Autodyn is made available on Windows operating systems using MPI as the parallel message
passing protocol. Dynamic spawning of worker processes from the Autodyn component system is
not possible. Therefore, the number of worker tasks is specified before starting the Autodyn
program using mpirun or mpiexec, depending on
the MPI provider used. The process for this is outlined in the following sections. Once the
Autodyn executable is started, you must restart your Autodyn session if you require a
different number of worker tasks.
Note: The recommended method of running an Autodyn job using MPI is by using the AUTODYNWRAPPER.exe file, which is described in Running Autodyn on Windows Platforms. The alternative methods of starting an Autodyn parallel job give you the ability to add other MPI options that are not supported by AUTODYNWRAPPER.exe, but should only be used if those MPI options are needed.