Changing a Solution Priority for System Resources
You can modify the priority of Maxwell simulations so that system resources are allocated to other computer processes before the solver. If you reduce the priority of Maxwell simulations, your other software tools will respond as they normally would, but Maxwell simulations may take longer.
Note: The Windows Task
Manager does not indicate a reduced priority for the Maxwell solver.
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:
- 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 the Tools > Options > HPC and Analysis window, and click the Options tab.
- From the Change
Priority menu (or the Default
Process Priority drop-down menu), select one of the following
priorities:
Critical
Above Normal
Normal
Default
Below Normal
Idle
- Click OK.