The Solver Job Launcher enables you to execute AcuSolve
jobs directly from Engineering Solutions.
The tool integrates the mesh export and the AcuSolve job
run. The submitted job can also be controlled from Engineering Solutions.
Invoke Solver Job Launcher
Click the icon in the CFD
toolbar.
The Job Launcher dialog opens.
Table 1.
Problem name
Specifies the name of the input deck without the
extension *.inp. Do not use spaces in
the name.
Problem directory
Directory where the input deck is located. The solver run
will be started in the problem directory.
Working directory
The result files of the AcuSolve run will be saved into the
working directory.
Solver exec dir
Define the AcuSolve
executable path. The path will be auto selected if the
solver is available in the same installation path. If it is
not available, the path will be blank. The path needs to
point to the AcuSolve bin folder
(/acusolve/win64/bin or
/acusolve/linux64/bin).
Solver module
A selection of several solver modules.
prep
Processes and prepares the input data for the
solver run.
view
View factor computation for problems including
radiation.
solve
Runs the solver.
prep-solve
all
No. of processors
The number of processors used for this run.
Auto run AcuProbe
Automatically opens the plotting utility AcuProbe to monitor run data of the
current run, for example residual.
Auto run AcuTail
Automatically opens AcuTail
to view the log file of the current run.
Output format
Converts the results of the final time step into the
specified format.
Output time steps
All
Creates the output file in a user defined format
with all of the time steps. This option is useful
for a transient run.
Final
Creates an output file in a user defined format
with only the final time step. This option should
be utilized for a steady state run.
Additional solver arguments
Additional solver options can be specified, for example
number of threads.
Generate solver deck
On
A new .inp file will be
created.
Off
An .inp file will not be
generated and the program will look for the
existing file.
Export options
Always two layers for interfaces
Creates two interface layers between two
volumes, if one or both are missing.
Create exterior faces
Creates outer shell surface of volume if
missing.
Always add elem type to comp names
Append element configuration at the component
names.
Extract Output from AcuSolve Run
Use this utility to extract specific output from an AcuSolve run.
The extracted results will be in a .csv file. From these results
you can create a field, which can be utilized to map CFD results to other structural
mesh. This utility requires a finished AcuSolve run. If
the mapping field is defined before the solver run, the tool will generate output in
a .csv file format. This utility can be utilized any time after
the solver run to extract results. Figure 1.
Table 2.
Variable
You can select the desired output. The options are Pressure,
Velocity and Eddy viscosity. The selection list is dependent on
the solver options selected (Turbulence model).
Extract results on
You can extract results on all of the components that are
selected.
Create field loads
If this checkbox is activated, a field will be created
automatically, which can be utilized to map the results on a
structure mesh.
Generate
This button will be activated to click if any result data is
present in the working directory.
Launch Job
Click Launch in the Solver Job Launcher to open the
AcuSolve Control dialog.
Figure 2.
Select the AcuSolve tab.
The AcuSolve tab contains options to stop the run,
restart the run, and output results.
Click Stop.
The Restart option appears.
Stop: stops the run as soon as the current iteration is finished.
Restart: restarts the job from the previous time step.
Output: the existing iteration result is output and you can visualize
the results later on.
Select the Tools tab.
Figure 3.
The Tools tab contains options to launch or relaunch AcuProbe, AcuTail and
AcuOut.
icon in the CFD
toolbar.
