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There are several files either used or created by the Patran ANSYS Application Preference. The following table describes each file and its uses. The occurrence of “jobname” in the definition will be replaced with the jobname assigned by you. When using ANSYS Revision 4.4A, the first six characters of the jobname will be used. This allows ANSYS to include the unit numbers in the file names it creates without overwriting part of the jobname. For example, if the Patran jobname were ansys44job, the ANSYS results file produced as a result of running an analysis from the Patran Analysis form would be ansys412.dat. For ANSYS Revision 5, the first eight characters of the jobname will be used. The Revision 5 version of the results file produced for a Patran jobname of ansys50job would be ansys50j.rst. See the ANSYS User’s Manual for more information about jobname restrictions when using ANSYS.

File Name	Description
jobname.db	This is the Patran database from which the model data is read during an analyze pass, and into which model and/or results data is written during a Read Results pass.
jobname.dba	The ANSYS 5.0 database file is renamed to jobname.dba from jobname.db to avoid conflicts with the Patran database.
jobname.jba jobname.jbr	These are small files used to pass certain information between Patran and the Application Preference during translation. You should never have need to do anything directly with these files.
jobname.prp	This is the ANSYS input file created by the interface.
jobname12.dat jobname14.dat	These are the ANSYS Revision 4.4A binary or text results files which are read by the Read Results pass.
jobname.rst jobname.rth jobname.rmg	These are the ANSYS Revision 5 structural, thermal, or magnetic results files which will be read by the Read Results pass.
jobname.flat	This file may be generated during a Read Results pass. If the results translation cannot, for any reason, write data directly into the jobname.db Patran database, it will create this jobname.flat file.
jobname.msg	These message files contain any diagnostic output from the translation, either forward or reverse.
AnsysSubmit	This is a UNIX script file which is called on to submit the forward PAT3ANS translation program, as well as to submit ANSYS after translation is complete. This file should be customized for you particular site installation.
ResultsSubmit	This is another UNIX script which is called on to submit the reverse ANSPAT3 or ANS5PAT3 translation program. This file should also be customized for your particular site.
*.res	FLOTRAN binary results files. These can be read into Patran by using the Import Results functionality of Patran for importing Patran 2.5 style results files.See File Types and Formats (p. 46) in the Patran Reference Manual.
*.rsf	FLOTRAN text results files. These can be read into Patran by using the Import Results functionality of Patran for importing Patran 2.5 style results files. See File Types and Formats (p. 46) in the Patran Reference Manual.

File Name

Description

jobname.db

This is the Patran database from which the model data is read during an analyze pass, and into which model and/or results data is written during a Read Results pass.

jobname.dba

The ANSYS 5.0 database file is renamed to jobname.dba from jobname.db to avoid conflicts with the Patran database.

jobname.jba

jobname.jbr

These are small files used to pass certain information between Patran and the Application Preference during translation. You should never have need to do anything directly with these files.

jobname.prp

This is the ANSYS input file created by the interface.

jobname12.dat

jobname14.dat

These are the ANSYS Revision 4.4A binary or text results files which are read by the Read Results pass.

jobname.rst

jobname.rth

jobname.rmg

These are the ANSYS Revision 5 structural, thermal, or magnetic results files which will be read by the Read Results pass.

jobname.flat

This file may be generated during a Read Results pass. If the results translation cannot, for any reason, write data directly into the jobname.db Patran database, it will create this jobname.flat file.

jobname.msg

These message files contain any diagnostic output from the translation, either forward or reverse.

AnsysSubmit

This is a UNIX script file which is called on to submit the forward PAT3ANS translation program, as well as to submit ANSYS after translation is complete. This file should be customized for you particular site installation.

ResultsSubmit

This is another UNIX script which is called on to submit the reverse ANSPAT3 or ANS5PAT3 translation program. This file should also be customized for your particular site.

*.res

FLOTRAN binary results files. These can be read into Patran by using the Import Results functionality of Patran for importing Patran 2.5 style results files.See File Types and Formats (p. 46) in the Patran Reference Manual.

*.rsf

FLOTRAN text results files. These can be read into Patran by using the Import Results functionality of Patran for importing Patran 2.5 style results files. See File Types and Formats (p. 46) in the Patran Reference Manual.