Postprocessing Results from LS-DYNA Autoscaling Cluster Jobs

To postprocess on Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure, you can create a Linux virtual desktop with the LS-PrePost application, or add LS-PrePost to an existing virtual desktop (see Adding Applications to a Virtual Machine in the User's Guide). As long as the virtual desktop is in the same project space as the autoscaling cluster, you will have direct access to the job output files in the shared storage. You can then launch LS-PrePost on GNOME Desktop from your shared storage with lspp d3plot.

To create a virtual machine, follow the steps in Create a Virtual Desktop with LS-DYNA. You do not need to install the LS-DYNA application, only LS-PrePost.

For improved pre/postprocessing performance, a dedicated graphics card is required. Ansys recommends an NVA10v5, NVv3, or NCasT4_v3 series machine.