# How do set automatic incrementation？

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**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-do-set-automatic-incrementation/1702 "2023-06-12T03:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@Phonix](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Phonix)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-do-set-automatic-incrementation/1702/1 "2023-06-12T03:09:53Z")

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I ran into this problem while calculating a problem, \*ERROR: solution seems to diverge; please try automatic incrementation; program stops best solution and residuals are in the frd file, so how do set automatic incrementation?

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**Author:** ![Phonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@Phonix](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Phonix)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-do-set-automatic-incrementation/1702/2 "2023-06-12T03:19:28Z")

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I found out that direct in DYNAMIC means whether or not it increments automatically, so how do I know if I want to turn direct on?

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**Author:** ![Calc\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Calc\_em](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Calc_em)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-do-set-automatic-incrementation/1702/3 "2023-06-12T07:17:27Z")

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Indeed:

> The parameter DIRECT specifies that the user-defined initial time increment should not be changed.

It’s not recommended in the majority of cases. You should only use it if you have a good reason to do it. Otherwise, automatic incrementation should be used.

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**Author:** ![Phonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@Phonix](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/Phonix)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/how-do-set-automatic-incrementation/1702/4 "2023-06-12T07:29:12Z")

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@Calc_em  
ok,thank you~