If your file system uses Unicode encoding to handle files and directories named with characters from a language such as Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, or Hebrew, you can expect to see that Local Simulation will replace the Unicode characters with ASCII characters in many cases, such as project output files. This topic explains the general behavior, and how to recognize your project files.
Unicode file names are supported for the key Local Simulation commands of Save, Save As, Import, Export, Mesh Preview, Solve, and Export Warped STL.
The figure below shows the files produced with Unicode (Japanese) names for the TIVUS file and the project folder.
Note that for the input and output files, the Unicode characters have been replaced with a random ASCII string, r15336, except for the STL file which has a slightly different string, w15336. The STL file is included in the thermal.in and mechanical.in ASCII files, so it must have an ASCII name. If the project includes multiple STL files, Local Simulation provides them with unique names.
File export
Files with the .in extension can be exported from Local Simulation and solved from the command line in Autodesk Netfabb Local Simulation. If the export path includes Unicode characters, the command line user must run the commands from the context of the Unicode directory. A sample command would be as follows:
Cd C:\Users\bud\Desktop\New folder\テスト