How to Interpret Messages

Where to Find Messages

• .out file

  Any errors and warnings encountered during the simulation, are written out to the .out file. Use a text editor or the Output file viewer tool in POSTFEKO to search for the phrase Error or Warning and view the message.

  
  

  

  
  Figure 1. The Output file viewer tool in POSTFEKO.

• Executing prefeko dialog

  Any warnings or errors encountered during the execution of PREFEKO (when run from a Feko GUI component), will be displayed on the Executing prefeko dialog. The errors, warnings and notices are grouped by tab giving quick access to messages of the same type.

  
  

  

  
  Figure 2. The Executing prefeko dialog.

• Executing optfeko dialog

  Any errors, warnings and notices encountered during the execution of OPTFEKO (when run from a Feko GUI component), will be displayed on the Executing optfeko dialog. The errors, warnings and notices are grouped by tab giving quick access to messages of the same type.

• Executing runfeko dialog

  Any errors, warnings and notices encountered during the execution of the Solver or ADAPTFEKO (when run from a Feko GUI component), will be displayed on the Executing runfeko dialog. The errors, warnings and notices are grouped by tab giving quick access to messages of the same type.

  
  

  

  
  Figure 3. The Executing runfeko dialog.

• Importing file dialog

  When importing geometry in CADFEKO, any geometry faults encountered will be indicated on the Importing file dialog.

  
  

  

  
  Figure 4. The Importing file dialog that is displayed when importing geometry.

• Feko terminal

  Any errors, warnings and notices encountered during the execution of a Feko component from the command terminal, will output the messages to screen.

Types of Messages