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The .dens file is an OptiStruct ASCII format results file.

File Creation

This file is created when the OPTI, OS or BOTH formats are chosen and a topology optimization is performed. (See documentation for the I/O Option OUTPUT).

File Contents

Result

Description

Density

Density results from topology optimizations. Output is controlled by the I/O Option DENSRES.

File Format

The density file has the following format:

For each iteration, the following header is used:

 

iter

Iteration

Numel

where:

iter

is a keyword identifying that the next field is the iteration number.

Iteration

is the Iteration number.

Numel

is the total number of elements in entire model.

 

Within the iteration section, the following information is provided for each element:

 

EID

Mat_dens

 

where:

EID

is the element identification number.

Mat_dens

is the element material density. Non-design elements are assigned a material density of 1.0.