automatic save and exit in GUI

cinwendy · March 15, 2013, 03:01

Hi,

May be this is a newbie question. I am using GUI in FLUENT. However, the place where I use the computer suffer from no electricity from time to time, which make the saved files become problematic or simply lost when I return the next day.

Can anyone please tell me how can I do something such that FLUENT will save data and case files and then exit automatically? (when I am not around)

Thank you.

Bionico · March 15, 2013, 04:09

Hi cinwendy,
you can do it with a UDF.
You can also go to Calculation Activities menu and set Autosave Every (Iterations) (but in this menu you can't set the automatic exit)

Regards

stuart23 · March 15, 2013, 08:32

Can you use auto save every xxx iterations/timesteps?

cinwendy · March 15, 2013, 12:57

Hi, thanks for all the suggestions.

I couldn't UDF at all. I am still trying to figure out what's wrong.

I am thinking about using commands in the "calculation activities", because I have seem example of using it to save picture automatically. But I really have no idea about those commands.

And, yes I can save the data file automatically. My concern is, since I am using GUI, 1, what about the case file? 2, I want FLUENT to exit as soon as the calculation is done.

Thank you!

March 15, 2013, 03:01	automatic save and exit in GUI	#1
cinwendy Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 13	Hi, May be this is a newbie question. I am using GUI in FLUENT. However, the place where I use the computer suffer from no electricity from time to time, which make the saved files become problematic or simply lost when I return the next day. Can anyone please tell me how can I do something such that FLUENT will save data and case files and then exit automatically? (when I am not around) Thank you. Last edited by cinwendy; March 15, 2013 at 12:58.

March 15, 2013, 04:09		#2
Bionico Senior Member Flavio Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Brescia, Italy Posts: 181 Rep Power: 16	Hi cinwendy, you can do it with a UDF. You can also go to Calculation Activities menu and set Autosave Every (Iterations) (but in this menu you can't set the automatic exit) Regards __________________ Bionico

March 15, 2013, 08:32		#3
stuart23 Senior Member Stuart Buckingham Join Date: May 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 267 Rep Power: 26	Can you use auto save every xxx iterations/timesteps?

March 15, 2013, 12:57		#4
cinwendy Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 13	Hi, thanks for all the suggestions. I couldn't UDF at all. I am still trying to figure out what's wrong. I am thinking about using commands in the "calculation activities", because I have seem example of using it to save picture automatically. But I really have no idea about those commands. And, yes I can save the data file automatically. My concern is, since I am using GUI, 1, what about the case file? 2, I want FLUENT to exit as soon as the calculation is done. Thank you!