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"
  
  - "sample1.vtk", TYPE=VTK
  

• 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:

    • VTK

    • 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
    .vtk/.vtm/.vtu/.vtp	VTK
    .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

- in\sample1.vtk, TYPE=VTK
- out\sample1.cax

• Reads the mesh and results from “sample1.vtk” located in the “in” folder.

• Creates the “sample1.cax” file and writes it to the “out” folder.

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