Contents

Preface
Compatibility with Other Versions
Chapter 1 Use of the Routines
1.1 Review of the FEMGV Database and Current Software
1.2 Overview of the Database Interface Routines
1.3 Initialisation of the Database Interface Routines
1.4 Initialisation of FEMVIEW Databases
1.5 Selecting User-key and Project Identifiers
1.6 Entering a Model Header
1.7 Entering a Data Set Header
1.8 Entering a Data Set Delimiter
1.9 Entering Model Geometry Data Sets
1.10 Entering an Assembly Definition
1.11 Entering a Material Properties Data Set
1.12 Entering an Element Set Definition Data Set
1.13 Entering a Transformations Data Set
1.14 Entering Results Data Sets
1.14.1 Entering Nodal Materially Independent Results
1.14.2 Entering Nodal Materially Dependent Results
1.14.3 Entering Element-wise Results at Element Nodes
1.14.4 Entering Element-wise Results at Gauss Points
1.14.5 Entering Element-wise Results, Invariant for the Element
1.15 Entering Local Axis System Data Sets
1.15.1 Entering Nodal Materially Dependent Local Axis Systems
1.15.2 Entering Element-wise Local Axis Systems at Element Nodes
1.15.3 Entering Element-wise Local Axis Systems at Gauss Points
1.16 Entering Gauss Point Co-ordinate Data Sets
1.17 Entering Element Beam-force Results Data Sets
1.18 Entering Loadcase Combination Definitions
1.19 Entering Loadcase Scan Definitions
1.20 Entering Nodal Constraint Definitions
1.21 Entering Multi-Point Constraint Definitions
1.22 Entering Constraint Local Axis Systems
1.23 Creating the FEMVIEW Display Data Sets
1.24 Exiting the Database Interface Routines
1.25 Errors and Error Recovery
1.26 Parallel Processing
1.27 Multi-Level Substructures
1.28 Other Facilities
1.29 Restrictions
Chapter 2 User Program : Integration of Routines
2.1 Parameters
2.2 Common Blocks
2.3 Customising Message Styles
2.4 Compilation
2.5 Linking
2.5.1 Linking for Access to the FEMVIEW Database
2.6 Use from Languages other than FORTRAN
Chapter 3 Routine Descriptions
3.1 DIASS
3.2 DIBL1
3.3 DIBL2
3.4 DIBL3
3.5 DIBL4
3.6 DIBLD
3.7 DIBLH
3.8 DICMB
3.9 DICON
3.10 DICOR
3.11 DIDBI
3.12 DIECH
3.13 DIECR
3.14 DIEGH
3.15 DIEGR
3.16 DIENH
3.17 DIENR
3.18 DIERR
3.19 DIEXD
3.20 DIEXH
3.21 DIGPD
3.22 DIGPH
3.23 DIGXD
3.24 DIGXH
3.25 DIHED
3.26 DIINI
3.27 DILIM
3.28 DILXC
3.29 DIMPD
3.30 DIMPH
3.31 DIMTA
3.32 DIMTI
3.33 DIMTT
3.34 DINDH
3.35 DINDR
3.36 DINIA
3.37 DINXD
3.38 DINXH
3.39 DIPRJ
3.40 DIRHA
3.41 DIRHB
3.42 DIRHC
3.43 DISCN
3.44 DISET
3.45 DISIZ
3.46 DISTP
3.47 DITOP
3.48 DITOP2
3.49 DITRN
3.50 DIUSR
Appendix 1: FEMVIEW Data Sets
Appendix 2: FEMVIEW Calculation Types
Appendix 3: Error and Warning/Information Conditions
3.1 Error Messages Requiring No Error Cleanup
3.2 Error Messages Requiring Current Dataset To Be Abandoned
3.3 Error Messages Requiring Current Model To Be Abandoned
3.4 Warning/Information Messages
3.5 Routine DIFMT
Appendix 4: Files Used
Appendix 5 : Routines Referenced
Appendix 6: Database Interface Routines Flow Charts