I was reviewing an MSC presentation on the value of output files. Within that presentation was a listing of the f04 file with an h5 called out as LOGICAL HDF5IN and with FLAGS RA. According to my understanding this means the H5 file is acting as an input to the Nastran model. I'd like to convert my existing K2GG matrices and other things like that to H5 if possible. I looked through the 2018 QRF and Reference Manual under the ASSIGN and DATABASE CONCEPTS entries. I didn't see a mention for how to do it. I also looked at the INPUTT2 section in the DMAP guide.
See example below of outputting KAA to h5. To output K2GG to H5 file you will have to modify the alter to be placed after K2GG is readin or created. Currently, I don't think nastran will read this back in from h5 file.
Thanks for the reply and example. Here is a screen grab of the image in the presentation. Am I misinterpreting what the h5 file is doing in this image? In this case the file name is web-shear-buck105-thickframe.h5
Thank you Sanjay. I'm a big supporter of the HDF5 output MSC has added. The smaller file sizes and almost instant load times in Patran are greatly appreciated. I easily post process with Python and MATLAB. I look forward to the future of H5 doing more things.