Getting started

To run PyFluent-Visualization, you must have a licensed copy of Ansys Fluent installed locally. PyFluent-Visualization supports Ansys Fluent 2022 R2 and later.

For more information on Fluent, visit the Fluent page on the Ansys website.

Install package

The ansys-fluent-visualization package supports Python 3.10 through Python 3.13 on Windows and Linux.

Install the latest release from PyPi with:

pip install ansys-fluent-visualization

Alternatively, install the latest version from the GitHub with:

pip install git+https://github.com/ansys/pyfluent-visualization.git

If you plan on doing local development of PyFluent-Visualization with Git, install with:

git clone https://github.com/ansys/pyfluent-visualization.git
cd pyfluent-visualization
pip install -e .

Any changes that you make locally are reflected in your setup after you restart the Python kernel.

Note

PyFluent-Visualization seamlessly integrates with PyVista, Matplotlib and Plotly. Additionally, it offers flexibility to integrate other data visualization tools.