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ERROR - Unable to open Discovery through Workbench
Authored by Aaron Schedlin August 9th, 2024 707 views 0 likes KB2716895
ERROR
You receive a license error when trying to open Discovery by right clicking the geometry in Workbench.
Request name disco_level2 does not exist in the licensing pool.
No such feature exists.
Feature: disco_level2
License path: 1055@LicenseServer
FlexNet Licensing error;-5,147
Software & Version
Workbench 2023R2
*This example was taken from this version but is not necessarily limited to this version.
Description/Cause
In this case, a simulation license is set in Discovery licensing settings and there is no simulation license available.
*The cause(s)/solution(s) we identified in this documented instance may not be the only cause(s)/solution(s) for this error.
Solution
- Launch Discovery standalone
- Launch Settings>Advanced and set Discovery license to Ansys Discovery Modeling
- Close Discovery, launch Workbench and attempt to open Discovery by right clicking the geometry