Updates for 9.10

Linux version

Version 9.10 is the first Bentley-built release of the Linux version of ADINA.

The compilers and compilation options for the Linux version have been revised as part of the Bentley build procedure.

The minimum operating system requirements for the Linux version have also been revised, see the table below.

The installation and licensing of the Linux version have also been revised.

For more information for installation and licensing, see ADINA Installation & Licensing for Linux

After installation, all files can be found in ./ADINA/bin. We recommend that you add

./ADINA/bin to the PATH environment variable.

Four scripts are used to run the ADINA system programs:

adina9.10, symbolic link to adina.bash

Invokes the ADINA solvers

adadp9.10, symbolic link to adadp.bash Invokes SAM adaptive meshing

ai9.10, symbolic link to ai.bash

Invokes the Graph utility program, the adaptive meshing interface or the solver user interface.

aui9.10, symbolic link to aui.bash

Invokes the AUI

These scripts have been extensively revised in version 9.10.

Windows version

By default, if version 9.9 is already installed, the Windows installer will install version 9.10 adjacent to version 9.9. Version 9.9 should be uninstalled before installing version 9.10, if only a single installed version is desired.

Default number of threads and memory allocation

In version 9.10, for the solvers, the default number of threads used is equal to the number of physical cores on the computer. The default memory allocation for the AUI and the solvers is equal to half of the physical memory (RAM) on the computer.

e.g. If the computer has 6 physical cores and 32 GB memory, the command

adina9.10 ... (Linux) adinas.exe … (Windows)

will use 6 cores and 16 GB memory by default. Use the -_t flag to specify a different number of cores and use the -_mm flag to specify a different memory allocation. The Linux command

aui9.10 ...

will use 16 GB RAM by default. For AUI on Windows and Linux in interactive mode, the memory used in the last interactive session will be used. Use the -_mflag to specify a different memory allocation.

Table of supported platforms

Platform	Operating system	Fortran compiler	Intel MKL library
Windows	Windows 8, 8.1, 10, 11	Intel Fortran Compiler Classic, version 2022.1.0	MKL 2022.1.0
Linux	Linux kernel 5.4 and higher, glibc 2.31 and higher	Intel Fortran Compiler Classic, version 2022.1.0	MKL 2022.1.0

All program versions are 64-bit, using the x86_64 architecture. The Intel 64 and AMD64 implementations of the x86-64 architecture are supported.

The CPU must support the AVX extensions to the x86_64 instruction set architecture. Most Intel and AMD CPUs released after 2011 contain these extensions.

The following Linux distros comply with the minimum operating system requirements for Linux:

4 ADINA System 9.10 Release Notes Updates for 9.10

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openSUSE 15.4 Centos Stream 9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Distros earlier than the above cannot be used with ADINA.

The Linux computer must have Firefox and libssl.so.1.1 installed, otherwise the Linux installation will abort. Firefox and libssl.so.1.1 are used for Linux licensing. Instructions for installing Firefox and libssl.so.1.1 are distro-dependent.

libssl.so.1.1 is a system library used with OpenSSL 1.1.1.

Available documentation

The following documents are available with the ADINA System.

ADINA Handbook

Written as a task-oriented desktop reference, the ADINA Handbook helps users to quickly and effectively leverage ADINA's advanced geometric modeling, meshing, and visualization features.

ADINA User Interface Command Reference Manual (CRM)

Volume I: ADINA Solids & Structures Model Definition

Volume II: ADINA Thermal Model Definition

Volume III: ADINA CFD & FSI Model Definition

Volume IV: ADINA EM Model Definition

Volume V: Display Processing

ADINA Primer

Theory and Modeling Guide (TMG)

Volume I: ADINA Solids & Structures

Volume II: ADINA Thermal

Volume III: ADINA CFD&FSI

Volume IV: ADINA EM

ADINA Verification Manual

ADINA-Nastran Interface Manual