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Hi, I have a problem can anyone help.
I use Windows and I have ElmerGui installed. I'm trying to run a .sif file, unfortunately I can't open it.
I used the hints on the forum, however, a message like the bottom appears.

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\1f_silnik>elmersolver
ELMER SOLVER (v 8.4) STARTED AT: 2020/05/17 12:50:29
ParCommInit: Initialize #PEs: 1
MAIN:
MAIN: =============================================================
MAIN: ElmerSolver finite element software, Welcome!
MAIN: This program is free software licensed under (L)GPL
MAIN: Copyright 1st April 1995 - , CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.
MAIN: Webpage http://www.csc.fi/elmer, Email elmeradm@csc.fi
MAIN: Version: 8.4 (Rev: Release, Compiled: 2020-04-08)
MAIN: Running one task without MPI parallelization.
MAIN: Running with just one thread per task.
MAIN: Lua interpreted linked in.
MAIN: =============================================================
ERROR:: ElmerSolver: Unable to find ELMERSOLVER_STARTINFO, can not execute.
STOP 1

When I try to run the file by run
ElmerGui model.sif
runs only empty ElmerGui

Thank you for your help

you don't have a
ELMERSOLVER_STARTINFO file
the ELMERSOLVER_STARTINFO
lists the sif file to run, in ElmerGUI you have to save project to get one prior to running
from the command line you can execute a sif by typing
ElmerSolver mycase.sif

without having a ELMERSOLVER_STARTINFO file

After trying to run ElmerSolver mycase.sif shows the same

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\1f_silnik>ElmerSolver mycase.sif
ELMER SOLVER (v 8.4) STARTED AT: 2020/05/17 14:58:46
ParCommInit: Initialize #PEs: 1
MAIN:
MAIN: =============================================================
MAIN: ElmerSolver finite element software, Welcome!
MAIN: This program is free software licensed under (L)GPL
MAIN: Copyright 1st April 1995 - , CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.
MAIN: Webpage http://www.csc.fi/elmer, Email elmeradm@csc.fi
MAIN: Version: 8.4 (Rev: Release, Compiled: 2020-04-08)
MAIN: Running one task without MPI parallelization.
MAIN: Running with just one thread per task.
MAIN: Lua interpreted linked in.
MAIN: =============================================================
MAIN:
MAIN:
MAIN: -------------------------------------
MAIN: Reading Model: mycase.sif
ERROR:: ElmerSolver: Unable to find input file [mycase.sif], can not execute.
STOP 1

Hi

Just a wild guess: Windows has added .txt as suffix to the sif file?

-Peter

Everything is working now;)
I am trying to use Elmer to simulate a single-phase motor with an auxiliary condenser winding

Hello Daga1991,
Could you please let me know how you work it out? Thank you!

Daga1991 wrote: ↑31 May 2020, 20:26 Everything is working now;)
I am trying to use Elmer to simulate a single-phase motor with an auxiliary condenser winding

Can you please paste the message given by the ElmerSolver ?
The path of the solver input file must be defined to the ElmerSolver for the solve to run perfectly.