{"id":359475,"date":"2024-03-28T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/unable-to-create-animations-for-batch-jobs-in-a-hpc-cluster\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:23:09","slug":"unable-to-create-animations-for-batch-jobs-in-a-hpc-cluster","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/unable-to-create-animations-for-batch-jobs-in-a-hpc-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"Unable to create animations for batch jobs in a HPC cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am running my Fluent case on a HPC linux server in batch mode. I am using the following line in my .sh script file to include graphics in Fluent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>fluent 3ddp -nogui -gu -driver null -t $SLURM_NTASKS -cnf=$NODEFILE -mpi=intel -pinfiniband -sifile=.\/&#8221;$SLURM_JOBID&#8221;_fluentServer2.txt -i $ansysFile.jou &gt; kinetics_model_reacting.txt<\/p>\n<p>The -gu -driver null options should enable me to create and save animations on the cluster. However, I am unable to do this. I am creating animations and changing their frequency using the following TUI commands.&nbsp;I have verified that the TUI commands are correct by inputting them in my local case setup.<\/p>\n<p>\/solve\/animate\/objects\/create temp-animation_dist animate-on core_temp storage-dir &#8220;.&#8221; q&nbsp; &nbsp;; creating animations on the contour named &#8220;core_temp&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\/solve\/animate\/objects\/edit temp-animation_dist frequency 200 q&nbsp; ; change the frequency of writing files<\/p>\n<p>Note that I am able to output animations if I had already set them up in my local case file. However, I am unable to set up new animations on the cluster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-359475","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-animations","topic-tag-solution-animation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["50335","805"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.154"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["648"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_lock":["1712326846:96323"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"],"_bbp_topic_id":["359475"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["805","50335"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["362232"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["362232"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-04-15 12:50:09"]},"test":"jwm84vt-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/359475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/359475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360710,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/359475\/revisions\/360710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}