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D3PLOT D3PLOT_CACHE_DATA User manual Version 10.0, June 2011 Default setting of the "CACHE_DATA" database switch. This controls whether or not D3PLOT attempts to store all data read from disk in its own core image. This setting can be changed manually during execution. full (was true prior to V8.3) Stores all data read from disk in memory until the database caching memory limits are reached. This can use a lot of memory and is not recommended unless disk access is very slow. scalar Stores basic nodal coordinates and the current component’s "scalar" data only. A reasonable trade-off between speed and memory size. full scalar off scalar (Also, for backwards compatibility: true false off Only basic nodal coordinate data (was are stored. Saves memory but false may make data-bearing plots prior to slow to modify. v8.3) Generally Unix systems are better at cacheing disk data in spare system memory than Windows systems, making "disk" rereads faster since they are actually copied from memory. This makes the "off" option viable under Unix - however you may need to experiment. D3PLOT_SOFT_LIMIT Controls the amout of memory (in MB) set aside for the "soft" database limit 1 to 2048 MB 60% of system memory D3PLOT_HARD_LIMIT Controls the amout of memory (in MB) set aside for the "hard" database limit 1 to 2048 MB 80% of system memory The following variables set special parameters for data file reading and management, and are not normally used. D3PLOT_SOLID_SE Controls whether or not D3PLOT calculates strain energy density for solid elements. Doing this makes the assumption that the elements have not entered the plastic strain regime, so it is not normally set. true or false false D3PLOT_SOLID_8 Analyses containing 8 integration points worth of data for solid elements are processed (NINTSLD = 8 on *DATABASE EXTENT BINARY), but only the first integration point is normally considered. If this flag is set then limited support for all 8 integration points is provided. true or false false true or false false This facility is only partially implemented and should not be relied on. PTF_CONTIGUOUS CTF_CONTIGUOUS Page A.28 Some versions of LS-DYNA sometimes contravene the rules for starting a new family member, and write data contiguously across file boundaries when they should not. Setting these variables may enable such files to be read.
