Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

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EVL Binary Scratch file for PCG Lanczos eigensolver

LNxx Binary Scratch files for the sparse solver (x = 1-42)

Prevents more than one ANSYS job with the same name from running

in the same directory

LOCK Binary

LSCR Binary Scratch file (ANTYPE=4, Mode Superposition)

Scratch file from substructure generation pass with more than one load

vector.

LV Binary

PAGE Binary Page file for ANSYS virtual memory (database space)

PCn Binary Scratch files for PCG solver

PDA Binary Scratch file for PCG solver

PMA Binary Scratch file for PCG solver

SCR Binary Scratch file for Jacobi Conjugate Gradient solver

SNODExx Binary Scratch files for Supernode eigensolver

SSCR Binary Scratch file from substructure generation pass

Many of the permanent ANSYS files are upwardly compatible. Files that generally can be used by future
releases of ANSYS have a Y in the Upward column.

Table 20.2: Permanent Files Written by the ANSYS Program

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ANSYS Neutral Format file, written by default by ANSYS after

a connection import [ 1 ]

ANF Text -

Stores performance information when running the sparse

solver

BCS Text -

BFIN Text - Interpolated body forces written as BF commands [BFINT]

CBDO Text - Interpolated DOF data written as D Commands [CBDOF]

CDB Text Y Text database file [CDWRITE]

CMAP Text - Color map file

CMD Text Y Commands written by *CFWRITE

CMS Binary Y Component Mode Synthesis file

Nonlinear diagnostics file that tracks contact quantities

throughout the solution [NLDIAG]

CND Text Y

CNM Text Y Contact pair output data [CNTR]

DB Binary Y Database file [SAVE,/EXIT]

Copy of database file created when a nonlinear analysis ter-

minates abnormally (used for traditional restart)

DBB Binary Y

DBE Binary - Database file from VMESH failure in batch mode

Stores performance information when running the sparse

solver in Distributed ANSYS

DSP Text -

DSUB Binary Y Superelement DOF solution from use pass

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