I'm analyzing a linear shell and bar model with like ~8000 nodes, 10 cases, 4-5 combinations and seismic loads defined, on a new 4 core PC with 8GB RAM.
For the static combinations, everything is OK so far.
Now when I want to see the results on shells for a seismic combination, it's more or less OK for simple Nxx, Nxy, Mxx, Mxy etc.
For the more complex mappings, including even sigmaXX, processing time gets very long, up to 15 minutes per map (e.g. sigmaXX or sigma1). This effectively ruins the job.
PC parameters are OK, no memory leaks, no consuming background processes.
I did not encounter this problem with the previous model which was far more complex and even included transient TH analysis.
I hope if anyone could point me to an error in my workflow.
Do you use the results preparation? If yes, have you encountered any hidden problems with it? is your processing time comparable to the example above?
Screenshot attached for visual pleasure.