Primary Command UTILITY

  The command UTILITY is used for the input of data, and the tabulation, printing, and dumping of information from FEMGV and enables deletion of items from the database and the conversion of databases from previous versions of FEMGV.

It allows the setup of the graphics display, plotter and printer devices and other program control parameters. It also provides graphing in FEMGEN and a distance measurement utility.

The following sections refer to the UTILITY commands:

2.18.1 UTILITY COPY - copy a model.

2.18.2 UTILITY DELETE - delete data from the database.

2.18.3 UTILITY GRAPH - display a graph of a time curve or space curve

2.18.4 UTILITY LOG - open a log file.

2.18.5 UTILITY MEASURE - measure distances, angles or line lengths.

2.18.6 UTILITY NAME - rename a part.

2.18.7 UTILITY READ - read an external file.

2.18.8 UTILITY SETUP - setup printer, plotter, and define colours. set synonyms and program control parameters. set point marker display.

2.18.9 UTILITY TABULATE - tabulate data.

2.18.10 UTILITY UNDO - Undo the most recent change to a FEMGEN model.

2.18.11 UTILITY UPDATE - update database from previous version.

2.18.12 UTILITY WRITE - write data to a file for subsequent processing.

When suitable combinations of hardware and software exist, a number of forms are available at the UTILITY SETUP level. The presence of these forms is indicated by '...' appearing in the menu after the command e.g. UTILITY SETUP PLOTTER....