ABAQUS/CAE User's Manual


14.13.2 Configuring restart output requests

Select OutputRestart Requests from the main menu bar to configure the information written to the restart files. For more information, see “Restarting an analysis,” Section 18.4, and “Restarting an analysis,” Section 9.1.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.

To configure a restart request:

  1. From the main menu bar, select OutputRestart Requests.

    The Edit Restart Requests dialog box appears with a list of the steps in the current model.

  2. From the dialog box, select the step and specify the frequency at which ABAQUS writes restart information. Do the following:

    ABAQUS/Standard

    For an ABAQUS/Standard analysis step, enter the frequency in increments or in time intervals. By default, no restart information is written for an ABAQUS/Standard analysis step (i.e., the frequency is set to zero).

    If you enter the frequency in time intervals, ABAQUS/Standard by default writes restart information at the increment ending immediately after the time specified by Time Interval. Toggle on the Time Marks column to write restart information at the exact time specified by Time Interval.

    ABAQUS/Explicit

    For an ABAQUS/Explicit analysis step, enter the frequency in time intervals. By default, ABAQUS/Explicit writes restart information only at the beginning and end of each step (i.e., the frequency is set to one). You cannot avoid writing data to the restart files for an ABAQUS/Explicit analysis step; if you set the frequency to zero, restart information will be written only at the end of the step.

    By default, ABAQUS/Explicit writes restart information at the increment ending immediately after the time specified by Time Interval. Toggle on the Time Marks column to write restart information at the exact time specified by Time Interval.

  3. Toggle on the Overlay column to request that only information from one increment per step be retained in the restart files, thus minimizing the size of the files. When a step completes, the last increment is retained.

    Toggle off the Overlay column to request that information from every specified increment or time interval be retained in the restart files.

    You can use the Overlay column only when the frequency is greater than zero.

  4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each step of the analysis.

  5. When you have finished configuring your restart output requests, click OK to close the Edit Restart Requests dialog box.


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