Load Step: Output Request: Data File (.dat)

In the Data file (.dat) dialog, define and edit the output requests for the data file.

Supported keywords are *NODE PRINT, *ELEMENT PRINT, *CONTACT PRINT, and *ENERGY PRINT. To open the dialog in the Load Step window, select Data File (.dat) from the tree and an output block from the Output block table.

Load Step: Output Request: Data File: Define

In the Define tab, enable the Node Print, Element Print, Contact Print, and Energy Print tabs, which are used to define the *Node Print, *Element Print, *Contact Print, and *Energy Print cards.

Load Step: Output Request: Data File: Node Print

In the Node Print tab, define *NODE PRINT for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Nset, Frequency, Mode, Global, Summary, Last mode, and Totals. Activate/deactivate the checkboxes in the tree on the Node Print tab to add/remove identifier keys in the table. The data lines added in this manner have a gray background, indicating they cannot be manually edited. You may also add user-defined identifiers by typing them directly into the table. User-defined data lines appear with a white background, indicating they are editable.

Right-click on the Data lines table to display menu options. The available options are Cut, Copy, Paste, Add row, and Delete row.

The Node Print tab contains the following buttons:

Table 1.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in Engineering Solutions. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the node set list.
Review	Reviews the selected node sets by highlighting them in the Engineering Solutions graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the Engineering Solutions database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.

Load Step: Output Request: Data File: Element Print

In the Element Print tab, define *Element print for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Elset, Position, Totals, Frequency, Last mode, Summary, and Mode. Activate/deactivate the checkboxes in the tree on the Element Print tab to add/remove identifier keys in the table. The data lines added in this manner have a gray background indicating they can not be manually edited. You may also add user-defined identifiers by typing them directly into the table. User-defined data lines appear with a white background, indicating they are editable.

Right-click on the Data lines table to display menu options. The available options are Cut, Copy, Paste, Add row, and Delete row.

The Element Print tab contains the following buttons:

Table 2.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in Engineering Solutions. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the element set list.
Review	Reviews the selected element sets by highlighting them in the Engineering Solutions graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the Engineering Solutions database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.

Load Step: Output Request: Data File: Contact Print

In the Contact Print tab, define *CONTACT PRINT for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Nset, Master, Slave, Frequency, Totals, and Summary. Activate/deactivate the checkboxes in the tree on the Contact Print tab to add/remove identifier keys in the table. The data lines added in this manner have a gray background, indicating they cannot be manually edited. You may also add user-defined identifiers by typing them directly into the table. User-defined data lines appear with a white background, indicating they are editable.

Right-click on the Data lines table to display menu options. The available options are Cut, Copy, Paste, Add row, and Delete row.

The Contact File tab contains the following buttons:

Table 3.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in Engineering Solutions. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the node set list.
Review	Reviews the selected node sets, main surface, or secondary surface by highlighting them in the Engineering Solutions graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the Engineering Solutions database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.

Load Step: Output Request: Data File: Energy Print

In the Energy Print tab, define *energy print for the selected Output block.

The following parameters are supported: Elset and Frequency.

The Energy File tab contains the following buttons:

Table 4.
Button	Action
Create/Edit...	Opens the Entity Sets panel in Engineering Solutions. When you finish creating/editing the set, click return. The Step Manager is updated with the new set appearing in the element set list.
Review	Reviews the selected element sets by highlighting them in the Engineering Solutions graphics. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.
Update	Updates the Engineering Solutions database with the data lines defined in the table and the parameters.