The .mpcf file is an OptiStruct
ASCII format results file.
File Creation
Creation of this file is controlled by the MPCFORCES I/O Option.
File Contents
| Result |
Description |
| Multi-point force of
constraint |
Multi-point force of
constraints for linear static analysis. |
File Format
The file is divided up by iteration. Output from each iteration starts with a line in the
following format:
| |
ITERATION |
Iteration_number |
- Data
- Description
- ITERATION
- Keyword denoting the beginning of a new iteration.
- Iteration_number
- Iteration number.
Each iteration section contains the multi-point force of constraint for each node,
for which this output format was selected, in each linear static subcase. Each
subcase section is given the following header:
| |
MPC forces for
Subcase |
Subcase_id |
- Data
- Description
- Subcase_id
- User-defined subcase ID to which the mpc forces apply.
MPC force information is then provided, for each node, in the
following format:
| |
Node_id |
x-force |
y-force |
z-force |
x-moment |
y-moment |
z-moment |
- Data
- Description
- Node_id
- Node identification number.
- x-force
- The x-translational component of the force at the node.
- y-force
- The y-translational component of the force at the node.
- z-force
- The z-translational component of the force at the node.
- x-moment
- The x-rotational component of the force at the node.
- y-moment
- The y-rotational component of the force at the node.
- z-moment
- The z-rotational component of the force at the node.
Comments
- The I/O Option Previously Supported Results controls
the frequency of output for analytical results during an optimization.