Launching Fluent locally

You can use the launch_fluent() method to start Fluent from Python in gRPC mode. The following code starts Fluent in the background and sends commands to this service.

import ansys.fluent.core as pyfluent
solver_session = pyfluent.launch_fluent(mode="solver")

Launcher options

The following examples shows different ways that you can launch Fluent locally. For more information, see launch_fluent().

Solver mode

This example shows how you launch Fluent in solution mode:

solver_session = pyfluent.launch_fluent(mode="solver")

Meshing mode

This example shows how you launch Fluent in meshing mode:

meshing_session = pyfluent.launch_fluent(mode="meshing")

Precision

This example shows how you launch Fluent in solution mode and set the floating point precision:

solver_session = pyfluent.launch_fluent(precision='double', mode="solver")

Dimension

This example shows how you launch Fluent in solution mode and also set the modeling dimension:

solver_session = pyfluent.launch_fluent(precision='double', version='2d', mode="solver")

Number of processors

This example shows how you launch fluent in solution mode and also set the number of processors:

solver_session = pyfluent.launch_fluent(precision='double', version='2d', processor_count=2, mode="solver")