(Community Enterprise OS 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.

9)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

(Community Enterprise OS 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

(Professional, Enterprise & Education)
Operating Systems (64-bit)

Windows Server 2019 ***

Windows Server 2016 **

Red Hat Enterprise 7

Red Hat Enterprise 8

Desktop 15 (SP1 & SP2)

Desktop 12 (SP4 & SP5)
Platform Support by Application / Product

Windows 10 *

(7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)

Release 2021 R2

(8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

CentOS 7

CentOS 8
Standard

Standard
Ansys EMIT P P P P P P P P P
Ansys HFSS P P P P P P P P P
Icepak P P P P P P P P P
Electronics Maxwell P P P P P P P P P
Applications Ansys PExprt P P P
Q3D Extractor P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Savant P P P P P P P P P
Ansys SIwave P P P P P P P P P

medini analyze P
Scade Architect P
1 Code generators are qualified/certified on Windows 10 using
Scade Display P1 ** long term service versions (LTSB/LTSC)
Scade LifeCycle P
1 1 Code generators are qualified/certified on Windows 10 using
Scade Suite P ** long term service versions (LTSB/LTSC)
Scade Test P
Embedded Software Speos P P P
& Systems / Optical Speos HPC P P P P P P P P P
Applications Speos for Creo Parametric P
Speos for NX P
Ansys Twin Builder P P P
VRXPerience Data Preparation and VR P
VRXPerience Lighting and Sensors P
VRXPerience Sensors Simulator P P
VRXPerience Sound P
 (Community Enterprise OS 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

(Community Enterprise OS 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

(Professional, Enterprise & Education)
Operating Systems (64-bit)

Windows Server 2019 ***

Windows Server 2016 **

Desktop 15 (SP1 & SP2)

Red Hat Enterprise 7

Red Hat Enterprise 8

Desktop 12 (SP4 & SP5)

Windows 10 *

(7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)

(8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

CentOS 7

CentOS 8
Standard

Standard
3 3 3 3 3 3
Ansys BladeModeler P P P P P P P P P 3 Linux support limited to BladeEditor plug-in

Ansys CFD-Post P P P P P P P P P
Ansys CFX P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Chemkin P P P P P P P P P
4
EnSight P P P P P P P P 4 Also supports macOS 10.14 or higher.

Fluids Ansys FENSAP-ICE P P P P P P P P P

Applications Fluent P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Forte P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Rocky P P
Polyflow P P P P P P P P P
Ansys TurboGrid P P P P P P P P
Ansys Vista TF P P P P P P P

Ansys DesignModeler P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Fluent-Meshing P P P P P P P P P
Geometry & Mesh Prep Ansys ICEM CFD P P P P P P P P P
Applications Ansys Meshing / Extended Meshing P P P P P P P P P
Ansys SpaceClaim Direct Modeler P P P
CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway P P

Granta EduPack P
5
Materials Granta MI Enterprise P P 5 Also supports Windows Server 2012 R2

Applications Granta MI Pro 5 P P 5 Also supports Windows Server 2012 R2

Granta Selector P

6 Also supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Photonics
Lumerical 6 P P P P7 P P P P8 P 7 Also supports RHEL 6.10
Applications 8 Also supports CentOS 6.10
 Applications
Semiconductor

Platform Applications
Simulation Process
Ansys ACT
Ansys Totem

Ansys Viewer
Ansys RaptorH

Ansys RedHawk

Ansys optiSLang
Ansys PowerArtist

Ansys RedHawk-SC

Ansys DesignXplorer
Ansys Minerva (client)
Ansys Minerva (server)
Ansys External Model

Ansys Remote Solve Manager (RSM)

Ansys Exalto, Pharos, RaptorX, VeloceRF

Operating Systems (64-bit)

Windows 10 *

P
P
P
P
P
P
P

(Professional, Enterprise & Education)

Windows Server 2016 **

P
P
P
P
P
P
P

Standard

Windows Server 2019 ***

P
P
P
P
P
P

Standard

Red Hat Enterprise 7

P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

(7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)

Red Hat Enterprise 8

P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

(8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

Desktop 12 (SP4 & SP5)

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

Desktop 15 (SP1 & SP2)

CentOS 7
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

(Community Enterprise OS 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)

CentOS 8
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

(Community Enterprise OS 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

 (Community Enterprise OS 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server &

(Community Enterprise OS 8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

(Professional, Enterprise & Education)
Operating Systems (64-bit)

Windows Server 2019 ***

Windows Server 2016 **

Red Hat Enterprise 7

Red Hat Enterprise 8

Desktop 15 (SP1 & SP2)

Desktop 12 (SP4 & SP5)
Windows 10 *

(7.6, 7.7, 7.8 & 7.9)

(8.1, 8.2 & 8.3)

CentOS 7

CentOS 8
Standard

Standard
Ansys Additive P
Ansys AQWA P P P P9 P9 P9 P9 P9 9 Solver only
9 9 9 9 9 9
Autodyn P P P P P P P P P 9 Solver only

Ansys Composite Cure Simulation P

Ansys Composite PrepPost P P P P P P P
Ansys Explicit STR P P P P P P P P P
9 Solver only
LS-DYNA P P P P10 P10 P9 P9 P10 P10 10 Solver requires modified kernel parameters at runtime for select versions;
parameters available upon request.

Ansys LS-OPT P P P P P P P P P
Structures
Ansys Forming P
Applications
ANSYS LS-PrePost P P P P P P P P P
Ansys LS-TaSC P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Mechanical P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Mechanical APDL P P P P P P P P P
Ansys Material Designer P P P
Ansys Motion P P P
Ansys nCode DesignLife P P P P P P P
Ansys Rigid Body Dynamics P P P P P P P P
Ansys Sherlock Automated Design Analysis P P P

3-D Design Ansys Discovery P

Applications SpaceClaim P P P

License Administration Ansys License Manager P P P P P P P P P

* We support versions of Windows 10 from the Semi-Annual Channel as are avaiable at the time of the Ansys release.
**For SCADE products, code generators are qualified/certified on Windows using long term service versions (LTSB/LTSC).
** Requires HPC pack 2016 update 3
*** Microsoft HPC Pack 2016 (Scheduler and MPI) is not supported for Windows Server 2019.
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