Initial Conditions

When saving Initial Conditions, the FAIMEngine makes a copy of all of its database files and thereby saves the complete historian state and data. On restoration of an IC, the FAIMEngine replaces the current database files with the files in the IC.

The time required to save and restore an IC and the data storage requirements for an IC are directly related to the size and number of database files that FAIM maintains. Therefore, configuring the FAIMEngine to maintain the minimum amount of data required for your simulation is recommended.

Note: Once a historian configuration is downloaded to FAIM (using FAIMBatch to process a new .inp file), all previously saved FAIM snapshots are considered invalid and should be deleted.