ANSYS - updates per Wenyang Zhang

Author: susanunit

docs/software/ansys.md

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 # ANSYS at TACC
-*Last update: June 12, 2024*
+*Last update: January 05, 2026*
 
 <!-- ![ANSYS logo](../imgs/ansys-logo.png){ .align-right width="250" } -->
 <img src="../imgs/ansys-logo.png" width="250" alt="ANSYS logo" class="align-right">
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 ## Installations
 
-ANSYS is currently installed under `/home1/apps/ANSYS` on TACC's Frontera and Stampede3, and `/scratch/tacc/apps/ANSYS` on TACC's Lonestar6 resources. Installations on Frontera and Stampede3 include the main components: Structures, Fluids, Electronics and LS-Dyna. However, installations on Lonestar6 only include Structures, Fluids and LS-Dyna. Electronics is not included since it is not supported on LS6’s operating system. All packages are installed under the default locations based on the ANSYS naming convention. Table 
+ANSYS is currently installed under `/home1/apps/ANSYS` on TACC's Frontera and Stampede3, and `/scratch/tacc/apps/ANSYS` on TACC's Lonestar6 resources. Installations include the main components: Structures, Fluids, Electronics and LS-Dyna.  All packages are installed under the default locations based on the ANSYS naming convention. Table 
 
 
 ### Table 1. Installations at TACC { #table1 }
 
 Resource | ANSYS Version |Components |Location
 --- | --- | --- | ---
-Frontera | 2023R2 | Structures, Fluids, Electronics, LS-Dyna | <code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/v232</code><br><code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/AnsysEM</code>
-Stampede3 | 2024R1 | Structures, Fluids, LS-Dyna | <code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2024R1/v241</code>
-Lonestar6 | 2023R2 | Structures, Fluids, LS-Dyna | <code>/scratch/tacc/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/v232</code>
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+Frontera  | 2023R2 | Structures, Fluids, Electronics, LS-Dyna | <code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/v232</code><br><code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/AnsysEM</code>
+Stampede3 | 2024R2 | Structures, Fluids, Electronics, LS-Dyna | <code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2024R2/v242</code><br><code>/home1/apps/ANSYS/2024R2/AnsysEM</code>
+Lonestar6 | 2024R2 | Structures, Fluids, Electronics, LS-Dyna | <code>/scratch/tacc/apps/ANSYS/2024R2/v242</code><br><code>/scratch/tacc/apps/ANSYS/2024R2/AnsysEM</code>
 
 
 ## Running ANSYS { #running }
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 $ module help ansys
 ```
 
-Launch the ANSYS GUI within the VNC session:
+Launch the Mechanical ANSYS GUI within the VNC session:
 
 ``` cmd-line
 $ /home1/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/v232/ansys/bin/launcher232
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 ### Batch Mode { #running-batch }
 
-You can also submit your ANSYS job to the batch nodes (compute nodes) on TACC resources. To do so, first make sure that the ANSYS module has been loaded, and then launch your ANSYS programs as shown in the sample Frontera job script below.
+You can also submit your ANSYS job to the batch nodes (compute nodes) on TACC resources. To do so, first make sure that the ANSYS module has been loaded, and then launch your ANSYS programs as shown in the sample Frontera job script below  (note: only works for ANSYS Mechanical APDL).
+
 
 ``` job-script
 #!/bin/bash
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 		&lt; "$MY_JOB_DIR/Ansys_test_input.txt" &gt; "$MY_JOB_DIR/Ansys_test_output.out"
 ```
 
-To obtain the correct `Your-ANSYS-COMMAND-HERE`, launch the ANSYS GUI used in interactive mode. Here, we use the ANSYS Mechanical APDL as an example. After entering the correct *Working directory*, *Job Name*, *Input File*, *Output File*, and *Number of Processors*, you can click Tools and then Display Command Line to get the complete command to run ANSYS jobs in batch mode. No `ibrun` or `mpirun` command is needed for running ANSYS jobs.
+To obtain the correct `Your-ANSYS-COMMAND-HERE`, launch the ANSYS Mechanical GUI used in interactive mode. Here, we use the ANSYS Mechanical APDL as an example. After entering the correct *Working directory*, *Job Name*, *Input File*, *Output File*, and *Number of Processors*, you can click Tools and then Display Command Line to get the complete command to run ANSYS jobs in batch mode. No `ibrun` or `mpirun` command is needed for running ANSYS jobs.
 
 Other ANSYS binaries, e.g. Aqwa, CFX, Fluent, can be found at `/home1/apps/ANSYS/2023R2/v232`.