Solver Settings - Display
Settings → Solver → Display
Controls how Adams View displays your model during a single Simulation or how it displays your model during a parametric analysis. You can also set the information that Adams View displays during a parametric analysis.
Use the Solver Settings dialog box so you see just the amount of information you need during a simulation. For example, when you perform a simulation on a new model, set up the display to see the model change as the solution proceeds to determine if the simulation is working properly. Updating the display of the model frequently can, however, slow down the overall solution process. Once your model runs properly, change the options so Adams View only updates the model at the end of the simulation. You can even set Adams View so it never updates the model. You can then play an animation of the simulation, as required.
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Category | Set to Display. |
Show Messages | If you are running Adams Solver externally, set to Yes to display the messages that Adams Solver generates into an Information window. The messages include the diagnostic messages that Adams Solver generates during a simulation, as well as warnings and errors, which are always displayed. Adams View displays all messages output during a simulation to the message window and to its Log file. |
Update Graphics | Set to one of the options below to indicate when you want your model updated during the simulation. The options are listed from option that sets the fewest updates to the option that sets the most. ■Never - No updates. Use this option only when you are sure that your simulation will run to completion without difficulty, and you want to maximize the efficiency of the simulation. (You can also set this option directly from the Interactive Simulation Palette and Container when Running an Interactive Simulation.) ■At Simulation - Update your model display only at the end of the simulation. ■At Output Step - Update your model display at every output time step that you specified when you submitted your simulation and omit any contact steps. Because it does not display contact steps, your simulation time may improve because the graphical processing operations will not be burdened with intermediate contact events. ■At Contact/Output Step - Update the model display at each output time step and contact step. This is the default. ■At Integration Step - An update of your model display at every integration time step that Adams Solver requires to provide a solution to your specified level of accuracy. This option only applies to dynamic simulations since they are the only type requiring numerical integration. It is helpful for debugging purposes but can lead to significantly longer simulation times. For more information, see Solver Settings - Dynamics. ■At Iteration - Update your model display at every iteration. This option is most useful when debugging static simulations because they are purely iterative in nature since there is no integration required. This option is also available for dynamic simulations, in which case Adams View displays the model at every corrector step associated with each predictor step. Using the At Every Iteration option with dynamic simulations can result in significantly longer simulation times. |
Icons | To see all your model icons as your model is updated, set to On. Keeping your icons on as your model is updated can help you understand how model objects behave, especially constraints and forces. By default, icons are not visible during animations. |
More | Select to more display options, including those for parametric analysis. |
Prompt | Set to Yes to indicate that you want to be prompted whether or not Adams View should display each updated frame. By default, there is no delay and you are not prompted to display each updated frame. |
Time Delay | Enter the number of seconds Adams View should pause after displaying each updated frame so you can study it. By default, there is no delay. |
Update Toolbar | Select an option to set how Adams View should update the simulation information that appears in the status bar as the solution proceeds. The options are a subset of the options available under the Update Graphics pull-down menu and behave in a similar way. |
Chart Objective | Select to display a strip chart of the following depending on the type of parametric analysis: ■Objective value versus variable value for a Design study. ■Objective value versus trial for a Design of experiments (DOE). ■Objective value versus iteration number for an Optimization. Adams View updates the strip chart at every trial or iteration. |
Chart Variables | Displays a strip chart for each design variable, plotting its value versus the trial or iteration number. Adams View updates the strip chart every trial or iteration. |
Save Curves | Clears all displayed measures at the beginning of the parametric analysis and automatically saves the curve from each trial or iteration. If you do not select Save Curves, Adams View does not clear or save any curves. It only displays the curve for the current simulation and any curves you previously saved. |
Show Report | Automatically displays a tabular report at the end of the parametric simulation. You can use the Tabular Report tool  to display this table at any time, write it to a file, and control its format (see Generating a Table). |