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• This is why forums work, you get back more than you put in We run multi-core, although the biggest speedup is in the first 4, and by 10 it's not worth it. Note, this plot is based on SPOOLES, NOT PARDISO, but I suspect a similar behavior.

  in Propeller Hub Comment by JohnM May 2019
• PARDISO is nicely hidden in plain site on the Calculix website. On www.dhondt.de, look for Windows executable..... files Download the Intel MKL from here https://software.intel.com/en-us/mkl/choose-download/windows Run with ccx_pardiso solver, it wi…

  in Propeller Hub Comment by JohnM May 2019
• Nice. If you haven't already tried it, now might be the time to give the PARDISO solver a go. I have found it runs in about 55% of the time for SPOOLES, and seems only limited by the machine memory.

  in Propeller Hub Comment by JohnM May 2019
• Looks like the Library might be getting out of Labs soon

  in Version 12 Comment by JohnM April 2019
• Hengre- Check out the "Import from Library" feature that can be enabled in Labs, it lets you use your idea to great effect by keeping material files in a common place for your team.

  in Starting Mecway with user defined emty liml-file (templare) Comment by JohnM December 2018
• Thanks for catching that one Victor! Take a look at your *.inp file, cut and paste the *MATERIAL cards down to the first *SOLID card, and put into the "custom model definition" option in the CCX tree. Use the "Don't generate" option to suppress the …

  in Linear variation of material properties with depth Comment by JohnM November 2018
• Run a dummy thermal through the depth of your foundation, so that your temperature is run from let's say 0-1C. Transfer this temperature field to your structural analysis, then use a temperature dependent E with the desired variation. Make sure you …

  in Linear variation of material properties with depth Comment by JohnM November 2018