The following input window appears in a 3D model:

 

Input for formatted data output

 

Output

The name of the output file is determined here and you can select whether the output file should contain a comment line. A file without a comment line can be overlaid directly in SPRING as a "*.txt" file.

 

Data and results

If "Result data" is selected, a further control window is visible after a transient calculation, in which the desired time step can be selected.

 

Output format

You can choose between four output formats. This means:

• No.: node or element number

• X: Horizontal value/X-coordinate

• Y: Vertical value/Y-coordinate

• Value: entered or calculated value for the respective node / element

 

By selecting an output format, e.g. "Value, No.", a SPRING-specific format appears by default, in this case: Format of the model file. This can be replaced by a self-defined format. However, the self-defined format must correspond to the higher-level format: If the higher-level format is "Value, no.", the self-defined format must also follow the sequence

"Floating point number, integer", but the number of digits or the format writer can be freely specified. The following formats are permitted:

• F or f

• x or X

• I or i

• E or e

 

Example:

• F14.3: Floating point number with a total of 14 digits, including three decimal places

• 2x: two spaces

• I6: six-digit integer number

 

If another character is to be used as a column separator instead of a comma, this can be defined as follows:

 

Note: If "asterisks" (*) appear in the output file instead of numbers, the format recorder does not match the actual digits.

Example:

For node 123, a value of -1000000 m³/s (attribute KNOT) is to be written in the format of the transient input file (number in format I6, value in format F10.2). With a decimal point and two decimal places, the total number of digits for the value is 11 (-1000000.00).

I.e. asterisks appear in the output file because the output format entered only allows a total of 10 digits! This problem can be solved by entering a self-defined format "I6, E10.2". This writes a readable value to the output file.

 

 

Unit of measure

When selecting a rate-related (model or result) data type (e.g. mass flow rates or recharge rates), a further control window appears in the output format, where the desired unit quantity/time is specified.

 

Layer (3D model)

If the project is a 3D model, the corresponding layer or all layers can also be selected here.

 

The buttons at the top of the input window allow you to reset the input parameters (), open an existing batch file () or save the current batch file under a different name ()

 

Batch file formatted data output