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The Restart configuration is analysis code specific and does not apply to General applications.
Within Patran, to perform a restart using the Analysis Manager, the job is submitted from the Analysis application as normal however, a restart job must be indicated. When invoking the Analysis Manager’s main interface with a restart job from Patran, this information is passed to the Analysis Manager and the restart jobname shows up in the Configure| Restart form. The restart job can be submitted directly from the main form or from Patran. In either case, the restart job looks for the previous job to be restarted in the local path and/or on the host machine. If this restart jobname is not specified, the databases must be located on the host machine to perform a successful restart.
MSC Nastran Restarts
After selecting the Restart option on the menu, the following Restart form appears. To save the MSC Nastran database for restart using the Patran Analysis Manager, the Scratch Run toggle must be set to No in the Configure | Restart form. If the Save Databases toggle is set to No, the database is deleted from the host machine after the analysis. If the Copy Databases Back toggle is set to No, the databases are not copied back to the local path. The database files are given .DBO and .MST filename extensions for the .DBALL and .MASTER files, respectively.
A restart job that is submitted with the Analysis Manager searches for the Initial Job name .MST files in the path where Patran is invoked. Therefore, if this file and the other database files are renamed or moved, the restart job will not be successful.
Patran automatically generates the ASSIGN MASTER FMS statement required to perform a restart. If the restart .bdf is not generated by Patran and the Analysis Manager is used to submit the job, the .bdf must contain an ASSIGN MASTER FMS statement that specifies the name and location of the restart database. The following error will be issued by the Patran Analysis Manager if the ASSIGN statement is missing.
ERROR... Restart type file but no MASTER file specified with an ASSIGN statement. Use an ASSIGN statement to locate at least the MASTER database file(s) for previous runs.
See the UNIX and Window forms below for more explanation.
MSC.Marc Restarts
Restarts in MSC.Marc are quite similar to those in MSC Nastran.
ABAQUS Restarts
After selecting the Restart option on the menu, the following Restart form appears.
