Merge branch 'main' into release/0.62

Author: germa89

requirements/requirements_docs.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Sphinx==4.5.0
 ansys-mapdl-reader==0.51.14
 imageio-ffmpeg==0.4.7
-imageio==2.19.2
+imageio==2.19.3
 jupyter_sphinx==0.3.2
 jupyterlab>=3.2.8
 matplotlib==3.5.2

src/ansys/mapdl/core/launcher.py

@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@
 import time
 import warnings
 
-import ansys.platform.instancemanagement as pypim
+try:
+    import ansys.platform.instancemanagement as pypim
+
+    _HAS_PIM = True
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
+    _HAS_PIM = False
+
 import appdirs
 
 from ansys.mapdl import core as pymapdl
@@ -547,6 +553,11 @@ def launch_remote_mapdl(
     ansys.mapdl.core.mapdl._MapdlCore
         An instance of Mapdl.
     """
+    if not _HAS_PIM:  # pragma: no cover
+        raise ModuleNotFoundError(
+            "The package 'ansys-platform-instancemanagement' is required to use this function."
+        )
+
     pim = pypim.connect()
     instance = pim.create_instance(product_name="mapdl", product_version=version)
     instance.wait_for_ready()
@@ -1249,7 +1260,7 @@ def launch_mapdl(
 
     # Start MAPDL with PyPIM if the environment is configured for it
     # and the user did not pass a directive on how to launch it.
-    if pypim.is_configured() and exec_file is None:
+    if _HAS_PIM and exec_file is None and pypim.is_configured():
         LOG.info("Starting MAPDL remotely. The startup configuration will be ignored.")
         return launch_remote_mapdl(cleanup_on_exit=cleanup_on_exit)
 

src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl.py

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._ignore_errors = False
         self._print_com = print_com  # print the command /COM input.
         self._cached_routine = None
+        self._geometry = None
 
         # Setting up loggers
         self._log = logger.add_instance_logger(
@@ -619,10 +620,11 @@ def geometry(self):
         >>> mapdl.geometry.line_select([3, 4, 5], sel_type='R')
 
         """
+        if self._geometry == None:
+            self._geometry = self._create_geometry()
         return self._geometry
 
-    @property
-    def _geometry(self):  # pragma: no cover
+    def _create_geometry(self):  # pragma: no cover
         """Return geometry cache"""
         from ansys.mapdl.core.mapdl_geometry import Geometry
 

src/ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl_grpc.py

@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ def _reset_cache(self):
         if self._mesh_rep is not None:
             self._mesh_rep._reset_cache()
 
-        if self.geometry is not None:
+        if self._geometry is not None:
             self._geometry._reset_cache()
 
     @property