Steven G. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Chad Husko wrote: > > I'd like to run a simulation and then use that as a base for future > > simulations. How would one save, and subsequently load, an > > electric-field pattern? > > There's no easy way to do this in Meep right now. > > Can you give an example of where you would need this facility? > > If you just want to break a long simulation into several runs, the proper > thing is to use a software checkpointing utility (e.g. there are a number > of checkpointing programs for Linux which you can find via Google). > > Steven >
I actually had an application for this... In some simulations that I would like to run, the metal structure might change over time due to heat or other effects, but as far as I know meep cannot simulate a time-dependent structure, and so the way to do it would be to output the field, change the geometry incrementally, read the field in again, and then iterate it. I realise that edge effects might be a problem, but it was just an idea. Nicholas. _______________________________________________ meep-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://ab-initio.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meep-discuss
