[new in Dytran] Hi, I'm creating a solver deck. in the "translation parameters" -> "card format" there are many options: small, free, either, etc... what is that about? what would be the best selection?
[new in Dytran] Hi, I'm creating a solver deck. in the "translation parameters" -> "card format" there are many options: small, free, either, etc... what is that about? what would be the best selection?
The translation parameter controls the ways the fields are written in the deck. We always recommend to use free format which is comma separated between the cards. With free field format the position of the data items in the line us irrelevant. The mnemonic and data items must be separated by commas. For example:
GRID, 7, 0, 0.0, 1.0, 3.7569.
The small-field, fixed-format entry consists of a single line in the input file containing 80 characters and
comprising 10 fields, each of which has eight characters. The data in each field must lie completely within
the designated columns.
The small-field format should be adequate for most applications. Occasionally, however, the input is
generated by another computer program or is available in a form where a wider field is desirable. For these
cases, the larger field format with a 16-character data field is provided. Two lines of the input file are used as
indicated:
The large field format is denoted by placing the symbol * after the mnemonic in Field 1a and a + as the first
character of Field 10a. The second line contains the symbol * in column one. The second line may, in turn,
be used to point to a large or small field continuation line, depending on whether the continuation line
contains the symbol * (for a large field) or the symbol + (for a small field) in column one.
Please refer the DYTRAN reference manual page 125 for more information. Hope this is helpful
The translation parameter controls the ways the fields are written in the deck. We always recommend to use free format which is comma separated between the cards. With free field format the position of the data items in the line us irrelevant. The mnemonic and data items must be separated by commas. For example:
GRID, 7, 0, 0.0, 1.0, 3.7569.
The small-field, fixed-format entry consists of a single line in the input file containing 80 characters and
comprising 10 fields, each of which has eight characters. The data in each field must lie completely within
the designated columns.
The small-field format should be adequate for most applications. Occasionally, however, the input is
generated by another computer program or is available in a form where a wider field is desirable. For these
cases, the larger field format with a 16-character data field is provided. Two lines of the input file are used as
indicated:
The large field format is denoted by placing the symbol * after the mnemonic in Field 1a and a + as the first
character of Field 10a. The second line contains the symbol * in column one. The second line may, in turn,
be used to point to a large or small field continuation line, depending on whether the continuation line
contains the symbol * (for a large field) or the symbol + (for a small field) in column one.
Please refer the DYTRAN reference manual page 125 for more information. Hope this is helpful
