Forms

Forms

FEMGV 6 includes the introduction of a PROPERTY form to allow easy input/editing of the LOADS & INITIAL conditions as well as the PHYSICAL and MATERIAL properties (that were introduced in FEMGV 5.1-02) for Windows 95/98/NT installations.

The property form can be accessed from the tool bar menu using the <Tool> <Property manager> option. Editing of each property can be achieved by double clicking on the relevant box. Scrolling is available either by using the mouse or the TAB key. The form also offers editing a property when added, adjustable column width and an optional sorting facility (i.e. by the property name or it’s value).

For each analysis environment interface developers can specify the range of load/initial/material/physical types and names of properties parameters allowing the user to more easily understand the instance definitions. The data for the load/initial/material/physical properties forms are derived from two sources, the analiq Fortran file and the useriq resource file (for more details about these two files, please refer to the FG User Routines manual). The resource file may be specified using the environment variable (i.e. FEMSYS_GLOBAL_ANALYSIS = path and filename), otherwise the default is set to read properties from the useriq.res file that is situated in the current directory .

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Figure 9: Property form for WIN 95/NT installation