**output

Description

This option is used to create an ASCII file with the output values from the simulation. Output is in column format, with a heading of the variable names requested commented with the # character.

Several output files may be specified, while the default file name is the problem name (without suffix) appeded with .test.

Syntax

The yield surfaces to output are defined in the following manner:

**output [ filename | variable_list ] \(~\,\) [ *file filename variable_list ] \(~\,\) [ *sido] \(~\,\) [ *precision digits ] \(~\,\) [ *small epsilon ] \(~\,\) [ *frequency options] \(~\,\) [ *limit_output_var function; ]

variable_list

a list of variables to be output. The available variables consist of the var-int and var-aux variables listed when the program is run with the -v command line switch, and the imposed external parameters.

*file

used to specify an output filename.

*sido

output compatible with the sidolo program and graphical utilities.

*precision

gives the number of significant digits (3 by default) with which the variables are written.

*small

specifies a small value epsilon (1.0e-9 by default) below which the (absolute) output value is considered zero. Note: this command is not related to the global parameter Solver.SmallForTest, which plays a similar role for the test output of the finite element solver.

*frequency

similar to the ***output **frequency command of the finite element solver (see the Z-set user manual).

*limit_output_var

defines a function of one or more output variables (or of time) which inhibits output if its function value is smaller than 0.5 .

Example

**output example.test
   time sig11 sig22 evcum

**output evcum damage

**output
 *file strain.test time eto11 eto22 eto33 eto12
 *file stress.test time sig11 sig22 sig33 sig12