EnSight is a visualization and animation program for programs in the field of fluid mechanics and structural mechanics. It can process result data from the following programs available at the computer center, among others: ABAQUS, ANSYS, MD Nastran, FLUENT, and STAR-CD. In addition, there are a number of other formats that can be read by EnSight.

EnSight consists of a client and a server part. Both parts are available on all common operating systems.

ANSYS Ensight can be found in the ANSYS installation files (ISOs, FLUIDS or FLUIDSTRUCTURES) in which Ensight is included (see above under Installation Instructions).

Academic Usage

For Program(s) which contain the terms Academic, Associate, Research, EduPack or Teaching in the Program Name (hereinafter, “Academic Program(s)”), the following terms shall apply:

1. The analysis work performed with the Academic Program(s) must be non-proprietary work.
2. Licensee and its Contract Users must be or be affiliated with an academic facility. In addition to its employees and Contract Users, Licensee may permit individuals who are students at such academic facility to access and use the Academic Program(s). Such students will be considered Contract Users of Licensee.
3. The Academic Program(s) may not be used for competitive analysis (such as benchmarking) or for any commercial activity, including consulting.
4. Notwithstanding any terms of the Agreement to the contrary, Academic Program(s) may be accessed and used by Licensee at the Designated Site or any other location within a 50 mile/80 kilometer radius of the Designated Site. Academic Program(s) with Ansys Academic Multiphysics Campus Solutions and/or Academic Extended LAN in place (as may be identified in the License Form or Quotation) may be accessed and used by Licensee at the Designated Site or any other location within the same country as the Designated Site; provided, however, that (i) such access and use is and shall remain subject to Export Laws, (ii) Licensee is expressly prohibited from accessing or using the Academic Program(s) at or within any U.S. embargoed country or area; and (iii) access and use of the Academic Program(s) shall be limited to Licensee’s employees and Contract Users (including students) who are based and/or registered to attend classes at the Designated Site. Such limitations apply to any access and/or use of the Academic Program(s), including, but not limited to, access via a VPN connection or through license borrowing.
5. TECS for the Academic Program(s) will be provided at the sole discretion of Licensor and/or its Affiliates and/or Channel Partners. In the event TECS is provided, all Customer Support requests must be initiated via the Ansys Learning Forum at www.ansys.com/forum, and Section 9 TECS of the Agreement shall apply.

Academic Program(s) which contain the term "Associate" in the Program Name may only be used for non-proprietary industry related research, degree and/or non-degree related research, student instruction, student projects, and student demonstrations.

Academic Program(s) which contain the term "Research" in the Program Name may only be used for non-proprietary degree and/or non-degree related research, student instruction, student projects, and student demonstrations.

Academic Program(s) which contain the term "Teaching" or “EduPack” in the Program Name as well as any free student downloads may only be used for student instruction, student projects, and student demonstrations.

Academic Program(s) which contain the term “Academic” or “Tools” but do not contain the terms "Associate", "Research", “EduPack” or "Teaching" in the Program Name assume the terms of use of the Academic Program(s) it is used with. When used as a standalone program, or if the Program(s) are not associated with any other Academic Program(s), the Program may only be used for degree and/or non-degree related research, student instruction, student projects, and student demonstrations.

Academic Program(s) which contain the term "Campus Solution" in the Program name contain combinations of Academic Research and Academic Teaching Products, and as such each of these component products must be used in accordance with the Academic Research & Academic Teaching terms of use described above. 

Where Licensee is using the Academic Program(s) for research projects, Licensee will, if requested by Licensor, submit a Case Study prior to the end of the License Term.  The Case Study will be in English, contain a title and an abstract, and include: (1) the purpose of the study; (2) the approach used to conduct the study; (3) the results obtained; (4) the conclusion as to the results obtained versus the objective of the study; (5) how the Academic Program(s) contributed to the study; (6) three color graphics of the model and meshes; and (7) the Academic Program(s) input files or session log file.

KIT members can download the software and the installation manual directly from our ftp server
https://ftp.scc.kit.edu/pub/campus/ANSYS/.

From the campus network you can also download directly via
CIFS: \\sccfs.scc.kit.edu\Service\SCC\sccfs-ftp\pub\campus resp.
NFS: sccfs.scc.kit.edu:/Service/SCC/sccfs-ftp/pub/campus.

The following directories contain the corresponding installation files in ISO, TAR, or ZIP format:

LINX64 ................... Linux, 64 Bit
WIN64 .................... Windows, 64 bit

A 32 bit version is no longer available.

In the Documentation directory you will find, among other things, the installation manual and the release notes (in ZIP format):

Some tutorials can be found in the Tutorials directory.

Proceed as follows:

1. Download the ISO, TAR or ZIP files from the appropriate directory.
2. Unpack or mount each of the packages in a separate folder. Under Windows you can mount IOS files e.g. with the program Virtual Clone Drive.
3. Then start the setup.exe file under Windows. In the installation window that opens, first install the "Required Prerequisites", and then the ANSYS products.
   Under Linux enter INSTALL -noroot. Do not install a local license manager.
4. After the installation, a window appears where you have to specify the license server. Here you enter
   at SERVER : 10550@scclic4.scc.kit.edu
   for ANSLI_SERVERS : 2325@scclic4.scc.kit.edu
5. You can also add the two lines afterwards in the shared-files/licensing or shared-files/licensing subdirectory in the ansyslmd.ini file:
   SERVER=10550@scclic4.scc.kit.edu
   ANSYSLI_SERVERS=2325@scclic4.scc.kit.edu