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Reducing the size of the results files (*.mys and *.out)

  1. Reduce the number of load cases in a linear analysis by splitting them over two or more Analyses.

  2. Check the mesh refinement in your model  (reduce the number or interpolation order of elements, if appropriate)

  3. For nonlinear analyses: If it is not necessary to view explicitly graphical output (i.e. deformations and stresses) for every increment, you may reduce the size of your graphical output file (*.mys) by writing to the plot file less often than every increment as follows:

    TreeView > Analyses tab > (double click) [a nonlinear control loadcase] > (check) Nonlinear & Transient > under "Incremental LUSAS file output" Plot file = 5 

    Entering a value of 5 (for example) will mean a plot file is written for every 5th increment. The default is 1, i.e. every increment.

There are no specific option to reduce the amount of data written to a *.mys file.  Other possibilities include:

  1. For nonlinear analyses: use restart files to stop the analysis at various stages and then restart, creating a new results file each time. All the results files created may be combined together in Modeller at a later stage.  There is a pdf document which describes using restarts for a transient dynamic analysis example on our scripts page called Performing Vertical Pedestrian Loading with Restart Analyses.

  2. For nonlinear analyses: use the HISTORY facility and write out specific results for a specific variables. The results stored in the time history file can be accessed for graphing. Specification of the node and element numbers to be output to this file is defined from the File> Export Solver datafile... menu item. The output frequency for incremental analyses is controlled using analysis control (right-click on the Analysis in the Analyses tree view and then click Edit in the context menu and got to the Advanced Output Options tab). 

  3. To reduce the amount of disk space required to store a "*.out" file you can zip up or otherwise compress this text file considerably.  The "*.mys" file is a binary file and is already compressed to an extent when created by Solver, but it may also reduce in size if compressed, but to a lesser extent.


Reducing file sizes in solution of an eigenvalue analysis


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