Hi All,
I'm running a linear static model on SW Premium 2012 SP5. I have validated my model setup by running the simulation with the same loads/fixtures/connections with a draft mesh and everything works great. When I try a high quality mesh, the mesh come out fine but the solver seems to stall. I've attached a screen shot that shows my CPU usage sitting at near idle but the solver is apparently cranking away. At first, I thought it may be in between steps, however it sits "idle" for 8+ hours. This also appears to happen repeatedly - I've rebooted my computer and even rebuilt the model & simulation (with new file names) but the same thing happens. Additionally, I just wiped and reinstalled SW last week. All model and results files are stored locally and I have appropriate permissions to the drives. Any thoughts as to why this could be happening?
Thanks for the help!
Best,
Amit
I'd need to look at your model to get a good idea, but I'm not sure at this point that the simulation itself is stalling. Does the "Current Task" bar stay at 91% for 8+ hours? Looking at the image provided, you can see that something is being read in and out of your volatile memory, so something is chugging along. Have you looked under the "Processes" tab to see how much CPU and memory resources SW simulation is taking?
Keep in mind that you're doing a nonlinear analysis (not a linear analysis) because of the contact definition. Your model is fairly big too, with almost 2.8 million DOF. Make sure that you're not unnecessarily refining the mesh in areas that don't need refinement; this will only slow your study down (particularly on a nonlinear analysis) without adding much to the accuracy.