fatigueprep

Translates various ADAMS and nCode fatigue formats.

Syntax

fatigueprep source_file target_file

Application

Translator

Description

Translates:
  • Altair H3D (.h3d) files into nCode .fes/.asc files.
  • nCode .dac files into Altair Binary Files (.abf).
  • ADAMS .res files (modal participation factors) into nCode .dac files.
  • ADAMS .req files into nCode .dac files.
The tool is available from the <altair_home>/io/translators/bin/<platform> directory.

Inputs

source_file
The name and path of the source file to translate. Use the proper file extension to determine which format to translate.
For ADAMS .req source, additional options can be specified to filter what gets output. Not specifying an option will cause everything in that category to be output. 
YTYPE:<DISP|FORCE|VEL|ACC|USER>
YREQUESTID:<id#>
YCOMPONENT:<X|Y|Z|RX|RY|RZ|MAG|RMAG>
target_file
The name and path of the target file to write. Use the proper file extension to determine which format to write. For nCode output, a .dac file will be created for each vector of data. Two numbers separated by an underscore will be appended to the base name for each flexbody ID and mode ID.

Example

To translate the file C:/result.dac into C:/result.abf:
fatigueprep C:/result.dac C:/result.abf
To translate the file C:/result.req into C:/result.dac, specifying that only x force components will be written: 
fatigueprep C:/result.req YTYPE:FORCE YCOMPONENT:X C:/result.dac