Changing Memory Settings

The Maxwell solver has to make trade-offs between the solution time and the amount of memory used in the solution process.

The software automatically determines the amount of RAM installed on the computer, assuming that it can use up to 75% of this during the solution process. You can override this choice by changing the following two memory settings:

Generally, set the RAM value as high as possible to obtain the fastest solutions.

These settings are not an absolute limit on the amount of RAM to be used. When solving small problems, Maxwell tries to respect this limit by choosing to run more slowly with a smaller amount of RAM. When solving a large problem, Maxwell may be unable to use less RAM than the specified limit. In this case, the amount of memory used exceeds the specified limit but tries to minimize how far it goes beyond.