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Black screen issue for CFX-Pre and CFD-Post in 2019R1 and R2 versions

Tagged: 2019 R2, cfx, fluid-dynamics, General, General - CFX, graphics
    • March 17, 2023 at 1:10 pm
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      There is an issue in CFX-Pre and CFD-Post in Ansys 2019 R1 and 2019 R2 when connecting a PC or Virtual Machine remotely with Windows Remote Desktop as shown in the attached picture (note: there have been no reported similar issues for any earlier releases). To resolve the problem, set the following environment variable: QT_OPENGL=desktop

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