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  3. Where are ANSYS fonts stored on Windows and UNIX? In ANSYS MAPDL, under “Utility Menu > MenuCtrls > Font Selection…”, users may change the fonts used in the ANSYS GUI. However, where are these fonts stored on Windows and UNIX?

Where are ANSYS fonts stored on Windows and UNIX? In ANSYS MAPDL, under “Utility Menu > MenuCtrls > Font Selection…”, users may change the fonts used in the ANSYS GUI. However, where are these fonts stored on Windows and UNIX?

Tagged: 17, General, mechanical-apdl, structural-mechanics
    • April 5, 2023 at 2:31 pm
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      Regarding font settings, these are saved in the following location on Windows: C:Program FilesANSYS Incv170commonfilesFonts On Unix: ~/.ansys/ansys17.0/ansys17.0.reg Replace the version number as necessary. For older versions of ANSYS (v8.1), the locations for Windows is: Windows registry [HKEY_USERSxxxxxSoftwareAnsys, Inc.ANSYSANSYS 8.1GUIFontsuserFonts] On UNIX: ~/.ansys/ansys8.1/ansys8.1.reg

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