You can create a network ODB connector from any platform—Windows or Linux. However, the network ODB server must reside on a Linux platform; you cannot access an output database that resides on a remote Windows system. You can access only a remote output database; you cannot access a remote model database. Select Abaqus/CAE to automatically start the network ODB server and to establish the communication port numbers on the host and remote systems. Alternatively, you can start the network ODB server manually from the command line using the abaqus networkDBConnector execution procedure. If you start the server from the command line, you enter the communication port number returned by the execution procedure when you subsequently create the network ODB connector. For more information, see Network Output Database File Connector. from the main menu bar to create a connection with a directory on a remote host. When you are creating a network ODB connector, you can useAfter you create a network ODB connector, you must start it by selecting Abaqus installed for Abaqus/CAE to establish the network connection. For more information, see Creating a network ODB connector, and Managing network ODB connectors. from the main menu bar. The remote system must haveAfter you create and start a network connector, you can use it to navigate the directory structure on a remote host. When you select Abaqus/CAE, a Network connectors entry appears under Directory in the file selection dialog box. The entry appears regardless of whether you are trying to open an output database or a model database; however, you cannot use a network connector when opening a model database. For more information, see Using file selection dialog boxes. from the main menu bar to open a database fromThe network connector allows you to do the following:
After most Visualization module operations and during animations, Abaqus/CAE monitors the output database for updated results and updates the current viewport accordingly. If you are displaying data from a remote output database, the performance of Abaqus/CAE may be degraded if the time taken to monitor the database over the network is significant. To increase the performance, you can reduce the frequency with which Abaqus/CAE monitors the output database for updates or you can disable the monitoring. For more information, see Controlling results caching. |