Problem since updation 2024 R1

[javilanja]

Hello. I have a problem with pyansys since I updated Ansys to 2024 R1 version. Previously, I had python 3.11 and pyansys working with ansys 2023 succesfully. But now, when I run the script I get an error I don't know how fix it.
The message is the following:

CRITICAL - pymapdl_global -  logging - handle_exception - Uncaught exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\OneDrive - UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA\UNIVERSIDAD\3 Doctorado\CodigoDeteriorioFEM\SensorSyntheticScriptPYANSYSFEM3D.py", line 74, in <module>
   Tinit=processPyAnsys.calculateStateIni(rho, K_t, c_sh, epsilon, width, length, -z_e, T_a, T_e,elemsize, "StaticAnalysis_v1_SensorInit",directory)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\OneDrive - UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA\UNIVERSIDAD\3 Doctorado\CodigoDeteriorioFEM\resources\functions.py", line 276, in calculateStateIni
   mapdl = launch_mapdl()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py", line 1634, in launch_mapdl
   raise exception
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py", line 1605, in launch_mapdl
   port, actual_run_location, process = launch_grpc(
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py", line 513, in launch_grpc
   process = subprocess.Popen(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
   self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
 File "C:\Users\Javi_\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
   hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Process finished with exit code 1

I've tried reinstalling python and pyansys and it doesn't works. Any idea? Thanks.

[RobPasMue]

Hi @javilanja - this seems to me to be a PyMAPDL issue. Let me redirect this discussion to that repo. Pinging @germa89 and @clatapie for assistance to this user

[RobPasMue]

BTW... Seems to me like a certain expected file is not available. @javilanja - you mentioned that you installed Ansys 24R1, right? Is it the student version?

[clatapie]

Hi @javilanja,
Thank you for having reported the issue you're encountering.
Could you tell us which PyMAPDL version and which OS you're using please?

[germa89]

Please @javilanja, can you please:

1. Post here the output from python -c "from ansys.mapdl import core as pymapdl; print(pymapdl.Report())"
2. Also, please try to replicate it with a minimum working example, for instance create a python script with the following content:

from ansys.mapdl.core import LOG

LOG.setLevel("DEBUG")
LOG.log_to_file("mylog.log")

from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl

mapdl = launch_mapdl(loglevel="DEBUG")
mapdl.prep7()
mapdl.exit()

this will generate a file called mylog.log please share in here too.