(The Von-Mises vs element graph was a non-SolidWorks part of the project. If that part is a strictly CPU based calculation as you suggested, that would completely explain it because I have since had no problems with other simulations I have run without p-adaptive. I did change the study to include P-Adaptive testing which basically is a finite element analysis. NVIDIA ® graphics card: NVIDIA Quadro ® /NVIDIA GeForce ® /Tesla with at least NVIDIA Fermi chip Dual-GPU setup with at least NVIDIA Maxwell cards for the best experience NVIDIA Pascal cards are not supported in SOLIDWORKS Visualize 2017 SP0. > That site is packed with genuine experts! Https //nidp/saml2/sso?id=forums&sid=0&option=credential&sid=0 It would help to know the Solidworks version, driver, and graphics card used. If this is a concern, you may wish to post on the Solidworks forum for a definitive answer.
That factor can be enhanced by using the Solidworks partnered drivers as well. However, if you're using (I think) 2012 or newer and have an NVIDIA graphics card- especially a Quadro, you should have some benefits of CUDA acceleration. The Von Mises stress analyses are (I believe) strictly vector calculations and I would expect these to be 100% CPU- based. You mentioned that the second run was "to make Von Mises vs element graphs with the data", suggesting that in some way you may be comparing two different tasks. Non-compliant results cannot be compared to compliant results using OIT.If you are running the identical files in the identical application in the identical subprogram, have not changed any settings and the results are different (i.e., the GPU utilization) then this suggests a hardware fault. Note: Solidworks 2020 does not support OIT transparency for all graphics hardware, and will instead use an older style transparency.
Graphics hardware that fully supports Solidworks RealView, ambient occlusion and OIT transparency.A license capable of running simulation is required for CPU tests.Solidworks 2020 Visualize must be installed for CPU tests.Dassault Systèmes Solidworks 2020 Service Pack 4 or greater, fully licensed.* Model courtesy of Jay Patterson, an industrial designer and long-time Solidworks user. Tesla tower - 495 MB in memory, exercising graphics.Super car (gullwing door) - 822 MB in memory, exercising graphics.SpaceShipCrawler (NASA Crawler Transporter Model*) - 2.3 GB in memory, exercising graphics.Motor - 392 MB in memory, exercising graphics.Menjac (motor assembly) - 514 MB in memory, exercising graphics.
Today, I want to talk to the users that use or may sometimes use SOLIDWORKS Visualize.
The SPECapc for Solidworks 2020 benchmark includes 10 models and 50 tests exercising a full range of graphics and CPU functionality.
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