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How do I install RADCAD to run Ansys Thermal Desktop?

You may run into an error message when launching Ansys Thermal Desktop for the first time indicating that RADCAD is not installed or is missing. If this is occurring, you might also notice that there are no Thermal Desktop task bars when opening AutoCAD.

In this case, you may have installed TD before you installed AutoCAD. When this happens, TD cannot recognize an AutoCAD installation to work with. When this occurs, you should uninstall Thermal Desktop and SINDA/FLUINT and reinstall to fix the issue.