The AnalysisUpdateBatch dialog box enables you to submit batch jobs locally or to a remote computer. Batch job submission is similar to the same process in the Generative Part Structural Analysis (GPS) workbench, but it also requires the following options and settings:

• The job path you specify must be the shared network where all computation and scratch files are generated.

• For Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis jobs, the AnalysisUpdateBatch dialog box disregards the directory you specify in the Folder to Save Computed Data field. Instead, Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis use the directories specified in the job definition.

• For remote submission, you must have an Abaqus solver installed and licensed at the remote computer that you specify.

• In many Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis analyses an output database file of analysis results is attached to the .CATAnalysis file. If you do not attach the previous analysis results, you must perform the following additional steps to include the analysis file in a batch job:

  1. Create a new analysis case and steps of the same type. Nonlinear Structural Analysis or Thermal Analysis automatically creates a No Results solution step, which is required for batch update.

  2. Copy all features from the previous analysis case, and paste the features into the newly created analysis case in the appropriate step.

  3. Delete the old analysis case. Save this analysis file and submit the analysis for batch update.

This task describes how to perform a batch update for an Nonlinear Structural Analysis or Thermal Analysis analysis file. For a complete description of all batch job options, see Computing Using a Batch, which is included in the documentation for the Generative Part Structural Analysis (GPS) workbench.