Readme - Autodesk® CFD 2024.0

June 2023

Release Notes - Read Me file Autodesk® CFD 2024

Autodesk, Inc.

Contents

• Installation Requirements
• Installation Preparation
• Installation Instructions
• Autodesk® CFD 2024 Notes
• Legal Notice

Installation Requirements

• Autodesk® CFD supports the following operating systems:

  • Windows 10

    Note: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2008 are not supported.

• Verify that you have administrator privileges on your local machine to install Autodesk® CFD 2024.

Installation Preparation

Prior to installing Autodesk® CFD 2024, you will need to uninstall any pre-release (Beta) versions of Autodesk® CFD 2024.

To check if an earlier version has previously been installed, open the Control Panel (Start > Control Panel), select Programs and Features, and look for entries titled Autodesk® CFD 2024.

To uninstall an earlier version of Autodesk® CFD 2024:

1. Verify that Autodesk® CFD is not running.
2. Open the Control Panel (Start > Control Panel).
3. Select Programs and Features.
4. Select the entry you want to remove, and click Uninstall/Change to launch the uninstall procedure.
5. Restart the computer to complete the process.

Additionally, you should shut down any CAD systems that are currently open.

Installation Instructions

See the folder called Autodesk Installation found in the Autodesk CFD Installation folder of the Autodesk® CFD Help.

Autodesk® CFD 2024 Notes

To learn more about all the new Autodesk® CFD 2024 functionality, please consult the What's New section in the Help. You can access it by clicking What's New from the Autodesk® CFD Start & Learn tab.

Additional notes:

• If using an IP address instead of the machine name, a host file will be required to map the IP address to the computer name.
• The Manage License option found in the Infocenter login menu is not fully enabled for managing all aspects of the Autodesk® CFD license. To manage solver licenses, as well as to borrow and return licenses, click Licensing on the Start & Learn ribbon tab.
• The Scalable Solver is not available when the User Interface language is set to any of the supported Unicode languages. The workaround for running the Scalable Solver is to change the User Interface to English.
• The motion of solid parts computed with the Motion feature cannot currently be animated. To enable animation, it is necessary to disable graphics optimization. To do this, change the value of the flag "use_optimized_model" to 0 using the Flag Manager.

Legal Notice

Autodesk® CFD, Autodesk® Simulation, Autodesk® Inventor, Autodesk® Fusion 360, Autodesk® Vault, Autodesk® Moldflow Insight, Autodesk® Moldflow Advisor, AutoCAD, and Mechanical Desktop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Thank You

We thank you for your business, and encourage you to use Autodesk® CFD to its fullest. Your feedback is important, and we greatly appreciate your input and feedback about the product.

Respectfully,

Autodesk® CFD Team