How to submit a Radioss restart simulation in AltairAccess?

A.Reinecke

This question is about restarting a Radioss simulation on a HPC operated by AltairAccess. My company uses AltairAccess PBSWORKS 2021.1.1 (build date: 2021-02-18) and I use Radioss 2019.2 

Let's say I have a Radioss simulation which I have stopped at 80ms simulation time out of 100ms total simulation time. I have set up the simulation with a starter file JOBNAME_0000.rad and an engine file JOBNAME_0001.rad. At the end of the simulation (i.e. at 80ms), a restart file JOBNAME_0001_0001.rst has been created. 

If I would want to restart/continue the simulation on a local machine, then I would need the restart file and a new engine file in which I increase the run number (JOBNAME_0002.rad). 

Now, how I do this in AltairAccess? In particular, which files do I need to enter into the fields 'starter file', 'engine file' and/or 'include file' in the sub submission template? 

Adarsh

Hello,

Refer this link, to create checkpoint or restart files :

https://2021.help.altair.com/2021/hwsolvers/rad/topics/solvers/rad/faq_rad_restart_r.htm

 

In Altair Access Web, you create a dropdown list -  runtype --> this will  update the batch commandline for the radioss


1. in the start.py of your Radioss application defintion, update your batch command line 

cmd += ' -'+ runtype +' '

2.  upload the engine file and restart files or checkpointed files (even if you upload the starter file, if you choose to run only engine, it will use the restart files and start from where it was checkpointed)

3.  choose engine  as runtype (in the job submission page on Altair Access)

4.  submit the job 

[ If in case , if there is a change in procedure or you had to make some adjustment, please update the procedure on this channel ] 

Hope this helps

Thank you,

Adarsh