How many windows can you open from a single OpenSees.exe?

[gooddaytogo]

Hello, everyone,

For the parametric study, I need to run two OpenSees windows to use most of the computer memory. I am wondering if it works when the two OpenSees windows are from the exact same one OpenSees.exe in the computer (say just double-click the OpenSees.exe twice and then there will be two OpenSees windows on the screen), and you run different analysis in each window. Will the running in the two windows influence each and what are the maximum windows you can open from a single OpenSees.exe? Thanks.

[selimgunay]

You can open several windows from the same OpenSees. exe. As long as you source two separate files, they will not affect each other.

[gooddaytogo]

There are some procedures shared by different analysis, which will be used by the two windows at the same time, I don't know if this will affect the results. Thanks.

[mhscott]

Using the same input files should be OK, but you can't write to the same output files when running multiple OpenSees processes simultaneously.

[gooddaytogo]

For the output files, I designate them to different directories for each analysis.