{"id":394130,"date":"2024-11-15T21:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cfd-post-initialization-error\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T21:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T21:14:47","slug":"cfd-post-initialization-error","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cfd-post-initialization-error\/","title":{"rendered":"CFD Post Initialization Error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; margin: 0px;&#8221; data-olk-copy-source=&#8221;MessageBody&#8221;&gt;After installing ANSYS 2023R2 on a new workstation, there is an error that pops up when trying to open CFD post, as shown below. The previous simulation results file (.cst) is also unusable and does not include any of the data files, contours, or plots\/lines created. 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