Simulation Monitoring

You can monitor the progress of a simulation and determine when it has started, completed, or aborted.

V6 provides the following techniques for monitoring the progress of a simulation:

Monitoring a simulation from the authoring workbench

When you run a VPM simulation in interactive mode from an authoring workbench, such as DesignSight or Structural Analysis, status information is displayed on your workstation as long as the simulation is running and your session remains open. If you run a DesignSight simulation in background mode and close your session, you can restore communication and resume monitoring by opening the simulation from a new DesignSight session and requesting that status information is displayed on your workstation. Alternatively, you can resume monitoring from a Navigation or Search window, as described below.

Monitoring a simulation from a Navigation or Search window

When you run a VPM simulation in background mode from a Navigation or Search window, status information is displayed on your workstation as long as the simulation is running and your session remains open.

If you run a VPM simulation in background mode and close your session, you can do either of the following:

  • Open the simulation in an authoring workbench and request that status information is displayed on your workstation.

  • Select the simulation from the Navigation or Search window, click , and select the Notify me when the simulation is complete check box from the window that appears. If the simulation is running locally, you can request status information only if you are on the same workstation that is running the simulation.

    In addition, the command provides more detailed status messages than the other techniques; for example, it displays messages indicating licensing or database issues. The command is available from the contextual menu in a Navigation or Search window and from the toolbar in a Navigation window.

The South quadrant of the compass provides color coding to indicate the status of a simulation. The compass applies color shading to VPM simulations that were executed in background mode. In addition, if you select a VPM simulation that was executed in background mode, detailed information is displayed showing the status of the simulation and the host on which it was executed. The compass also applies color shading to SIMULIA Scenario Definition simulation processes and simulation activities. See Using the Compass with Simulations for more information.