{"id":160574,"date":"2021-07-21T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-tell-how-many-threads-a-person-can-use-in-ansys\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:36:09","slug":"how-do-i-tell-how-many-threads-a-person-can-use-in-ansys","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-do-i-tell-how-many-threads-a-person-can-use-in-ansys\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I tell how many threads a person can use in Ansys?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve had a user ask <\/p>\n<p>&quot;How many parallel solver processes can we use with the current ANSYS license?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>I think he means that he needs to know how many threads he configure Ansys to use when running a simulation. I got an answer from Ansys support that there are &quot;4 cores per solver&quot;, which doesn&#039;t really mean anything, unless it means that each solver (Ansys, FLUENT, etc.) can only use 4 cores. Perhaps it was really meant that you can request 4 cores per solver license (that is, if you ask for 16 threads, you&#039;ll use for solver licenses), but that&#039;s not what it says. <\/p>\n<p>Can someone clarify how I can determine the number of threads a user can use when running Ansys?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-160574","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I&#039;ve had a user ask &quot;How many parallel solver processes can we use with the current ANSYS license?&quot;I think he means that he needs to know how many threads he configure Ansys to use when running a simulation. 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