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D3PLOT
User manual Version 12.0, October 2014
You can choose whether or not read the xtf, ctf and ztf files by checking the relevant boxes on the front file
selection panel.
Here the contact force file ("Read CTF file", etc) has been de-selected, but the other two database files will be read if
present.
In V9.3 a ztf file can be created automatically if required if the input (.key) deck is available by ticking Create if
req’d.
Three further, optional files generated from previous D3PLOT runs may be read in: (none of these files is required)
The "PRP" file contains model properties, written from the PROPERTIES panel.
This is a model-independent file of element and node properties that can be applied to the current model.
"Properties" are colour, transparency, blanking status, etc. See section 6.9 for more information about this file.
The "SET" file containing saved D3PLOT settings written from the UTILITIES, SETTINGS panel.
This is programme-specific data, allowing virtually all the options on the user interface to be saved and restored.
For example the number and layout of windows, current data components, etc. See section 6.9 for more
information about this file.
The "ASC" ascii groups file written from the GROUPS panel.
An ascii groups file is a compact and human readable file of group information that can be applied to any model.
Converting between binary file formats.
In version 8.0 onwards of D3PLOT conversion of binary file formats to the native type of the processing computer is
fully automatic: database files may be generated on one computer and post-processed on another with an
incompatible binary format and/or precision. Specifically the conversions between:
• 64 to 32 bit word lengths.
• Cray to IEEE numeric representation.
• Big to little endian organisation
are performed automatically without any input from the user.
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