Use the Solver Manager to run the Design Study
The design study has been created in Autodesk® CFD, and consists of four designs. Each design has a scenario that is fully defined with boundary conditions and materials:
There are two ways to run the analyses:
- The first is to open each design, and run each scenario individually. While not incorrect, this approach can be quite labor-intensive for design studies that contain many scenarios.
- The other approach is to use the Solver Manager. This provides immediate access to all scenarios. It contains controls for running every scenario from a single dialog, without having to open each one individually.
To open the Solver Manager, right click off the model, and select Solver manager...
Click the Select toggle button so that all will run when launched.
To reduce the number of iterations (for brevity), click on a scenario name, and modify the Solver dialog. Click OK.
Modifying the Sover Computer to Cloud if you would like to further reduce runtime by solving simultaneously in the cloud
Repeat for all scenarios, as appropriate.
Click Submit to start the analyses.
For more about Solver Manager...
To view the status of each scenario, click Job Monitor from Setup (tab) > Simulation (panel):
For more about the Solution Monitor...
When all four are finished, open Autodesk® CFD, and activate each scenario to load the results into the user interface.
To visualize and compare results, click here for instructions. Note that these instructions refer to the two-design example, but are easily adapted to this example.
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