Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

For example, the following command causes the ANSYS program to read the file MATERIAL.INP from
the current directory.

/INPUT,MATERIAL,INP

Table 20.3: Commands for Reading in Text Files (p. 323) lists other commands that you can use to read
in text files.

Table 20.3: Commands for Reading in Text Files

Com- GUI Menu Path Purpose

mand

*USE Utility Menu> Macro> Execute Data Block Reads in macros

Reads in parameters (Job-

name.PARM) files

PARRES Utility Menu> Parameters> Restore Parameters

Reads in element (Job-

name.ELEM) files

Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Create> Ele-

ments> Read Elem File

EREAD

Reads in node (Job-

name.NODE) files

Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Create>

Nodes> Read Node File

NREAD

Reads in material property

(Jobname.MP) files

MPREAD Main Menu> Preprocessor> Loads> Load

Step Opts> Other> Change Mat Props> Read

from File

Main Menu> Preprocessor> Material Props>

Read from File

Main Menu> Solution> Load Step Opts>

Other> Change Mat Props> Read from File

Reads in initial state (Job-

name.IST) files

INISTATE This command cannot be accessed from a menu.

Table 20.4: Commands for Reading in Binary Files (p. 323) lists GUI paths or commands you can use to
read in binary data files.

Table 20.4: Commands for Reading in Binary Files

Com- GUI Menu Path Purpose

mand

Reads in database (Job-

name.DB) files

Utility Menu> File> Resume from

Utility Menu> File> Resume Jobname.DB

RESUME

Reads in results files (Job-

name.RST,Job-

SET[ 1 ] Utility Menu> List> Results> Load Step Summary

name.RTH,Job-

name.RMG)

1. in the POST1 postprocessor

20.6. Writing Your Own ANSYS Files from the ANSYS Program

Besides the files that the ANSYS program automatically writes during an analysis, you can also force
files to be written as necessary. A commonly used file-write command is /OUTPUT, which allows you

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Writing Your Own ANSYS Files from the ANSYS Program