There is a bug in old version of starcd.The Pstt file can not larger than 2Gbyte.I hear that new version have solved this problem,have not it?

which version for windows could?

Yes, there is a 2GB border. That belongs to StarCD. The next boarder is the 4GB, which belongs to the 32bit OS. I think in general it is not recommanded to use such big files. Is the file corrupt for any reason, all results are distroyed.

I suppose that the this problem arise with transient calculations. The remedy is to use a backup frequency. So you can write out each time step in its own *.pst file. with a loop you can load each *.pst_xxxx file step by step to print out pictures for to generate movies.

Ok! It is a good idea ,I could try ! Thank u! Yes ,before this time ,i rename *.pstt file ,every two hours, when it come near 2 Gbyte. But the whole run time is 20 hours. So I have to be awake to change its name. Now ,may I could sleep well. Thanks again.

After my attempt,I still don't know how to loop it.Which command should I use in the loop to control the post file name *.ps?

OK Kevin, here it is: Sorry, but I don't want to give you my whole automatism for postprocessing. Without extensive explanation you won't be lucky with it, but with this example you can make your own thoughts for automatism.

! ! EXAMPLE LOOP FOR TRANSIENT POSTPROCESSING ! ! lend = loop end ! range start till end = time window for postprocessing ! incr = means postprocessing each "incr" time steps ! zaehl = just olny a loop counter ! CASE = casename ! ! For example: *set start 2160 *set end 2880 *set incr 5 *set CASE sl65-amg ! *set lend , ende - start *set lend , lend / incr *set time start incr *set zaehl 1 ! *DEFINE NOEXECUTE ! load data ! The transfer of the numeric value of the variable "time" ! as a string to the string variable "PSTI" ! In each loop the variable "time" will be increased by the ! above increment "incr" ! With brackets {} you get access to the string variable. ! *if time lt 10 then

*scopy, time , PSTI , i1 *else

*if, time, lt 100 then

*scopy, time , PSTI , i2

*else

*if, time, lt 1000 then

*scopy, time , PSTI , i3

*else

*if, time gt 999 then

*scopy, time , PSTI , i4

*endif

*endif

*endif *endif

load, {CASE}.pst_{PSTI} ! ! --------------------------------------------------- ! Here you can place what ever you want to do / plot. ! in this loop. ! ! ... ! ! ---------------------------------------------------

exit close {CASE}.pst_{PSTI} *set zaehl zaehl + 1 *END *LOOP 0 lend

Ok! Thanks. Hope I could understand your example.