Import and Export Range Definition Files

Range definition files (*.rdf) help create fixed range events automatically.

Note: Range definition files only work in combination with load combination files (LCF).

The LCF is used to create the derived loadcases, which are then used to define fixed ranges via the RDF.

  1. Click the Load Map tool.
    Figure 1.


    The Load Map dialog opens.
  2. Select Fixed Points from the Load Type drop-down menu in the top-left of the dialog.
  3. Use the and icons on the bottom-half of the dialog to import or export an *.rdf file containing defined events.
The *.rdf file contains the detail of the fatigue loadcase limit data (upper and lower limit loadcase data). The range definition file starts with the line #PARAM and should contain the following data in the sequence mentioned below:
  1. A #RANGES tag to indicate the start of the definition of the ranges.
  2. Range detail with the id, lower limit, upper limit, and the range name, as shown in the example below.
Figure 2. Example Range Definition File