Hi All
About to make the jump to SOlidworks/Floworks 2009, and just ordered a nice twin quad core workhorse to do some serious number crunching.
Just interested in what kind of performance improvements (if any!) you have all seen since switching to the latest version of Floworks, which now has the solver with multiple cpu support.
Thanks
Mike
About to make the jump to SOlidworks/Floworks 2009, and just ordered a nice twin quad core workhorse to do some serious number crunching.
Just interested in what kind of performance improvements (if any!) you have all seen since switching to the latest version of Floworks, which now has the solver with multiple cpu support.
Thanks
Mike
From testing I did, you typically get a 30-50% solve time improvement with 4 or 8 CPU's, especially on larger models. I'm talking in the 200,000 up cell count. I did models that solved in a matter of minutes to hours.
On smaller models, less than say 20,000 cells, there is marginal value of multiple CPU's.
The benefit seems to consistent across simulation types too, so it's not restricted to just steady state or thermal.
What's really cool in 2009 with the batch processor is that you can specify how many CPU's each job is permitted to use, so if you know it's a small model and you have a large one, you can tailor the CPU count to suit.
Cheers,
Ian