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Database Files

Flexcom can produce two database files, referred to as the motion database file and the force database file. Together, these can contain a detailed description of the analysis solution at all or selected solution times. These files are unformatted random access files, so you cannot type, print or edit them. The motion database file can contain information on the position, velocity and acceleration of all or selected nodes in the model (including runtime generated statistics of motion). The force database file can contain information on:

(i)Restoring forces in all or selected elements

(ii)Reactions at all restraints

(iii)Statistics of restoring forces generated during runtime

Restoring forces in this context may include axial forces, effective tensions, shears, bending moments relative to both local and axes, and curvatures relative to these same local axes. A number of further outputs may optionally be added to these parameters