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This command enables the user to convert database files created by previous versions of FEMGV into the form required by the latest version of FEMGV .
The user may specify an individual model for conversion or specify that ALL models in the current directory be converted.
Both FEMVIEW and FEMGEN databases will be converted. The rule is that conversion only occurs if database files for the latest version of FEMGV do not exist and appropriate database files for a previous version of FEMGV do exist. Note that conversion does not alter or delete the original FEMGV database files and that it is always the database files of the most recent previous version that will be updated in preference to earlier versions.
The menu column will include the name of a model available for conversion only if no database files for either FEMGEN or FEMVIEW for the latest version of FEMGV exist for that model. However, if only the FEMGEN or FEMVIEW database has been converted for a model, the command UTILITY UPDATE model_name will force the update of any remaining database for that model even though the model_name did not appear in the menu column.
It is also possible to convert databases by using the UPDATE button in the model index display. This button will appear under the same circumstances that the model name appears in the menu column as described above.
Database files created by FEMGV Version 2.3, FEMGV Version 4, FEMGV Version 5 and FEMGV Version 6 are as follows:
| Version | Program | Database Files |
| FEMGV 2.3 | FEMGEN | model_name.G20 |
| FEMVIEW | model_name.V20 | |
| fgvindex.m20 | ||
| FEMGV 4 | FEMGEN | model_name.G40 |
| FEMVIEW | model_name.V40 | |
| model_name.M40 | ||
| FEMGV 5.* | FEMGEN | model_name.G50 |
| FEMVIEW | model_name.V50 | |
| model_name.M50 | ||
| FEMGV 5.1-03 | FEMGEN | model_name.G51 |
| FEMVIEW | model_name.V51 | |
| model_name.M51 | ||
| FEMGV 6.0-01 | FEMGEN | model_name.G60 |
| FEMVIEW | model_name.V60 | |
| model_name.M60 | ||
| FEMGV 6.1-01 | FEMGEN | model_name.G61 |
| FEMVIEW | model_name.V61 | |
| model_name.M61 |
Examples:
If `GASKET.G61' does not exist and `GASKET.G50' does exist then `GASKET.G61' will be created. `GASKET.G50' will be unchanged. If `GASKET.V61' and `GASKET.M61' do not exist and `GASKET.V50' and `GASKET.M50' do exist then `GASKET.V61' and `GASKET.M61' will be created. `GASKET.V50' and `GASKET.M50' will be unchanged.
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