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How to minimize the .f06 file size?

How to minimize the .f06 file size?

How to minimize the .f06 file size?

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I started a static analysis, with about 190000 elements. The output request is only displacements and stress for a group. There are about 70 cases.
The result is a .f06 file with about 10GB!!! Is there something that I can do to minimize the .f06 file size?
Is there some checks that I can do to the model, to avoid this output file size?

Thanks,

RE: How to minimize the .f06 file size?

dexalves...

suggest You submit this question to the

Structural Engineers, "Finite Element Analysis engineering Forum"

Regards, Wil Taylor

RE: How to minimize the .f06 file size?

Better yet post it on the Nastran forum under Engineering Computer Programs.  

What are you doing with the. f06 file? reading it manually, or reading it into a post-processor? if the latter it is probably better to output the data into a binary file.

RE: How to minimize the .f06 file size?

As an answer, no.
The massive files your generating are down to the amount of differing cases on the same run. Do a couple of runs will give you more files but smaller. Also maybe just running grouos of interest instead of a whole model will help.

RE: How to minimize the .f06 file size?

That's a pretty small model, my laptop would be dead if each run created a 140 MB file.

Cheers

Greg Locock

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