Command Element

Description

Defines a command element to control the H3D file output.

Example

H3D/On, INC=2, FORMAT=AUTO, STA=.5, END=.6, STRESS=TENSOR, STRAIN=NONE

Format

H3D/ {On, Off} [, INCREMENT = i ]

[, FORMAT = {AUTO, MODAL, NODAL}]

[, START_TIME = r] [, END_TIME = r]

[, STRESS = {NONE, TENSOR, DIRECT}]

[, STRAIN = {NONE, TENSOR }]

Arguments

Name

Description

END_TIME

Time at which the H3D file output should end.

FORMAT

ID of the curve.

INCREMENT

INCREMENT =i means output animation data at every i-th time step.

{On, Off}

On - H3D output is generated.

Off - H3D file is not generated.

START_TIME

Time at which the H3D file output should start.

STRAIN

NONE - do not output STRAIN data.

TENSOR - the stress results are written in tensor format to the H3D file.  HyperView calculates the vonMises and other parameters from the stress tensor.

STRESS

Stress has three choices: NONE, TENSOR, and DIRECT. The NONE and TENSOR choices work exactly like the STRAIN argument.

DIRECT option - the vonMises, Max Shear, and Max Principal stresses are computed from the stress tensor and written as scalar data to the H3D file.  This option is applicable only for FORMAT = NODAL and increases the size of the H3D file.