Solver Deck Export Options
Options used to export solver decks.
- Export
- Type of entities to export.
- All
- Export all entities in the current database.
- Custom
- Select entities to export from the selected file.
- Displayed
- Export only the entities that are currently displayed.
- Entities that have a display state and/or a mask state are displayed on the screen are exported. This includes elements, loads, equations, systems, vectors, groups, components, blocks, contactsurfs, multibodies, ellipsoids, mbplanes, mbjoints, assemblies, control cards (that are enabled), loadcols, systemcols, vectorcols, and connectors.
- Entities that do not have a display state and/or a mask state are exported if at least one of the entities it contains is displayed. For example, entity sets do not have a display state (on/off). If an entity set contains elements and some of the elements are displayed, the set is exported. However, the contents of the set are limited to the displayed portion only. If this set contains 20 elements, five of which are displayed and remaining turned off, the exported set will contain only five elements. Entities in this category include: entity sets, output blocks, loadsteps, control vols, and beamsect cols.
- Entities that do not have a display state and/or a mask state are exported if the entity is being used by a displayed entity. For example, materials do not have a display state, but if a displayed component or element uses it, that material is exported. Entities in this category are: nodes, materials, properties, entity sets, and curves.
- Sometimes entities that are not displayed are exported anyway, if the entity is referred to by another entity that is displayed. For example, when a vector is turned off, but is used in defining the orientation of a beam element, the vector will be exported in order to export the beam element correctly. Entities in this category are: vectors, systems, beamsections, multibodies, and components.
- Any entity that is used or required by an attribute of a displayed entity is also exported. For example, if a material is defined as an attribute on an element, that material is exported. All entities in the HyperMesh database belong to this category.
- Any entity that points to a displayed entity is exported. Tags and titles belong to this category.
- Solver options
- Define Solver Export Options export settings by clicking Select Options.
- Comments
- Select the type of comments to write upon export.
- HyperMesh
- Write HyperMesh comments upon export. When unchecked, HyperMesh comment cards are ignored.
- Connectors
- Export all of the connectors in the model. This operation appends the master connector file xml data to the end of the solver input file as solver comments and thus does not effect the operation of the solver. This operation can remove the necessity to perform a FE-absorb on a imported model since the connector information is retained in the solver input file.
- Part Assemblies/Parts
- Export an xml comment block containing HyperMesh part assemblies/parts, along with PDM metadata.
- Include files
- Method for exporting includes.
- ID Rules
- Export ID management rules defined in the ID Manager as an XML block at
the end of each Include file. Restriction: Available when Include files is set to Preserve.
- Prompt warnings of ID Conflicts
- Display prompt when there are ID conflicts.
- Prompt to save invalid elements
- Display prompt to save invalid elements.
- Prompt before overwrite
- Display prompt before overwriting information.