Output

The program outputs data to a set of files for each simulation. The contents of each file is related to the file extension, which is appended to the input file if no output file name is explicitly supplied. If also no input file is explicitly supplied, and input is obtained from stdin, the output file name defaults to ``MBDyn''; otherwise, unless the output file name is explicitly set, the name of the input file is used. The contents of the output files are described accordingly to the items (nodes or elements) that generate them. Only a general information file, with extension .out, is described here. The file contains general information about the simulation; it is not formatted. In detail, for each step the current time, time step, the number of iterations and the error are supplied. There is also a supplementary file, with .log extension, that may contain extra (logging) information. Its contents are not documented since they are very experimental and may be subject to changes.