RecurDyn Windows Solver has capabilities to run a simulation using multiple processor cores. Note that the multi-processing is only implemented with some entities. Refer to Table of Supported Entities. Therefore, you should check which toolkits are supported in your version of RecurDyn before using this function.
To invoke the Multi-Processing Option
1. Edit the rmd file and search for the string “NUM_THREAD”. You can find a block of data in the rmd file as shown below:
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!========== SOLVEROPTION =============! SOLVEROPTION / , TIMEOFFSET = 0.000000 , TOLERANCEIF = 1e-008 , INITIALVELOCITY = RELATIVE , NUM_THREAD = 4 |
2. Change number of threads (number of cores to be used) by adjusting the number after the “NUM_THREAD” variable.
To confirm the Multi-Processing Setup
The RecurDyn message file (*.msg) that is output with each simulation can contain some feedback about the number of threads that were actually used in the simulation. To see the information, edit the msg file and search for the string “Thread”. You can find a block of data in the msg file as shown below:
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RecurDyn/SOLVER Information EXE type Solver for Windows 64 Bit No. of CPU Thread = 1 |