GiD Output process

Description

The GiD output process specializes in generating an output in GiD’s propietary format. This output is meant to be used with GiD Post only.

Execution

This process is executed in the following hooks:

ExecuteInitialize

Initializes the data strcutres, folders and files necessary to execute the process.

If the multifile flag is set to false writes the initial mesh file and leaves it open for writing.

ExecuteBeforeSolutionLoop

Writes a mesh for that particular step. If the multifile flag is set to ture will write the possible placeholders for the values that may be written if its an output step

IsOutputStep

Decided if the current step will produce any output

PrintOutput

Prints the output for the current step.

ExecuteFinalize

Closes the mesh file and generate the .lst files containing the output names of all the files written if the flag was selected.

Parameters & Defaults

{
    "gidpost_flags": {
        "GiDPostMode": "GiD_PostBinary",
        "WriteDeformedMeshFlag": "WriteUndeformed",
        "WriteConditionsFlag": "WriteElementsOnly",
        "MultiFileFlag": "SingleFile"
    },
    "file_label": "time",
    "time_label_format": "{:.12f}",
    "output_control_type": "step",
    "output_interval": 1.0,
    "flush_after_output": false,
    "body_output": true,
    "node_output": false,
    "skin_output": false,
    "plane_output": [],
    "nodal_results": [],
    "nodal_nonhistorical_results": [],
    "nodal_flags_results": [],
    "elemental_conditional_flags_results": [],
    "gauss_point_results": [],
    "additional_list_files": []
}

gidpost_flags

{
    "GiDPostMode": "GiD_PostBinary",
    "WriteDeformedMeshFlag": "WriteUndeformed",
    "WriteConditionsFlag": "WriteElementsOnly",
    "MultiFileFlag": "SingleFile"
}

Describes the different parameters for the file output.

GiDPostMode: Chooses the file format. Currently available options are:

GiD_PostAscii: Text format. GiD_PostAsciiZipped: Text format compressed. GiD_PostBinary: Binary format. GiD_PostHDF5: HDF5 compliant format.

WriteDeformedMeshFlag: Describes if the coordinates are written deformed or not:

WriteDeformed: Deformed WriteUndeformed: Undeformed

WriteConditionsFlag: Decides if elements, conditions or both are written:

WriteConditions: Conditions and Elements WriteElementsOnly: Only Elements WriteConditionsOnly: Only Conditions

MultiFileFlag: Decides if the output will generate one single file or multiple files (one per output call)

SingleFile: One single file MultipleFiles: One file per call

file_label

String identifying the name of the output

time_label_format

Prefix in the filename to indicate the output it belongs to when multiple files are written.

output_control_type

Selects the control type of the output. It can be step or time

output_interval

Selects the amout of output_control_type’s that need to happend before printing. (Ex 1 step, or 2.0 times)

flush_after_output

If set to true will immediatly print the results to the file. Otherwise will let the OS manage the writting times.

body_output

If set to true will print the values of the interal body entities.

node_output

If set to true will print the values of the nodal entities.

skin_output

If set to true will print the values of the interal external skin entities.

plane_output

If set to true will print the values of the custom output plnes entities.

nodal_results

List of nodal variables from the historical database that will be printed.

nodal_nonhistorical_results

List of nodal variables from the non-historical database that will be printed.

nodal_flags_results

List of nodal flags that will be written

elemental_conditional_flags_results

List of element and condition flags that will be written

gauss_point_results

List of gauss point variables that will be printed.

additional_list_files