Preconditioners for FEM

A few preconditioners are available for the finite element method (FEM).

Note:
  • It is recommended to use the default settings. Changing the preconditioner is recommended only for advanced users.
  • The number in brackets corresponds to the value of the I3 field at the CG card in the model .pre file.
On the Solve/Run tab, in the Solution Settings group, click the  Solver Settings icon. On the Solver Settings dialog, click the Advanced tab.
Figure 1. The Solver Settings dialog (Advanced tab).


Multilevel ILU/diagonal decomposition (512)
Preconditioner for a hybrid FEM/MoM solution that uses a multilevel sparse incomplete LU-decomposition with threshold and controlled fill-in. Note, not available for parallel.
Multilevel FEM-MLFMM LU/diagonal decomposition (2010)
Preconditioner for a hybrid FEM/MLFMM solution that uses a multilevel sparse LU decomposition of the combined and partitioned, FEM/MLFMM system. This is the default for a FEM/MLFMM solution.

When using the parallel , the factorisation type, which slightly impacts runtime and memory, can be specified.

Multilevel LU/diagonal decomposition (2050)
Preconditioner for a hybrid FEM/MoM solution that uses a multilevel sparse LU decomposition of the partitioned system. This is the default for a FEM/MoM solution.

When using the parallel , the factorisation type, which slightly impacts runtime and memory, can be specified.