User`s guide

Release 7.5 MADYMO Coupling Manual
Verification
The user is advised to check the log file and the reprint file to verify if all entities are communi-
cated correctly. The log file shows the PAM CRASH/SAFE output of all FE data send to MA-
DYMO, the reprint file shows the FE data that MADYMO received from PAM CRASH/SAFE.
Example log file:
F E B O D Y F O R M A D Y M O
FE DEFORMABLE BODY ID ............ = 2
FE DEFORMABLE BODY NAME .......... = boule
BODY MESH TYPE ................... = SHELL
REFERENCE ID IN MADYMO CONTACT ... = 3
AVERAGE BULK MODULUS ............. = 0.1111E+10
AVERAGE THICKNESS ................ = 0.3500E-03
NUMBER OF ASSOCIATED SHELLS ...... = 90
LIST OF SHELLS TRANSFERED TO MADYMO:
==== DATA SUPPRESSED BY NOPRINT OPTION ====
Accompanying reprint file:
----------------------------COUPLING INTERFACE-------------------------------
NUMBER OF NODES : 92
NUMBER OF PARTS : 1
PART ID (FROM COUPLED PROGRAM) : 3
THICKNESS : 3.5000E-04
BULK MODULUS : 1.1111E+09
NUMBER OF ELEMENTS : 90
NUMBER OF TRIADS : 0
NUMBER OF QUADS : 90
NUMBER OF SOLIDS : 0
6.4 Limitations and Known Issues
• The last DSY file might not be written if it occurs at the MADYMO simulation end time
point (you can slightly increase the MADYMO simulation end time to avoid this prob-
lem).
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