Outputfromexternalsolver

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Output from external solver

Once the modeling data of a VisualFEA file are read and processed by an external solver, the resulting data can be postprocessed by VisualFEA again. In order to make the output data readable from VisualFEA, they should be written over the original VisualFEA file. In other words, the output data should be appended to the end of the modeling data in the VisualFEA file. The output data items include:

Data defining custom menu items for contouring

Data defining custom menu items for vector display

Data items for graphical visualization

The output part also has the master variables and the file positions, namely:

Analysis data master variables

Analysis data file positions

The parts of the VisualFEA file other than above output items should be kept intact by the external solver. Otherwise, Visualfea can neither read nor process the file properly.