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During nonlinear analysis, time values are reported for various phases of the numerical formulation, listed as follows: 

TIME FOR INITIALIZING ANALYSIS            =       12.91

TIME FOR CONTROLLING ANALYSIS             =      895.74

TIME FOR FORMING STIFFNESS MATRIX         =      922.40

TIME FOR SOLVING STIFFNESS MATRIX         =      431.23

TIME FOR CALCULATING DISPLACEMENTS        =      642.98

TIME FOR DETERMINING EVENTS               =      395.76

TIME FOR UPDATING STATE                   =    17134.01

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TOTAL TIME FOR THIS ANALYSIS              =    20435.03

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Each of these phases is described as follows:

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• Time for updating state is the time used to determine the effect of a calculated load step upon all structural objects within a model. Examples include current internal state and resisting forces. To reduce this computation time, consider removing the unnecessary nonlinearity assigned to systems which will remain elastic. Further, if the model has nonlinear links or shell plasticity, the number of points on the force-displacement or stress-strain curves may be reduced.