Structure of .ut file#
The .ut file is a plain ASCII data file that provides the necessary information to load a
results database. For post-processing, details about the output results are supplied in .utp files.
**meshfile mesh_file
**node list of nodal variables or/and external parameters defined on nodes
**integ list of integration points variables or/and external parameters defined on IP
**element
\(~\,~\,\) card cycle sequence increment time
\(~\,~\,\) …
\(~\,~\,\) card cycle sequence increment time
Example#
The following example is a .ut file for a 2D computation. The results database contains 16 maps:
4 cycles \(\times\) 2 sequences (per cycle) \(\times\) 2 increments (per sequence).
**meshfile specimen.geof
**node U1 U2 RU1 RU2 temperature
**integ sig11 sig22 sig33 sig12 eto11 eto22 eto33 eto12 eel11 evcum
**element
1 1 1 1 5.000000000000000e-01
2 1 1 2 1.000000000000000e+00
3 1 2 1 1.500000000000000e+00
4 1 2 2 2.000000000000000e+00
5 2 1 1 2.500000000000000e+00
6 2 1 2 3.000000000000000e+00
7 2 2 1 3.500000000000000e+00
8 2 2 2 4.000000000000000e+00
9 3 1 1 4.500000000000000e+00
10 3 1 2 5.000000000000000e+00
11 3 2 1 5.500000000000000e+00
12 3 2 2 6.000000000000000e+00
13 4 1 1 6.500000000000000e+00
14 4 1 2 7.000000000000000e+00
15 4 2 1 7.500000000000000e+00
16 4 2 2 8.000000000000000e+00