Older workstations that cannot handle the resource-heavy requirements of ANSYS 2023 or 2024.
Simulation software is complex and prone to bugs. Official license holders have access to technical support, documentation, and patches. Users of the "ssq" version are operating in a vacuum; if the simulation crashes or produces erroneous results (which can happen due to the cracking process itself), there is no recourse for support. Furthermore, version 17.0 is now legacy software; modern engineering relies on newer versions that the user cannot access legally without a valid license. ansysproducts170winx64ssq
: Follow the prompts to accept the license agreement. version 17.0 is now legacy software