ADINA Structures TRANSOR for Femap Menu: Run and Monitor Analysis

ADINA Structures TRANSOR for Femap Menu: Run and Monitor Analysis

Run an ADINA Analysis

Access the ADINA Analyze menu as shown below.

Access ADINA Structures Analyze Menu

Use the Analyze menu to control the analysis filename headings and file locations; control the allocated memory; and initiate an analysis using one of the menu buttons indicated below.

ADINA Structures Analyze Menu

Monitor an ADINA Analysis

After launching an ADINA analysis through the Femap TRANSOR menu, an analysis monitor window will appear.  The main window will display a log of solution time steps.  This menu also provides the ability to Suspend, Resume, or Stop the analysis.  Additionally, one can more closely monitor the solution convergence using the View Graph button.  The convergence of the current time step or a cumulative convergence history can be viewed in a graphical format.  Examples are shown below.

ADINA Structures Analysis Monitor Window

ADINA analysis time step convergence plot

ADINA analysis cumulative convergence history


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