Changing Solution Priority for System Resources

You can modify the priority of Ansys Electronics Desktop simulations so that system resources are allocated to other computer processes before the solver. If you reduce the priority of Ansys Electronics Desktop simulations, your other software tools will respond as they normally would, but Ansys Electronics Desktop simulations may take longer.

Note:

The Windows Task Manager does not indicate a reduced priority for the Ansys Electronics Desktop solvers. It only lists the priority of the engine manager, which appears normal, not the actual engine. The actual engine is in a separate thread, whose priority is not visible in the Windows Task Manager.

To change the priority of simulations for the system's resources:

  1. While a solution is running, right-click the Progress window, and click Change Priority on the shortcut menu.
    • To affect priority for future simulation runs, click Tools > Options > HPC and Analysis to access the HPC and Analysis dialog box, and click the Options tab.
  2. From the Change Priority menu (or the Default Process Priority drop-down menu), select one of the following priorities:

    Lowest Priority

     

    Below Normal

     

    Normal

    The default.

    Above Normal

     

    Highest

     


  3. Click OK.