Command line parameters

NAME

midas - Multifunctional Interface between Design And mechanical response Solver

SYNOPSIS

midas [ -f file ] [ options ] ...

DESCRIPTION

MIDAS - Multifunctional Interface between Design And mechanical response Solver.

ARGUMENTY

There are four argument sections:

SECTION OF MODES -OM_...   operation mode specification
SECTION OF INPUT -IN_...   input data specifications
SECTION OF OPERATION -P_...   operations
SECTION OF OUTPUT -OUT_...   output data specifications

OPTIONS

-f file
Specify file file with options. These are added at the end of command line options. More arguments in line are supported. Lines starting with '#' character is treated as comment.
-IO_ff format
input/output file format. There is no default value, it has to be given at least once. It should be placed before file argument.
The format of VTK input file (legacy VTK, XML VTP or XML VTU) is detected automatically from the file, i.e. only vtk keyword can be given. The format of VTK output file has to be given explicit, i.e. vtk, vtp or vtu.
Supported file format Keywords:
vtk   native format i/o of MIDAS i/o file; standard legacy VTK format
vtp   native format i/o of MIDAS i/o file; standard polydata XML VTK format
vtu   native format i/o of MIDAS i/o file; standard unstructured XML VTK format
unv   standard I-DEAS file format (input only)
t3d   i/o native file format of mesh generator T3d
oofem   i/o native file format FEM package OOFEM
sifel   i/o native file format FEM package SIFEL
ansys   i/o native file format FEM package ANSYS (partial support)

SECTION OF MODE

-OM_convert
Conversion of file format. 
midas  -OM_convert  -IO_ff t3d    -IN_mesh inputfile.in  -IO_ff vtk   -OUT_moBFN -
midas  -OM_convert  -IO_ff oofem  -IN_mesh inputfile.in  -IO_ff vtk   -OUT_moBFN -
midas  -OM_convert  -IO_ff sifel  -IN_mesh inputfile.in  -IO_ff oofem -OUT_moBFN -
-OM_design2solver
The data flows from the designer to the structural engineer in this mode. 
midas -OM_design2solver -IN_ctrl ctrl.txt -IO_ff vtk -IN_mesh geom.vtk -P_multinode -IO_ff oofem -OUT_moBFN -
-OM_solver2design
The data flows from the structural engineer to the designer in this mode. 
midas  -OM_solver2design  -IO_ff oofem  -IN_mesh example.in  -IN_rslts example.out  -IO_ff vtk  -OUT_moBFN -
-OM_design2design
The data flows from the designer back to the designer. 
midas  -OM_design2design -IO_ff vtk -IN_mesh example.vtp -P_solverOOFEM ./oofem -IO_ff vtp -OUT_moBFN -

SECTION OF INPUT

-IN_path path
The files specified in the INPUT SECTION are searched in the path (actual directory by default).
-IN_ctrl file
Specify the file file with necessary characteristics, ctrl file.
-IN_model file
-IN_Smodel file
Specifies file file with model geometry, primary or secondary.
-IN_mesh file
-IN_Smesh file
Specifies file file with mesh geometry, primary or secondary.
-IN_rslt file
Specifies file file with results.
-IN_ndom #
Specify number # of domains of parallelized problem.

SECTION OF OPERATIONS

-P_solverOOFEM file
The analysis package OOFEM is employed.
-P_multinode
Multiple nodes are merged.
-P_multielem
Multiple elements are merged.

SECTION OF OUTPUT

-OUT_path path
The files specified in the OUTPUT SECTION are searched in the path (actual directory by default).
-OUT_moBFN basename
base name of main output.
-OUT_meshqual
Mesh quality is printed into VTK file.

AUTHOR

Written by Ladislav "Termit" Svoboda.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <termit%cml.fsv.cvut.cz>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Ladislav Svoboda. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.