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  3. How to proceeed when the results file interpolation fails with the following error message: Workspace size MXL is too small STOP called from routine INTER1 An error has occurred in cfx5interp: The CFX-5 Interpolation Program exited with return code 1

How to proceeed when the results file interpolation fails with the following error message: Workspace size MXL is too small STOP called from routine INTER1 An error has occurred in cfx5interp: The CFX-5 Interpolation Program exited with return code 1

Tagged: cfx, fluid-dynamics, General - CFX, Other
    • March 17, 2023 at 8:58 am
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      This error message is due to a wrong memory estimation, which can occur for long thin meshes, e.g. large differences in dimensions. As workaround the interpolation can be started from command-line with the following command: cfx5interp -dest name.def -res name.res -mxl By default, is set to 1/3 * (No. of vertices in the definition file), so try a number 10-100 times higher.

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