Monitoring and Controlling the Solution Process
While a simulation is running, you can monitor the solution’s progress in the Progress window. Above the green progress bar, messages describe the setup and step. The progress bar shows the relative progress of each step. Under the bar, messages note the part of the design being solved, and give memory estimates during the factoring process.
To view general information about standard analysis runs:
- Right-click an Analysis solution in the Project tree and select Profile.
- You can also right-click Results in the Project tree and select Solution Profile, or click Schematic > Profile & Monitor on the ribbon.
A Solutions dialog box appears with the Profile tab selected.
- Use the Simulation drop-down list to filter the profiles shown by analysis type.
- Profile data shown includes the starting time and date of the simulation run, the machine name on which the simulation was run, the Twin Builder version used for the simulation, the elapsed time for the simulation, the amount of memory used by the SimplorerServer process, the simulation completion time and date, and the status of the run (for example, Normal Completion). The profile is cleared when the solution is invalidated.
- Optionally, click Export to export the profile data to a .prof file.
- Select the Runtime Simulation Monitor tab to monitor simulation progress in real time. This panel can remain open while you run an analysis. It displays various simulation parameters depending on the analysis type.
- For transient simulations, current time, end time, and min, max, and current time step values display.
- For AC simulations, current and end frequency display.
A graphical representation of the simulation iterations and time step (transient only) also appears.
To monitor the status of the solutions:
- Right-click the Results icon in the Project tree and select Browse Solutions.
The Solutions dialog box appears with two tabs: Statistics and Browse.
- Click the Browse tab to display data about the passes completed.
The left panel contains a tree structure showing the solutions listed according to setup, solution, and variation (if any). A table in the right panel lists the Setup, the Solution, the swept variable (if any), and the State of the solution.
- Use the Optimetrics Setup drop-down list to select the Optimetrics setup whose solution data displays. Choose None to display data for standard analyses (transient, AC, or DC).
- Click Properties to display a dialog box that lets you change the way the setup, solution, and variation appear in the tree structure.
- Select a solution from the table entries and click Delete to remove it. Use Ctrl-click to select multiple solutions, or Shift-click to select a range of solutions. Click Select All to select all solutions for deletion. When you delete a variation belonging to None, only that variation’s solution file on disk is deleted. When a variation that is part of an Optimetrics analysis is deleted, the .sdb file containing all the variations corresponding to that Optimetrics solution will be deleted.
- Click the Statistics tab of the Solutions dialog box to display file and path information, as well as file format, number of files, and file size.