Input Data Files

Figure 1.


Load Model and Results
The diagnostic tool supports two solvers, Radioss and LS-DYNA. From the File Type drop-down list, select the type of solver files to be compared.
Reference Files
From this section, select the plot file (Time History File), FE (model) File and Result File. The plot file is mandatory.
Comparison Files
From this section, select the plot file (Time History File) and Result File. The plot file is mandatory.
Click the add button to add more than one set of comparison files (time history and result files).
To delete a single set of comparison files, activate the check box for the set of files you want to remove and click the single delete button.
Figure 2.


To delete all comparison file entries from the GUI, activate the check boxes for all comparison file sets and click the delete all button.
After selecting the input files, click Load. A page is added to the session and three windows are created on the same page.
The first window is a HyperGraph window.
HyperMesh is loaded into the second window. If a model file is specified, the FE model is loaded.
HyperView is loaded into the third window. If result files (Reference Comparison files) are specified, those are loaded into the HyperView window.
Click Load Defaults to select the model compare default (*.def) files.
In this case, you do not need to select the files individually through the application.
A sample def file is shown below:
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Next
Click Next to go to the page tool of the Compare Time History tool.
Close
Click Close to close the tool.