Introduction

This software requires you to either be on the Virginia Tech campus network or connected to the VPN in order to access the license server. Please ensure you are either on the Virginia Tech network or have installed and enabled the VPN by following the instructions at Downloading, Installing and Connecting to Remote Access VPN in Windows prior to installing and using ANSYS.

Instructions

1. Access Network Software and login using your VT Username (PID) and password. Then, click ANSYS Software from the list to expand it. There are three disks that will be necessary to install ANSYS. Begin by clicking ANSYS V2025R1 for Windows from the list.
2. After accepting the licensing terms, make note of the License Server Hostname and License Server Port, which will be used during installation, and then click Download to begin the download.
   
3. Once the download is complete, locate the file in your Downloads folder, then right-click ANSYS2025R1_WINX64.zip and select Extract All...
   
4. In the Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders window, ensure that Show extracted files when complete is checked, and then click Extract
   
5. Once extraction is complete, a new window will open with the ANSYS installation ISOs. Right click on ANSYS2025R1_WINX64_DISK1.iso and then click Mount
   
6. Scroll down in the window that opens and double-click setup.
   
7. In the Ansys Installation Launcher window, click Install Ansys Products to start the Ansys installer.
   
8. When the installer opens, read through the licensing terms, click I Agree, and then click Next.
9. Leave the default installation directory and click Next.
10. Leave the default installation options and click Next.
11. On the next screen, leave Yes, automatically configure my interfaces selected and click Next.
    NOTE: If the Yes, automatically configure my interfaces option is **greyed out**, it likely means you are not connected to the Pulse Secure VPN or on a campus network. Instructions for connecting to the VPN can be found at Downloading, Installing and Connecting to Remote Access VPN in Windows.
    
12. Click Next on the following screen.
13. For the AVxcelerate Seosors screen, the Electromagnetics Suite screen, the Firewall settings screens, and the Speos Libraries screen, leave the default options selected and click Next on each page to proceed.
14. Now, click Next to start the installation.
15. During the installation, you will be asked for the location of Disk #2. When this happens, open the File Explorer and click This PC in the left column. Then, right-click the DVD Drive labeled ANSYS2025R1 and click Eject.
    
16. Now, return to your downloads folder, then right-click ANSYS2025R1_WINX64_Disk2 and click Mount to mount Disk two.
    
17. Next, go back to the ANSYS Installer and click OK to continue the installation.
    
18. When asked for the next disk, repeat steps 15, 16, and 17 for the remaining disks.
19. When the installation completes, click Exit to close the installer and open the Licensing Settings window.
20. In the Licensing Settings window, click Enabled,then enter the port number and hostname from step 2 into the Port and Server 1 fields. Click Save to save these settings.