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Versions of the interface previous to this one had to be configured solely using environment variables. These suffer the great disadvantage that they cannot be changed once FEMGV is running. They are however still supported and details are given in table A.1 in Appendix A. It should be noted though that any resources actually set in the resource file will override the settings of the corresponding environment variables.
Resource Purpose Default Other options Femsys.fg-abaqus ABAQUS 4.9/5.2 Input Deck Format Control. 5.8 4.9/5.2-5.8
.abaqus.version Manages the format changes between ABAQUS 4.X and ABAQUS 5.X input decks. Femsys.fg-abaqus ABAQUS/Explicit solver Selection. NO (Std) YES
.abaqus.explicit Manages the Step control changes between ABAQUS/Standard and Explicit. Femsys.fg-abaqus Type of solver selector. FRONTAL SPARSE
.abaqus.solver Allows SPARSE solver for ABAQUS/Standard to be selected instead of the default FRONTAL solver, with version 5.6 of ABAQUS. Femsys.fg-abaqus Extended Error Message Option. NO YES
.configuration.error Controls the writing of error and warning messages to the ABAQUS input deck and the FEMGEN log and history files. Femsys.fg-abaqus Interactive Dialogue Option. NO YES
.configuration.dialogue Enables the user to select which loadcases are to be processed, as well as other options. Femsys.fg-abaqus Node and Element numbers format selection, SMALL LARGE
.model.node_number available for ABAQUS 5.2 and above. 'SMALL' uses I5 format and 'LARGE' enables to write numbers up to 7 digits (ABAQUS limit). Femsys.fg-abaqus Additional ABAQUS input file control. NONE NODES/GEOM
.model.include Enable writing either the nodes (NODES) or the geometry, i.e. nodes and elements, (GEOM) to a separate input file. Femsys.fg-abaqus Control whether element sets are written for YES NO
.model.element_set each geometric part (written by default). Femsys.fg-abaqus Physical property files directory definition. None dir_name
.physical.directory (See Below.) Femsys.fg-abaqus Material property files directory definition. None dir_name
.material.directory (See Below.) Femsys.fg-abaqus ABAQUS '.fil' File Format Control. BINARY ASCII
.results.file_format Controls the format of the ABAQUS results file for use where ABAQUS is installed on a different computer to FEMGV. Femsys.fg-abaqus ZERO INCREMENT selection. NO YES
.results.zero_increment Selects whether the ZERO INCREMENT option to be included in 'FILE FORMAT'. Femsys.fg-abaqus ABAQUS results output file type selection. FIL RES/BOTH
.results.output Enables the user to select which type of output file is needed: '.fil' file or '.res' file or both. Femsys.fg-abaqus Results output control file definition. None file_name
.results.request (See Below.) Femsys.fg-abaqus Controls the printout of contact information to YES NO
.preprint.contact the ABAQUS .dat file. Femsys.fg-abaqus Controls the printout of the input data to YES NO
.preprint.echo the ABAQUS .dat file. Femsys.fg-abaqus Controls the printout of the history data to YES NO
.preprint.history the ABAQUS .dat file. Femsys.fg-abaqus Controls the printout of model definition data YES NO
.preprint.model to the ABAQUS .dat file.
Some of these resources require a string which gives either the relative or full path name of a directory or file on the user's system. More detailed information is given in the materials, physical properties and results chapters of this manual.
The following example illustrates how to edit the resource file.
#Femsys.fg-abaqus.configuration.error : NO
in the resource file femsys.ini. To change the resource setting so that they are, the hash (#) should be removed (so that this line is no longer a comment line) and the NO should be replaced by YES. The line should then read
Femsys.fg-abaqus.configuration.error : YES
and the change should be saved. This change will then be respected when subsequent analysis input decks are created.
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