Dump file interval?

[schwarze]

I am simulating a large mesh for a large amount of timesteps where it is useful to use the -dump option so that the simulation can be run across multiple sessions. However, the mesh is so large that creating the -dump file at the default option of every completed timestep takes a significant amount of time and slows the progress of the simulation. Is it possible to save the dump file at some increment larger than a single timestep (i.e. save the dump file every 10 or 100 timesteps?)

[maas]

Hi Erica,

There is a command line option to set the dump interval. It is called -dump_stride and an example would be:

febio4 -i input.feb -dump -dump_stride=100

This should only write a dump file every 100 timesteps. Please give that a try and let me know if that works as expected.

Best,

Steve

[schwarze]

That seems to work perfectly, thank you!