Using Virtual Windtunnel How to install to use on Windows computer

cgotsch
cgotsch Altair Community Member
edited September 2021 in Community Q&A

Good Afternoon,

 

I am very new to hyperworks and have recently installed the newest Hyperworks 2019X. I have noticed that there is very little documentation for the new UI of Hyperworks. I understand that it is still in development, but this has been problematic for a number of reasons. 

 

I am trying to use the virtual wind tunnel for speeding up some basic fluid analysis tasks in my workflow. However I seem to be getting an error that says that I can not complete the analysis on a windows computer. The specific error that I get is, 'Local runs are not available on this platform'.

 

When I look at the documentation provided with the software, I see that in the analysis step,

'If you are running VWT on a Linux system with a supported GPU, no further configuration steps are necessary. If you are running VWT on a Windows system, you'll need to have a Linux installation of ultraFluidX available for running the solver. To run the solver from Windows:
  1. Click Export.
  2. Copy the .stl and .xml files that are created in the run directory over to Linux.
  3. Launch the solver by executing the ufxRun script, located in the installation directory at .altair/hwx/bin/linux64/ufx/scripts.
    Use the ufxRun -h option to view the help page.'
 
OK so I need a linux computer, which is very difficult to obtain for me. Also I read on some old forum posts that Ubuntu is not a supported linux version for Hyperworks. 
 
Also when I use the download tool on Altair connect there are no options for a linux install of Virtual Wind Tunnel. 

How am I supposed to use this tool if there is no documentation for how to even get it to run on a standard windows machine, or an install file for a linux machine? 
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  • Bremar_James
    Bremar_James New Altair Community Member
    edited July 2020

    Hi cgotsch,

     

    I am having the same trouble as you, so your not alone.

     

    keen to follow along with this and see the best steps forward.

     

     

  • Stefan Winter
    Stefan Winter Altair Community Member
    edited July 2021

    Hello 

    we have the same issue and won't start to build up Linux support for only one special application. 


    We are looking for the last (stable) Windows version of Windtunnel 2017.2 - but I can't find this version in the download  area . It would be fine if Altair provides this old version for downloading as long as there is no newer Windows version

     

     

     

  • David Tenorio
    David Tenorio Altair Community Member
    edited July 2021

    Hello Stefan, I agree with you. Altair should provide this old version (2017.2). Now I'm having the same problem. I have a windows system and My simulation doesn't run. Also I have other dude: if I install an Ubuntu(Linux) extension in my computer, the program will work well?, it will be the same of a Linux PC?.I'm not sure.  I hope that Altair could help us. 

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