Automatic Tosca Structure.smooth Run

SIMULIA Tosca Structure will automatically call Tosca Structure.smooth if the parameter file contains a SMOOTH command.

SIMULIA Tosca Structure control will add the following lines (in bold) to the SMOOTH command if missing:


SMOOTH
 ID_NAME     = <some_id_name>
 ...
 DATABASE    = "opt_res_database"
 OUTPUT_FILE = TOSCA_POST/<smooth_id_name>.ext
END_

The modified SMOOTH command is written to a file <jobname>_ smooth.par located in the TOSCA_POST subdirectory of the working directory. After the optimization, Tosca Structure.smooth is called by SIMULIA Tosca Structure control with this parameter file. It is also possible to generate a Tosca Structure.smooth result with different parameters. This is done by changing the parameters in the parameter file (<jobname>.par) and calling SIMULIA Tosca Structure as follows:


tosca post -j <jobname> --smooth

A new smooth file will be generated <jobname>_smooth(<n>).par, where <n> is a number starting at 1. Tosca Structure.smooth will be called with the modified parameters using the optimization results from the last optimization. Each time Tosca Structure.smooth is called a new post-file is created (<jobname>_ smooth(<n>).par). To avoid this behavior use overwrite (--ow):

tosca post -j <jobname> --smooth --ow

in which case the post-file (<jobname>_smooth.par) is overwritten for each call.

Important:

Using --ow and --smooth together will not overwrite the job directory.