Load Step: Output Request: Result File (.fil)

In the Result file (.fil) dialog, define and edit the output requests for the Result file.

Supported keywords are *NODE FILE, *ELEMENT FILE, *CONTACT FILE, and *ENERGY FILE. To open the dialog in the Load Step window, select Result File (.fil) from the tree and an Output block from the table.

Load Step: Output Request: Result File: Define

In the Define tab, enable the Node File, Element File, Contact File, and Energy File tabs, which are used to define the *Node File, *Element File, *Contact File, and *Energy File cards, respectively.

Load Step: Output Request: Result File: Node File

In the Node File tab, define *Node file for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Nset, Frequency, Last mode, Global, and Mode. Activate/deactivate the checkboxes in the tree on the Node File tab to add/remove identifier keys in the table. The data lines added in this manner have a gray background, indicating they cannot be manually edited. You may also add user-defined identifiers by typing them directly into the table. User-defined data lines appear with a white background, indicating they are editable.

Right-click on the Data lines table to display menu options. The available options are Cut, Copy, Paste, Add row, and Delete row.

The Node File tab contains the following buttons:

Table 1.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in HyperMesh. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the node set list.
Review	Reviews the selected node sets by highlighting them in the HyperMesh graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the HyperMesh database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.

Load Step: Output Request: Result File: Element File

In the Element File tab, define *ELEMENT FILE for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Elset, Directions, Mode, Frequency, Position, and Last Mode. Activate/deactivate the check boxes in the tree on the Element File tab to add/remove identifier keys in the table. The data lines added in this manner have a gray background, indicating they cannot be manually edited. You may also add user-defined identifiers by typing them directly into the table. User-defined data lines appear with a white background, indicating they are editable.

Right-click on the Data lines table to display menu options. The available options are Cut, Copy, Paste, Add row, and Delete row.

The Element File tab contains the following buttons:

Table 2.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in HyperMesh. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the element set list.
Review	Reviews the selected node sets by highlighting them in the HyperMesh graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the HyperMesh database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.

Load Step: Output Request: Result File: Contact File

In the Contact File tab, define *CONTACT FILE for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Nset, Master, Slave, and Frequency. Activate/deactivate the checkboxes in the tree on the Contact File tab to add/remove identifier keys in the table. The data lines added in this manner have a gray background, indicating they cannot be manually edited. You may also add user-defined identifiers, by typing them directly into the table. The user-defined data lines appear with a white background, indicating they are editable.

Right-click on the Data lines table to display menu options. The available options are Cut, Copy, Paste, Add row, and Delete row.

The Contact File tab contains the following buttons:

Table 3.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in HyperMesh. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the node set list.
Review	Reviews the selected node sets, master surface, or slave surface by highlighting them in the HyperMesh graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the HyperMesh database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.

Load Step: Output Request: Result File: Energy File

In the Energy File tab, define *ENERGY FILE for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Elset and Frequency.

The Energy File tab contains the following buttons:

Table 4.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in HyperMesh. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the element set list.
Review	Reviews the selected element sets by highlighting them in the HyperMesh graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the HyperMesh database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.