Ansyswbu.exe Encountered A Problem. A Diagnostic File Has Been Written -

Ensure you are using the latest "Enterprise" or "Workstation" drivers if you have an NVIDIA Quadro or AMD Radeon Pro card.

The Mechanical interface is graphically intensive. Incompatibility with your GPU drivers is the #1 cause of "ansyswbu.exe" crashes.

If you are working in ANSYS Workbench and suddenly see a popup stating you aren't alone. This is a generic crash error for the Mechanical application (ansyswbu.exe). It essentially means the software stopped unexpectedly, often leaving behind a .dmp or .log file in your project folder. 1. Clear Your Temporary Files Ensure you are using the latest "Enterprise" or

Sometimes the saved "view" or window layout of Mechanical gets corrupted.

If you are on a laptop with dual graphics (Intel + NVIDIA), go to Windows Graphics Settings and force ansyswbu.exe to run on the "High Performance" GPU. If you are working in ANSYS Workbench and

In Workbench, right-click on the Model or Results cell of your system and select Reset Setup . Note that this might revert some local display settings, but it often bypasses the crash. 4. Space and Permissions Issues

Also check AppData\Roaming\Ansys\vXXX (where XXX is your version) and consider renaming the version folder to vXXX_old to reset your user preferences. 2. Graphics Card Drivers and Hardware Acceleration your installation might be corrupted.

If the crash happens immediately upon opening any project (even a blank one), your installation might be corrupted.