Chapter 5: Debug Mode

Debug Mode allows the solver to output information that can help find the cause of a problem, such as a decrease in step size. The output information includes equations, bodies, and entities with the largest norm values that prevent the solver from converging to a solution during dynamic analysis. When using debug mode, it is possible to monitor bodies or entities with low convergence during analysis, making it easier to make modifications to the model based on this information. The solver creates a .dbg file with the same name as the result file and records debug information to it.


Note:  Debug mode is only supported for dynamic analysis.



Note:  For HPC solvers, .dbg files are created for each processor. The entities output in the sublist of detailed debug information may be different for each processor.


Figure 5.1: Debug information printed to a .dbg file

Debug information printed to a .dbg file