Files

  • Used to specify the files that needs to be read or written.

  • This is a mandatory section and must be available in the arguments file.

  • Usage Example:

    * FILES, FOLDER="/home/vcollab/models"
    
    - "sample.case", TYPE=ENSIGHT_CASE
    
  • The file path or file name for each of the input files should be provided in one data line as the name.

Section Attributes

  • FOLDER: Base folder.

    • Both absolute and relative paths can be specified.

    • When a base folder is specified, all the relative paths are considered to be relative to the base folder.

    • Default value: Argument files folder path

Data Attributes

  • TYPE: File type.

    • Supported values are:

      • ENSIGHT_CASE

      • VCOLLAB_CAX

      • APPLICATION_LOG

    • If the TYPE is specified, the application tries to auto-detect the file type based on the file extension. The list of extensions is provided below.

      File extensions

      Extension

      Inferred file type

      .case

      Ensight case

      .cax

      VCOLLAB_CAX

      .log

      APPLICATION_LOG

  • CONTENT: Tells the application what to read/write from/to specific file.

    • Supported file content types are:

      • MODEL

      • CAX

      • LOG

    • If not specified, applications tries to identify it automatically.

Examples

Create CAX file

* FILES

- Case\in\heater\heater.case
- Case\out\heater.cax
  • Reads the mesh and results from “heater.case” located in the “in” folder.

  • Creates the “heater.cax” file and writes it to the “out” folder.

  • The “in” and “out” folders are relative to the “arg_file.txt”.