Re:Simple assembly example

wwiki's error is lack of CPU time - this can be increased in ASTK

Use google translate for the error messages:

[code:1] ARRET PAR MANQUE DE TEMPS CPU
Les commandes suivantes sont ignorees, on passe directement dans FIN
La base globale est sauvegardee
Temps consomme de la reserve CPU : 0.44 s [/code:1]

GT:

[code:1]STOP BY LACK OF TIME CPU
The following commands are ignored, it passes directly into END
The global base is Backed Up
Time consuming the reserve CPU: 0.44 s[/code:1]

Your error Im not so sure of, but it seems you try to combine (UNION) the group load with the group load which doesn't make sense. If theres two groups named load that should be combined, rename one of them for this to work.

Glad to hear it worked.

For question #1 someone else has to reply, I don't know since I don't use Salomé-MECA that often to interface with Aster.

2) Code_Aster is, from the ground up, built to run on huge clusters with several users. In such an environment it's a good idea to be able to manage resources and e.g. limit users in claiming all the resources for themselves. Such environments are also sometimes rented out to outsiders that pay for X amount of CPU time, and they will pay out the nose if they exceed the time they paid for.
If a calculation exceeds the time approximated for it, it might also be an indicator that something is wrong and the calculation needs to be revisited.

On a personal computer things are a little different because you have all the time in the world, depending on patience of course.
Setting an upper limit for RAM usage is a great feature though; if you assign all you RAM and Aster uses it, your computer becomes unresponsive and does an OOM (Out of memory), with whatever that entails. I always set max RAM usage to 3GB because I have 4GB installed.