Hello all,
Im currently working on a project for a class that requires simulations of assemblies but the simulations are taking a long time. As in excess of 5 hours long time.
Im solving things with in excess of 62,000 DOF.
Is there anyway to make the simulations run faster?
I feel like there ishould be a way to allow solidworks to utilize the full potential of my system.
My specs:
Intel i7-3770
Dual AMD 7770 2GB
8 GB DDR3
2 x 128 GB OCZ SSD
Corsair 850W PSU
I have increased the virtual memory of the system to over 10GB on the SSD's in hopes that soildworks will utilize it, and it does but only for half of the simulation.
Any suggestions?
regardless of what code you use, eventually hardware will be a bottleneck. you can only make the solving process so parallel. the solidworks simulation solvers are pretty powerful and do a pretty good job of using cores, ssd and ram when appropriate and when possible. but also remember that some of this is controlled by windows, so expecting everything you have from a hardware perspective is probably something you shouldn't expect.
5hrs for 62k DOF seems like a long time but you didn't tell us anything about the analysis. is there contact? then maybe i'm not surprised. are you running a nonlinear dynamic? then maybe i'm not surprised. using solid elements when you should use beams or shells, using a lot of connectors? then maybe i'm not surprised. have a block with a force on it that is restrained on the other end, then i am surprised and i'd expect a software issue.
so let's start with some info about what type of analysis you have and then we can discuss if throwing hardware at it will help.