Hello All!,

     Firstly, let me explain that I am not an MSC.Adams user.  I am UNIX System administrator.  But I have a rudamentary knowledge of Adams/View.  I am looking to change the way some of my users work.  I would like to know of there is a way that they can run simulations on their models using Adams/View in a non-GUI/command-line manner.

    My goal is to get them to a point where they can submit a case to be analyzed into a batch queuing system (e.g. NQS, LSF, or PBS) that will be able to run the simulations on any number of available computing resourses without their interaction.

    There is some rumblings that by using the MDI INSIGHT BUILD command in Adams/View, once can create .adm/.acf file pairs necessary to run a simulation in Adams/Insight.

    I also heard that it may be possible to translate the command (.cmd) files in Adams/View into .acf files and run those through Adams/Solver.

    Our models run in either one of two configurations.  In the first, there is collection of files that contain initial conditions that are fed to the model.  These initial conditions are the parameters for each simulation.  The second method is to have a forcing function that is applied to various part or sections of the model at different times (I may not have that explination accurate, I need to consult my engineer).

     So, for me, it currently boils down to 2 questions:

1.)  Are we going down the righ road creating the .adm/.acf files?

2.)  Once that's done, can we run Admas/Insight or Admams/Solver in a command-line fashion to simulate all of our cases?

pvman1