Equivalently, does anybody know why the following:
"mdb.JobFromInputFile(...)
mdb.jobs[name].submit()"
causes pre.exe to be run? I thought pre.exe just made the input file for the next stage? Since this is the step that's taking the longest, removing it completely would be great.
Using very simple 2D models (20 elements, 80 nodes), making sure all the files Abaqus writes are kept only in the RAM (so as not to have slow hard disk access) and running with no GUI, every job takes roughly 3 seconds. This seems incredibly long since the calculations involved are relatively...
Thanks for your response!
What you're describing is Evolutionary Structural Optimization. I'm hoping to get better results using an approach based on Monte Carlo algorithms, hence the rather weird steps (which are a big oversimplification of what I'm trying to do).
I've found very little usable...
Hello!
I'm trying to implement a new optimization routine in Abaqus, and for this I'd need to submit thousands of jobs in as short a time as possible.
As a starter, is it possible to do something like this:
1) Start with a simple 2D structure (call it A)
2) Remove a fixed number of random mesh...
Hello!
I'm a Computer Scientist and would like to do research into Structural Optimization.
I'd like to understand the maths behind something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s012y1zorX0
So for any 2D shape split up into finite elements, subject to some point forces, I'd like to:
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