5 Replies Latest reply on Apr 2, 2010 8:16 AM by Loic Ancian

Closing solidworks during simulation run. Possible?

1-CJ4IOP Mar 31, 2010 3:44 PM

Is it possible to close solidworks after a simulation is launched to free up solidworks somewhat large memory commitment? Will the solver still finish? If it does, will the results be retreveable?

Thanks for any advise

Mike

Re: Closing solidworks during simulation run. Possible?

Mahir Abrahim Mar 31, 2010 3:48 PM (in response to 1-CJ4IOP)

Umm, no. Simulation runs as an addin to SW. No SW, no addin.
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  1-CJ4IOP Mar 31, 2010 4:38 PM (in response to Mahir Abrahim)
  
  just for carity, what i am refereing to is arfer choosing run in the simulation tree, the solver starts and runs independantly of the solidworks window. If I close close down the solid works application, the solver will continue to run in its own little window (it is an executable). If the problem reaches a solution, will the results be retreivable, or will the solver have nowhere to write the results since the solidworks window has been closed?
  
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    Mahir Abrahim Mar 31, 2010 4:44 PM (in response to 1-CJ4IOP)
    
    I would guess that wouldn't work, but you can always run a test simulation.
    
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    Jay Hagan Mar 31, 2010 4:46 PM (in response to 1-CJ4IOP)
    
    I have had SolidWorks crash while a solve was executing. The results were written to the file it was intended for. So I believe closing SW would be okay.
    
    This was in 2009 SP3
    
    Jay
    
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Re: Closing solidworks during simulation run. Possible?

Loic Ancian Apr 2, 2010 8:16 AM (in response to 1-CJ4IOP)

Yes you can close your SW window. Result files are written at the end of your computation and will be retrievable.
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