You can monitor the progress of your optimization process while it is running by selecting Optimization
Monitoroptimization process name. You can also monitor the optimization process by selecting the optimization process name in the Optimization Process Manager and clicking Monitor. The optimization process monitor appears, as shown in Figure 19–8
To monitor the current Abaqus analysis job, click the Monitor button in the top right corner of the optimization process monitor. Abaqus/CAE displays the job monitor and continues to update the job monitor for each iteration of the optimization. If desired, you can terminate the Abaqus analysis job and, hence, the optimization process, from the job monitor. For more information, see “Continuing an optimization process that terminated,” Section 19.12.4, and “Monitoring the progress of an analysis job,” Section 19.2.6.
The optimization process monitor displays the following information:
The Log tabbed page displays the start and end times for the optimization process along with a log of the progress of the process.
The Errors and Warnings tabbed pages display the errors or the warnings associated with the optimization process. Abaqus/CAE indicates the presence of errors or warnings by prepending an exclamation point before the Errors and Warnings tab.
The number of error and warning messages that appear in the job monitor is limited by the environment parameters cae_error_limit and cae_warning_limit, respectively (see “Job customization parameters,” Section 4.1.3 of the Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide, for details). If the number of errors or warnings exceeds the optimization process limit, consult the data, message, or status file for a complete list of messages.
The Output File tabbed page displays a detailed record of each output data entry as it is written to the output file, including status, warning, and error messages. The output file is called atom.out, and it is stored in the optimization process directory (the directory with the same name as the optimization process).
An optimization process outputs a large amount of information to the optimization process monitor, especially to the Output File tabbed page. To help you locate a particular text string, you can use the Search Text fields in the lower half of the optimization process monitor. Select the desired file tab, enter a search string in the Text to find field, and click Next or Previous to step through the output from one hit to the next. Toggle on Match case to perform a case-sensitive search.
The information presented in the optimization process monitor is updated continually as the optimization progresses. If the optimization fails, the Errors tabbed page appears in front of the other tabbed pages automatically to help you determine the cause of the failure. In addition, an exclamation point appears on the tab if any error or warning messages are output.
If you start monitoring an optimization process and then either exit Abaqus/CAE, close the current model database, or open a new model database, the optimization process will continue; but, you will no longer be able to monitor the optimization process from Abaqus/CAE.
