------------------------------------------------------------ Pro/MECHANICA STRUCTURE Version 23.3(313) Diagnostic Log Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:18 ------------------------------------------------------------ Begin Engine Bookkeeping Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:18 Begin Analysis: "A220103_01" Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:33 Using Sparse Solver Begin Mass Calculation Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:43 Begin P-Loop Pass 1 Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:52 Begin Processing Multi-Point Constraints Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:55 Begin Matrix Profile Minimization Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:55 Begin Element Calculations, Pass 1 Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:36:55 Begin Global Matrix Assembly, Pass 1 Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:37:00 Begin Equation Solve, Pass 1 Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:37:00 Number of equations: 14902 Average bandwidth: 86.8585 Maximum bandwidth: 481 Size of global matrix profile (mb): 10.3549 Number of terms in global matrix profile: 1294365 Minimum recommended solram for direct solver: 2 Size of element file (mb): 10.7365 Maximum element matrix size (bytes): 624 Average element matrix size (bytes): 624 NOTES: Solver RAM allocation can be done with a single parameter, called solram. If the Pro/MECHANICA STRUCTURE/THERMAL engine is the only memory-intensive application running on your computer, performance will usually be best if you set solram equal to half of your machine RAM. For example, solram 60 is a good choice for a machine with 128 MB of RAM. If you are running other memory-intensive applications on your computer, decrease the solram allocation accordingly. For example, set solram to 0.25 times machine RAM if you are running two large applications at once. However, you often can run two large jobs faster one after another than if you try to run both jobs at once. The purpose of solram is to reduce the amount of disk I/O. If you set solram too high, performance will usually suffer, even on machines with very large RAM, because there will not be enough machine RAM for other important data. For example, Pro/MECHANICA allocates many large, non-solver memory areas that will cause excessive swapping unless you leave enough spare machine RAM. You must also leave enough RAM for the operating system to do disk caching. Disk caching improves filesystem performance by holding file data in RAM for faster access. Setting solram to half machine RAM is usually the best compromise between reducing the amount of disk I/O, and leaving enough machine RAM for disk caching and for other data. If you set solram too low, performance will suffer because Pro/MECHANICA must transfer data between machine RAM and disk files many more times than with a larger setting. For example, performance may degrade significantly if you set solram to 0.1 times machine RAM or less. A preferable minimum is 0.25 times machine RAM. The available swap space on your machine must be greater than the maximum memory usage of your job. The available disk space on your machine must be greater than the maximum disk usage of your job. You can monitor the resource usage of your job in the log (stt) file. Your job may fail if your machine does not have enough available disk space or swap space, or if the maximum memory usage of your job is greater than the memory limits set for your operating system. Begin Load Calculations Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:37:02 Begin Post-Processing Calculations, Pass 1 Wed Jan 22, 2003 21:37:02 *** A fatal error has occurred. *** The engine is unable to open the file å. Please check the directory/file permissions.