Primary Command INDEX

          

The command INDEX is used to enter the model index environment and to display the models that exist in the working directory.

The form of index display is currently different for Unix and PC platforms, although the functionality provided is roughly similar. The index display described here is for the PC.

The model index not only indicates the progress of a job from model generation through to results assessment, but also reminds the user of the model names and filenames that exist within the current directory.

Note that the working directory is interrogated each time the model index is displayed so that the index is always correct at the time of display.

When FEMGV is initiated, the model index is automatically displayed and the user is offered a choice of command from the index menu. In addition, the user may pick one of the action buttons displayed against a model name in the index in order to perform a required action on that model. The action buttons provided are as follows:

Action Button Effect

Generate Enter the model generation environment FEMGEN . This action button is only available for existing FEMGEN models.

View Enter the model assessment environment FEMVIEW.. This action button will be available for existing FEMVIEW models or when there is only an existing FEMGEN database for a model in which case an internal transfer from FEMGEN to FEMVIEW will be performed prior to entering the model assessment environment.

Status Gives the current status of a model. See 'Model Status Information' below.

Update Updates the databases for a model from FEMGV Version 4.0 to FEMGV Version 5.0. This action button is only available when a model has no FEMGV Version 5.0 database files.

Analyse Executes the analysis program. This action button is only effective where an analysis program has been integrated with the FEMGV installation.

If there is more model index information than can be displayed in the current viewport then the model index will be displayed in a paged mode; the next page being accessed via the More action button that will be displayed at the foot of the index.

Model Status Information

The command INDEX model_name or picking the Status action button for a model will cause a status report for that model to be displayed. The general form of this information is shown below:

     Geometry created:    01-JUN-96 10:25
     Geometry modified:   15-JUN-96 15:04
     Title:  A 20 character title
     Points:    531
     Lines:     676
     Surfaces:  250
     Bodies:    289
     Nodes:     20400
     Elements:  14678

     Viewdata created:    23-JUN-96 09:12
     Single level model
     Title:  A 20 character title
     Origin: External source
     Nodes:     20400
     Elements:  14678
     Results 1st entered: 23-JUN-96 09:20
     Loadcases: 15

Notes:

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Origin
If the origin of the viewdata is specified as `Internal transfer' then this means that it has been generated directly from the mesh generated by FEMGEN , while if it is classified as `External source' this means that it has been generated using element and co-ordinated data obtained from an external file, presumably from an analysis run.

To exit the model status information and return to the model index the Exit action button that is displayed at the foot of the status information should be used.

If there is more model status information than can be displayed in the current viewport then the index will be displayed in a paged mode; the next page being accessed via the More action button that will be displayed at the foot of the status information.