I cannot export any designs since 25r2

[MagnusAAberg]

Hi,

After updating to ansys 25r2 it seems that I can not export any designs anymore. I am using a script with Discovery as backend and the script was working perfectly fine a couple of weeks ago.

Now when I run the script, everything about the design is created perfectly inside Discovery, however when I try to export the design in anyformat i get a file not found error.

for instance:

design.export_to_scdocx()

gives an error that the following file does not exist:

C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Temp\ba83427d-8c33-4313-9e71-a61e9b648a6f.scdocx

when investigating in the temp folder I see that i get a parasolid file instead

C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Temp\ba83427d-8c33-4313-9e71-a61e9b648a6f.x_b

this is true for all formats that i tried (even parasolid fails).

checking in

modeler.get_service_logs()

i see this

Checking CCM for C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Temp\ebb06cc4-2f51-46d6-900f-4e004bb14901.x_b
Checking CCM for C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Temp\ebb06cc4-2f51-46d6-900f-4e004bb14901.x_b
SCDM Translator directory is set to:C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v252\commonfiles\CAD\SpatialApiServer

and i noticed that the folder C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v252\commonfiles\CAD\SpatialApiServer does not exist

what is going on here, and how can i fix it ?

[RobPasMue]

Hi @MagnusAAberg - thanks for reaching out!

Quick question, could you clarify with PyAnsys Geometry version you are using?

You can find this by running python -c "from ansys.geometry.core import __version__; print(__version__)"

Pinging @b-matteo @smereu for visibility. This might require investigation

[MagnusAAberg]

Hi, and thanks for answering.

I have 6 conda environments where i have tried using 0.11.2 and down from that (all were releases from 2025 i think).

I get the same error for each one

[b-matteo]

Hi @MagnusAAberg, @RobPasMue

thank you for reaching out.

I could reproduce this issue and there's a fix undergoing in the backend.

Quick note about the scdocx format though : exporting to scdocx format is no longer available from Discovery 2025 R2 version on. Please note that SpaceClaim is able to open dsco files. Physics data would be lost at save but since you're aiming to save in scdocx, i assume physics isn't a concern.

[RobPasMue]

Let's do something... can you give it a try to design.save(file_location=".")?

This will try to save the file in the location specified.. it uses a different path to the download/export API but since you are using Discovery, and it is on the same machine, this might work! =)

[RobPasMue]

file_location has to be a folder though! Not the file name =)

[MagnusAAberg]

design.save(file_location=".")

gives Path cannot be the empty string or all whitespace.

cwd = os.getcwd() design.save(file_location=cwd)

gives One or more errors occurred

the log does not give me anything that I immediately can grasp

[MagnusAAberg]

hi @RobPasMue, would changing backend to geometry service fix the problem ?

Is there any Api functionality in pyansys geometry to send "Discovery scripting" as raw text to Discovery ?

[RobPasMue]

If you use the Geometry Service as the backend, you will not face these issues. However, be aware that Ansys Discovery and the Ansys Geometry Service are not the same. The latter is a headless CAD service developed by Ansys =)

Sending Discovery scripting to Ansys Discovery can be done from the modeler using the run_discovery_script_file method