The Solver Configurations node (
) contains all solver configurations defined for a study (see
Figure 20-1). It displays if it has content or, to make the node available in the context menu, click the
Show More Options button (
) and select
Solver and Job Configurations in the
Show More Options dialog box.
A model is solved by computing a solver configuration — a scheme for computing a solution. Loosely speaking a solver configuration consists of one or more
Solution nodes (
), and each Solution node consists of a sequence of subnodes specifying how to compute the solution. Typically, such a solver configuration contains information about which physics interface and geometry to use, which variables to solve for, and which solvers to use for the type of study to perform. You can also solve a model by computing a study; this defines a sequence of solver configurations and, in some cases, a sequence of
Job Configurations.
To reset the solver that corresponds to the study steps in a study and the current physics interface settings, right-click the Solver Configurations node
(
) and select
Reset Solver to Default (
). The solver nodes in all enabled solver configurations under the
Solver Configurations node are then reset to the default solvers that you get when you select
Show Default Solver and that the study uses if you have not made any changes to the solver settings. Using
Reset Solver to Default can be useful if you have tried various solver settings and want to return to the default solvers without having to create a new solver configuration.
From the main menu, click the Show More Options button (
) and select
Study and Job Configurations in the
Show More Options dialog box. Then right-click the
Solver Configurations node and choose
Create Custom Solver (
). This adds a
Solution node without any added solver settings or other nodes.
To create a copy of the solution dataset, right-click the main Study node (
) or the
Solver Configurations node
(
) and select
Create Solution Copy (
). A copy of the solution then appears as a
Solution - Copy node (
) under Solver Configurations and a corresponding
Solution - Copy dataset (
) under
Datasets in the
Results branch. This can be useful if you want to rerun the simulation with some changes to the model or solver settings. The first solution is then available in the
Solution - Copy dataset so that you can postprocess and analyze multiple solutions. You can also right-click a
Solution node (
) under
Solver Configurations and choose
Solution>Copy (
) to create a copy of the solution dataset for that solution.
Select Delete Configurations (
) to delete all solvers under the
Solver Configurations node.
Under Solver Configurations, right-click a
Solution node and choose
Solution>Store on a Single Node to specify that the solution should only be stored on a single cluster node. Choose
Solution>Store on All Nodes if the solution should be stored on all cluster nodes. Choose
Solution>Store Solution Using Distributed Storage if the solution should be stored using a distributed storage on clusters, which can improve performance using parallel I/O.
) (or the Solver Configurations or Job Configurations nodes) and select Show Default Solver (
).