Launcher

Various PyMAPDL specific launcher commands. Most of these commands are called from the library `ansys-tools-common.path <ansys_tools_common_>`_.

launch_mapdl([exec_file, run_location, ...])	Launch MAPDL or connect to existing instance.
launch_mapdl_process([exec_file, ...])	Launch MAPDL process and return connection info without creating client.
close_all_local_instances([port_range])	Close all MAPDL instances within a port_range.
stop([port, pid, all])	Stop MAPDL instances running on a given port or with a given process ID.

Note

stop() is also exposed at the top level of the package as stop_mapdl(), for consistency with launch_mapdl().

stop_mapdl([port, pid, all])

Stop MAPDL instances running on a given port or with a given process ID.

ansys-tools-common.path functions

change_default_ansys_path(exe_loc)	Deprecated.
find_mapdl([version, supported_versions])	Search for the Ansys MAPDL path within the standard install location.
save_ansys_path([exe_loc, allow_prompt])	Deprecated.
get_available_ansys_installations([...])	Get a dictionary of available Ansys unified installation versions with their base paths.