After the surface is generated and (if necessary)
the smoothing and data reduction are finished, it can be saved to the
output file(s) in various formats. The output is controlled by parameters
which are described in this section.
Output parameters of Tosca Structure.smooth
Parameter
Value
Description
Supported by
GUI-TS.pre
GUI-TS.smooth
TExt
FORMAT
See the following table
Output file format; one or more FORMAT
entries can be specified. In case that the isosurfaces for all iterations
are calculated, one file for each iteration in each mentioned format
(except VTFX) is saved; additionally, a VTXF file containing the isosurfaces
for all iterations is generated.
x
x
-
OUTPUT_FILE
<name>
default:
<model>_smooth,
where <model> is the name of the input model file without extension
In case of a single generated (iso)surface, the output file name for a format with the extension <ext>
is <name>.<ext>; in case of isosurfaces for all iterations, it is <name>_<NNN>.<ext>,
where <NNN> is the number of the iteration (3 digits).
x
x
-
OUTPUT_SURFACE
original
new
both
default: both
Specifies what should be saved to the output
files: the original surface (original), the surface generated
by isocut (new), or the complete surface (both). The
parameter has no influence for shell element models, and is ignored for
the generation of slices.
x
x
-
VTF_ORIGINAL_MODEL
yes
no
default:
no
If set to yes, the original FEM model
will be saved to the VTFX output file (displayed semi-transparent)
in addition to the (iso)surface
x
x
-
IGES_UNIT
in: inches
mm: millimeters
ft: feet
mi: miles
m: meters
km: kilometers
mil: mils
um: microns
cm: centimeters
uim: microinches
default: mm
Unit used for output in IGES format.
Note
that the same unit is used in the case that the slices or border are
generated and saved in IGES format.
x
-
-
Using the FORMAT parameter, the user requests the saving of
the generated surface(s) to various output formats that are intended
to be used with the following programs:
FORMATparameter
values for different applications
Program
FORMAT
parameter
File name, comments
Abaqus/CAE
inp
iges3
<name>.inp
<name>_3.igs
(IGES using block 128)
ANSYS®
cdb
iges3
<name>.cdb
<name>_3.igs
(IGES using block 128)
CATIA
stl
iges3
obj
<name>.stl (STL as design draft)
<name>_3.igs
(IGES using block 128)
<name>.obj (Wavefront .obj
file)
GLView Inova
vtfx
<name>.vtfx
MSC Nastran®
bdf
<name>.bdf
Patran
out
<name>.out (Patran
neutral format)
Pro/E
iges1
<name>.igs (IGES using block
114)
Rapid Prototyping applications
stl
<name>.stl
Solid Works
iges2
<name>_2.igs (IGES with explicit
point information)
Tosca Structure.view
vtfx
<name>.vtfx
Graphic (animation) programs
obj
<name>.obj (Wavefront .obj file
for 3D model exchange)
Other pre/post-processors
See above
Use out, inp, bdf,
cdb; see above for file names. Also supported by CATIA.