33.1.17 File/Write/Autosave...

The File/Write/Autosave... menu item opens the Autosave Case/Data panel.

Autosave Case/Data Panel

The Autosave Case/Data panel is used to specify automatic saving of case and data files at specified intervals during a calculation. See Section  4.3.4 for details.

Controls

Autosave Case File Frequency

specifies the frequency with which case files are saved. For steady flows you will specify the frequency in iterations, and for unsteady flows you will specify it in time steps (unless you are using the explicit time stepping formulation, in which case you will specify the frequency in iterations).

Autosave Data File Frequency

specifies the frequency with which data files are saved. For steady flows you will specify the frequency in iterations, and for unsteady flows you will specify it in time steps (unless you are using the explicit time stepping formulation, in which case you will specify the frequency in iterations).

Overwrite Existing Files

allows you to restrict the number of files saved by FLUENT if you have limited disc space. Enable the Overwrite Existing Files option and set the value of the Maximum Number of Each File Type field.

Maximum Number of Each File Type

specifies the maximum number of files that can be saved at any instance. If you have constraints on the disc space, you can restrict the number of files to be saved using this field. After saving the specified number of files, FLUENT will overwrite the earliest existing file. The default value for this field is zero which saves all the files.

Filename

specifies the root name for the files that are saved. The iteration or time-step number and an appropriate suffix ( .cas or .dat) will be added to the specified root name. If the specified Filename ends in .gz or .Z, appropriate file compression will be performed. (See Section  4.1.5 for details about file compression.)