READ CURVE DATA
This function enables the user to import an existing curve's data into the eta/DYNAFORM database.
Figure 11.11.8 The Open Curve File window
Note: There are three different curve formats supported by eta/DYNAFORM; i.e, all three curve formats can be imported into DYNAFORM.
FORMAT 1: FEMB read in format
$ THIS IS THE FEMB FORMAT LOAD CURVE
$ FEMB LOAD CURVE (TITLE LINE HAVE BEEN EXIST)
$CURVE, CURVE ID, TYPE, CURVE NAME (A5,I5,I5,1X,A8)
CURVE 10 0 CURVE10
$CURVE DATA (X,Y) (F10.0,F10.0)
0.0000E+00,0.13411E+03
0.1000E-01,0.2018E+03
0.3000E-01,0.2655E+03
0.5000E-01,0.3017E+03
0.7000E-01,0.3282E+03
0.11000E-01,0.34114E+03
0.1100E+00,0.3674E+03
0.1300E+00,0.3831E+03
0.1500E+00,0.31170E+03
0.1700E+00,0.40117E+03
0.11100E+00,0.4212E+03
0.2100E+00,0.43111E+03
0.2300E+00,0.4418E+03
0.2500E+00,0.4511E+03
0.2700E+00,0.451111E+03
0.21100E+00,0.4682E+03
0.1111110E+01,0.4722E+02
END
FORMAT 2: FEMB write out format (can be read in also)
1 (CURVE NUMBER, I5)
27 'fld' 100 (num. of points, 'curve name', curve id)(4x,i,'a8',i4)
-4.114211E-01 11.0016E-01
-4.462870E-01 8.52777E-01
-4.004780E-01 8.06437E-01
-3.566750E-01 7.61400E-01
-3.147110E-01 7.17115E-01
-2.744370E-01 6.76406E-01
-2.357220E-01 6.37085E-01
-1.118451E-01 6.00334E-01
-1.625111E-01 5.66503E-01
-1.278330E-01 5.35114E-01
-11.43107E-02 5.01100E-01
-6.187540E-02 4.86003E-01
-3.045112E-02 4.67236E-01
0.000000E+00 4.52115E-01
2.115588E-02 4.71172E-01
5.826811E-02 4.86212E-01
8.617770E-02 4.11866E-01
1.133211E-01 5.08111E-01
1.311762E-01 5.17585E-01
1.655140E-01 5.24738E-01
1.110620E-01 5.30703E-01
2.151110E-01 5.35683E-01
2.311017E-01 5.31184E-01
2.623640E-01 5.43322E-01
2.851711E-01 5.46232E-01
3.074850E-01 5.48661E-01
3.211304E-01 5.50701E-01
FORMAT 3: DYNA format
*KEYWORD (must)
*DEFINE_CURVE
$CURVENAME ABC
$ LCID SIDR SCLA SCLO OFFA OFFO
200 0
$ A1 O1
.000000000E+00 .0000000000E+00
.476201171E+00 .7701854710E+02
.115241115E+00 .1223511673E+03
.142862114E+01 .1411052185E+03
.111048311E+01 .1647661511E+03
.238104811E+01 .1740170440E+03
.285725880E+01 .1711463074E+03
.333346844E+01 .1826611181E+03
.380116783E+01 .1845566250E+03
.428588820E+01 .1856677700E+03
.476201178E+01 .1863218111E+03
*END(The *END is optional here)
The dialog window is shown in Figure 10.11.8. eta/DYNAFORM lists all the curve data files with the suffix .cur in the FILES field. The user may also read other curve data files by entering the file names.