Controlling adaptivity process memory settings

To locate the adaptivity process editor, select AdaptivityEditadaptivity process name from the main menu bar. Use the Memory tabbed page to control the amount of memory allocated to an Abaqus analysis. Abaqus/CAE initially populates the settings in the Memory tabbed page with the values specified in the Abaqus environment file (abaqus_v6.env), and you can edit the environment file if you want to change the default memory settings. For more information about customizing the memory settings, see Environment File Settings.

See Also
Understanding adaptivity processes
Using the adaptivity process editor
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About Adaptive Remeshing

If no memory values are specified in the Abaqus environment file, Abaqus automatically detects the physical memory on the machine and allocates a percentage of this available memory. The default percentages are platform specific, but they typically represent a large portion of the available physical memory. For details on the default memory allocation settings, refer to the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base at http://support.3ds.com/knowledge-base/.

Smaller jobs may use less memory than the maximum available amount. You might want to reduce the memory allocation for your jobs or adjust the default allocation if you usually run multiple jobs at the same time. You can control the following:

  • The Memory allocation units for the memory size specification. You can allocate memory as a Percent of physical memory or in Megabytes or Gigabytes.

  • The Maximum preprocessor and analysis memory value that specifies either the percentage of physical memory or the number of megabytes or gigabytes of physical memory that will be allocated as a maximum for the analysis.

For more information about memory settings, see Managing Memory and Disk Resources.