/ABF

Engine Keyword Describes the output of .abf files. (.abf [binary] files are optimized for fast plotting of very large data sets and is intended for creating 2D and 3D plots using HyperGraph and HyperGraph 3D).

Format

/ABF

Δ T a b f MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaeiLdiaads fadaWgaaWcbaGaamyyaiaadkgacaWGMbaabeaaaaa@3ACD@ Δ T w _ a b v MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaeiLdiaads fadaWgaaWcbaGaam4Daiaac+facaWGHbGaamOyaiaadAhaaeqaaaaa @3CBC@

Definition

Field Contents SI Unit Example
Δ T a b f MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaeiLdiaads fadaWgaaWcbaGaamyyaiaadkgacaWGMbaabeaaaaa@3ACD@ Time frequency to write data on plot file .abf file.  
Δ T w _ a b v MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaeiLdiaads fadaWgaaWcbaGaam4Daiaac+facaWGHbGaamOyaiaadAhaaeqaaaaa @3CBC@ Time frequency to write .abf file.
= 0
An .abf file will be written only at the end of the calculation.
 

Comments

  1. A Runname_run#.tmp buffering file containing the Time History information is written with frequency Δ T a b f MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaeiLdiaads fadaWgaaWcbaGaamyyaiaadkgacaWGMbaabeaaaaa@3ACD@ and translated to an .abf file with the Δ T w _ a b v MathType@MTEF@5@5@+= feaagKart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq=Jc9 vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0=yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr=x fr=xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaaeiLdiaads fadaWgaaWcbaGaam4Daiaac+facaWGHbGaamOyaiaadAhaaeqaaaaa @3CBC@ frequency.
  2. The reading of an .abf files output by Radioss is only available with HyperGraph 11.0 SA-101 or higher.
  3. Translation of the .tmp file to the .abf file executes an external program abf_converter_platform which is provided with the Altair HyperWorks installation at the same location as the Radioss executables.
  4. It is recommended to not set the update of .abf files to a high frequency, in case of parallel computation, because it could reduce Radioss performance.
  5. In case of a not NORMAL TERMINATION, the .abf file may be incomplete.
  6. It is possible to translate a .tmp file output by Radioss to an .abf file at any time during the Engine execution or in case of a not NORMAL TERMINATION, use the abf_converter_platform program, as:

    abf_converter_platform -exe Runname_run#.tmp

    Example:
    [user@machine]$ abf_converter_linux64 -exe test.tmp
    .tmp TO ABF CONVERTOR
    FILE = test.tmp
    OUTPUT FILE = test.tmp.abf
    ** CONVERSION COMPLETED
  7. Platform may be linux32, linux64, linuxia64, macosx64, solarisx64, win32, or win64, depending on the machine architecture.