What should my settings be for 2D and 3D memory in the Flux Supervisor?

Yann_Le_Floch

There are several settings for memory in the Flux Supervisor: Options -> System -> Memory.

• Numerical memory is used by Flux to manage the database of entities, such as points, lines, regions, etc. It is also used to mesh the model and for solving.
• Character memory is used to store the names and comments of entities such as parameters, transformations, mesh points, etc.
• GUI memory is used only in the Geometry and Physics application to display and move the geometry and graphics.

For 2D, settings of 700 MB for Numerical, 30 MB for Character, and 200 MB for GUI memory are sufficient for many projects. By using 3GB mode, the sum of the 3 memories can go up to 1700 MB.

For 3D, you may go up to several thousands of MB for dynamic Numerical memory. For complex geometries, you should also increase the GUI memory setting.

In order to process applications requiring more memory, you have to use 3GB or 64-bit modes.