Control Output Files

Activating the command: Setup Model Setup Parameters Advanced Output tab

The information on this page applies to the following analysis types except where indicated:

      Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

      Static Stress with Nonlinear Material Models

      MES Riks Analysis

The Output tab can be used to control what additional data is written when the analysis is performed. All the check boxes in the Results in Output File and Input Data in Output File sections will write the specified data to the text file except for the following:

For the results that are node-specific (displacement, velocity, acceleration), you can also select blocks of nodes for which the results will be output to a text file. This is done by activating the Output to file check box. You can define the starting and ending nodes of the block in the Printout Block of Nodes table.

Distorted Element Warnings: The log file can become very long and difficult to read if warnings about distorted elements occur. Use the drop-down Output Warning: distorted element to control how many warnings are printed. The warnings appear in the log file as Warning: distorted element X in part P, maintaining its integrity!.

See also the page Setting Up and Performing the Analysis: Performing the Analysis: Performing A Nonlinear Analysis for details on the distorted element warning.

Tip: Additional output controls appear on the Output tab of the main Analysis Parameters dialog (Setup Model Setup Parameters Output). These other output options control what results are written for the Results environment. See the page Setting Up and Performing the Analysis: Nonlinear: Analysis Parameters: Controlling the Output Results for details.