[ABAQUS] Reduce .abq file after completing restart simulation.

[abhijit12]

Hello all,

I have a 3 step simulation, in which each steps restarts the simulation from some restart point in the previous step.

I finished Step-2, which was restarted from some interval in Step-1, and now will start Step-3, restarting from some interval in Step-2.
Now, I don't need any restart data from Step-1 for Step-3. The .abq file is still around 14gb after completion of Step-2. Can I get rid of the Step-1 restart data and reduce sizes of all restart files before I restart, picking up somewhere from Step-2. I am having physical memory issues otherwise, where the simulation doesn't start at all.

What I have tried:
- Asked for only the necessary outputs
- Tried setting restart request intervals for Step-1 from 200 to 1, before restarting from it in Step-2. Did not reduce the file sizes.

Thanks