Controlling Memory Settings

Use the Memory tabbed page to control the amount of memory allocated to an Abaqus analysis. For more information about memory settings, see Managing memory and disk use in Abaqus in the Abaqus Introduction & Spatial Modeling Guide.

This task shows you how to control job memory settings.

  1. In the job editor, click the Memory tab to display the Memory tabbed page.

  2. From the Memory allocation units options, specify whether you want to define the memory allocation for this job as a Percent of physical memory or in Megabytes or Gigabytes.

  3. In the Maximum preprocessor and analysis memory field, specify either the percentage of physical memory or the number of megabytes or gigabytes of physical memory that will be allocated as a maximum for the analysis.

  4. Click OK to close the job editor and to save your settings.