How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
(OP)
Hi Everyone,
I have an odd issue. I'm the TA for a university lab course using SW simulation. The computer lab on campus will only allocate students 150mb of disk space(on the network drive), which causes anything but the simplest models to crash the solver.
Can I force simulation to use a temporary folder on the C: drive instead of their tiny allocation on the H: drive which it seems to be defaulting to?
Thank you,
Justin
I have an odd issue. I'm the TA for a university lab course using SW simulation. The computer lab on campus will only allocate students 150mb of disk space(on the network drive), which causes anything but the simplest models to crash the solver.
Can I force simulation to use a temporary folder on the C: drive instead of their tiny allocation on the H: drive which it seems to be defaulting to?
Thank you,
Justin






RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
150mb is almost useless for SW. I have single part files bigger than that. You might look at the SW web site for system requirements and present that to IT and the powers that be. Likely they are not using approved video cards and drivers either.
Typical University policy where I am is to delete all temp files every time someone logs of a PC. I have seen temp files cause corruption of model results, i.e., where they are moved or created on one machine and the model is opened on another.
The students need at least 1 GB each for SW files and they need to run Simulation entirely on the local machine.
TOP
CSWP, BSSE
www.engtran.com www.niswug.org
www.linkedin.com/in/engineeringtransport
Phenom IIx6 1100T = 8GB = FX1400 = XP64SP2 = SW2009SP3
"Node news is good news."
RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
To set a default folder for results, you can go through the pull-down menu simulation>options, switch to the 'Default Options' tab, click on 'Results' on the left and enter the desired location in the Results folder section. You can do the same for 'Report' on the left side too, if your students use the report generating functionality. Changing the location here will have to be done once per user I think, while that user is logged in.
I do not believe this is controllable via part/assy templates.
RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
TOP
CSWP, BSSE
www.engtran.com www.niswug.org
www.linkedin.com/in/engineeringtransport
Phenom IIx6 1100T = 8GB = FX1400 = XP64SP2 = SW2009SP3
"Node news is good news."
RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
TOP
CSWP, BSSE
www.engtran.com www.niswug.org
www.linkedin.com/in/engineeringtransport
Phenom IIx6 1100T = 8GB = FX1400 = XP64SP2 = SW2009SP3
"Node news is good news."
RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
RE: How do I send the Temporary files to a specific place
Almost any FEA code produces larger intermediate files that require large amounts of I/O. I'm sure IT appreciates running students projects locally.
I think you've taken care of the temp files with what you just did.
TOP
CSWP, BSSE
www.engtran.com www.niswug.org
www.linkedin.com/in/engineeringtransport
Phenom IIx6 1100T = 8GB = FX1400 = XP64SP2 = SW2009SP3
"Node news is good news."