Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

Identifi- Type Upward Contents

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ELEM Text Y Element definitions [EWRITE]

EMAT Binary Y Element matrices

ERR Text - Error and warning messages

Element saved data ESAV files created by nonlinear analyses

may not be upwardly compatible

ESAV Binary Y

FATG Text - Fatigue data [FTWRITE]

FULL Binary - Assembled global stiffness and mass matrices

GRPH Text Y Neutral graphics file

GST Binary - Graphical solution tracking file

IGES Text Y IGES file from ANSYS solid model data [IGESOUT]

Loading and boundary conditions of load steps (used for

multiframe restart)

LDHI Text Y

LGW Text Y Database command log file [LGWRITE]

Lnn Binary Y Load case file (where nn = load case number) [LCWRITE]

LMODE Binary Y Modal analysis frequencies and left mode shapes (MODOPT)

Factorized stiffness matrix (also known as the triangularized

stiffness matrix)

LN22 Binary -

LOG Text Y Command input history

MAPPING Text Y Mapping data [HBMAT]

Text/Bin- Y Mapping data in Harwell-Boeing format [HBMAT]

ary

MATRIX

MCF Text Y Modal coordinates from harmonic or transient analysis

MCOM Text Y Mode combination commands from spectrum analysis

MLV Binary Y Modal analysis element load vector data

Modal displacements, velocities, and accelerations records

and solution commands for a single substep of a load step

Mnnn Binary Y

(used for multiframe restart of a mode superposition transient

analysis)

MNTR Text - Nonlinear analysis convergence monitoring

Modal analysis frequencies and mode shapes; buckling ana-

lysis load multipliers and mode shapes

MODE Binary Y

MOD- Binary Y Modal analysis frequencies and mode shapes
ESYM

MP Text Y Material property definitions [MPWRITE]

Nonlinear diagnostics file that tracks results or contact

quantities throughout the solution [NLHIST]

NLH Text Y

NODE Text Y Node definitions [NWRITE]

Stores Newton-Raphson iteration information when the

nonlinear diagnostic tool is active [NLDIAG,NRRE,ON]

NR Binary Y

OSAV Binary Y Copy of ESAV file from last converged substep

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