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CAEfatigue Import CSV Results File Dialog Box

Durability -> CAEfatigue-> Import
Imports results from a CAEfatigue analysis. Once you've imported a Comma Separated Value (CSV) l file from CAEfatigue, Adams Durability adds more Plot Type options (under Contours) to the Adams PostProcessor. These options are used for postprocessing CAEfatigue results.
For the option:
Do the following:
File Name
Enter the name of the results (.csv) file you want to import.
Flexible Body
Enter the name of the flexible body to which you want to associate the results.
Analysis
Optionally, enter the name of a previously run analysis to which you want the CAEfatigue results associated. If you don't specify an analysis, Adams Durability associates the CAE-Fatigue results to the flexible body, and makes it available for the postprocessing of any Adams run.
 
Notes:  
■Once you have successfully imported CAEfatigue results (by completing this dialog box), Adams Durability adds additional options in the Plot Type menu of the Contours tab (in Adams PostProcessor). This allows you to specify the fatigue result to contour.
■Plots of fatigue results in Adams may differ slightly from CAEfatigue when you have specified Output Locations as Center… or Corner. These location options in CAEfatigue produce element-based results, and Adams only knows how to post-process node-based results. To convert from element to node based fatigue results, Adams will average the element-based results at adjacent nodes. This produces a smooth contour plot across element boundaries instead of a discontinues contour plot at element boundaries.