would appear when there is another operation going on that won't allow the license to be shared , such as meshing or solving, etc.
  
  Please check if there is such operation running anywhere.
  
  One remedy to this issue is to set to use a 'separate license' Note: This option should be used only if you have many tasks of a license. If you have only one task of each license, do not use this as this settings would consume more licenses, than the default setting to try to share the license.
  
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  Try this
  
  Close all ANSYS applications.
  
  Open CMD Prompt then use the following entire command including the quotation marks (but make sure to change your installation path accordingly)
  
  "C:Program FilesANSYS Incv191commonfilestoolswinx64ansyslm_relutil" -userprefs
  
  This should launch the 'License Preferences' GUI.
  
  On the bottom left, select 'Use a separate license for each application' > OK
  
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  Thank you,
  
  Win
- August 11, 2018 at 8:52 pm
  
  ashish35
  Subscriber
  
  Dear Win,
  
  Thank you so much. This is resolved now.
  
  Best,
  
  Ashish