pscontrol

AnalysisOptions.pscontrol(option='', key='', **kwargs)

Enables or disables shared-memory parallel operations.

Mechanical APDL Command: PSCONTROL

Command default: None. The command is ignored if issued with no arguments.

Parameters:

optionstr

Specify the operations for which you intend to enable/disable parallel behavior:

• ALL - Enable/disable parallel for all areas (default).

• PREP - Enable/disable parallel during preprocessing ( prep7 ).

• SOLU - Enable/disable parallel during solution ( slashsolu ).

• FORM - Enable/disable parallel during element matrix generation.

• SOLV - Enable/disable parallel during equation solver.

• RESU - Enable/disable parallel during element results calculation.

• POST - Enable/disable parallel during postprocessing ( post1 and post26 ).

• STAT - List parallel operations that are enabled/disabled.

keystr

Option control key. Used for all Option values except STAT.

• ON - Enable parallel operation.

• OFF - Disable parallel operation.

Notes

Use this command in shared-memory parallel operations.

This command is useful when you encounter minor discrepancies in a nonlinear solution when using different numbers of processors. A parallel operation applied to the element matrix generation can produce a different nonlinear solution with a different number of processors. Although the nonlinear solution converges to the same nonlinear tolerance, the minor discrepancy created may not be desirable for consistency.

Enabling/disabling parallel behavior for the solution ( Option = SOLU) supersedes the activation/deactivation of parallel behavior for element matrix generation (FORM), equation solver (SOLV), and element results calculation (RESU).

The SOLV option supports only the sparse direct and PCG solvers ( eqslv,SPARSE or PCG). No other solvers are supported.

This command applies only to shared-memory architecture. It does not apply to distributed-memory parallel processing.