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David C Thompson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I've been trying to view LS-Dyna files, and I downloaded some to try out
from <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lsdyna-portal.com">http://www.lsdyna-portal.com</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ncac.gwu.edu/vml/models.html">http://www.ncac.gwu.edu/vml/models.html</a> . When I try to open them,
though, they all fail with the same error:
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Hi,
Are you trying to read the input decks or output produced by LS-Dyna?
The LS-Dyna reader in VTK only reads part names from the input decks...
it requires output (in the form of d3plot files) in order to display any
data.
David
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I tried the input deck first (the .k file?) and then the data file that
I assume goes with it. (A .key file. Is this different from the output
file you mentioned?) The .key file gave several errors, and the .k gave
the one above. I'm making the assumption that this is actually the
right approach, though; the NCAC website didn't specify the format of
its data, but I noticed that the file NCAP_loadcell.k starts with:<br>
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<tt>*KEYWORD<br>
$* LS-DYNA Keyword file: LSTC LS-PRE/POST Ver 1.0(Beta)- 27NOV2002(1124)</tt><br>
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And the file Caravan_V07.key starts with:<br>
<tt><br>
*KEYWORD<br>
*TITLE<br>
GRAND CARAVAN<br>
<br>
</tt>There's also a Combine.key file that has INCLUDE statements for
both of the above files. (I extracted these files from this archive:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ncac.gwu.edu/vml/archive/ncac/vehicle/caravan-V07-detailed.tgz">http://www.ncac.gwu.edu/vml/archive/ncac/vehicle/caravan-V07-detailed.tgz</a>
) If it sounds like I'm far off base, I don't want to waste your time;
I'm not familiar with LS-Dyna, but wanted to try viewing some of these
models. Thanks for your help!<br>
<br>
Jesse<br>
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