.mpcf file

File Creation

Creation of this file is controlled by the MPCFORCES I/O Option.

File Contents


Result	Description
Multi-point force of constraint	Multi-point force of constraints for linear static analysis.

File Format

The file is divided up by iteration. Output from each iteration starts with a line in the following format:


	`ITERATION`				`Iteration_number`

Data: Description
ITERATION: Keyword denoting the beginning of a new iteration.
Iteration_number: Iteration number.

Each iteration section contains the multi-point force of constraint for each node, for which this output format was selected, in each linear static subcase. Each subcase section is given the following header:


	MPC forces for Subcase						`Subcase_id`

Data: Description
Subcase_id: User-defined subcase ID to which the mpc forces apply.

MPC force information is then provided, for each node, in the following format:


	`Node_id`	`x-force`				`y-force`		`z-force`	`x-moment`	y-moment	`z-moment`

Data: Description
Node_id: Node identification number.
x-force: The x-translational component of the force at the node.
y-force: The y-translational component of the force at the node.
z-force: The z-translational component of the force at the node.
x-moment: The x-rotational component of the force at the node.
y-moment: The y-rotational component of the force at the node.
z-moment: The z-rotational component of the force at the node.

Comments

The I/O Option Previously Supported Results controls the frequency of output for analytical results during an optimization.