Records Written for Any View Factor Matrix Output Request

This section describes the format of the individual records in the Abaqus results file.

The ordering of the facets (each facet corresponds to one row of the view factor matrix) is that appearing in the cavity facet order record 1602.

Record Format: Records Written for Any View Factor Matrix Output Request

1608 Output request definition
  1. View factor output (0).
  2. Cavity name.
1605 View factor matrix header
  1. Number of facets in the cavity.
  2. Cavity name.
1609 View factor matrix record size
  1. Maximum record length (including the record length and record key words) for view factor matrix and facet area records that follow. The matrix or facet area records will be subdivided into multiple records as needed to fit within this maximum length. The record key for any continuation record will be the same as for the first record.
1606 Nonsymmetric view factor matrix
  1. (1, 1) dimensionless view factor.
  2. (1, 2) dimensionless view factor.
  3. (1, 3) dimensionless view factor.
  4. Etc., stored in rows.
1607 Facet areas
  1. Area of first facet.
  2. Area of second facet.
  3. Area of third facet.
  4. Etc.