Publish on conda

[PProfizi]

Description of the feature

Many users go through conda to install PyAnsys libraries.
We would benefit greatly in terms of exposure by publishing to conda-forge.

Steps for implementing the feature

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/user-guide/tutorials/build-pkgs.html

Note the need to depend on the openblas version of numpy as DPF is not compatible with the numpy-mkl flavor which is the default on conda.
https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/resources/package-spec.html#build-version-spec

Useful links and references

https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/user-guide/tutorials/index.html

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[PProfizi]

hey @moe-ad, would you happen to have experience in creating conda packages?

[moe-ad]

https://www.anaconda.com/docs/tools/anaconda-org/user-guide/packages/conda-packages contains all of the information needed (not accessible on an Ansys laptop).

[PProfizi]

@moe-ad FYI I put in the issue description a link we have access to for the doc for building conda packages

[PProfizi]

The question for you @moe-ad is what we have on the pyansys side related to publishing and login as described here https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/user-guide/tutorials/build-pkgs.html#optional-uploading-new-packages-to-anaconda-org