2.3. User specified field names

Sierra/SD can input most Sierra/SM output by guessing the naming convention. Ideally it would be possible for Sierra/SD to read any Sierra/SM output. However, some fields that Sierra/SM outputs to the Exodus file may have have user-defined labels or be user-defined variables. This includes stresses, displacements and analysis time. Sierra/SD can only input data if the labels are determined exactly. Sierra/SD has a corresponding capability for users to specify the input field names in the File section of the input deck. The list of valid initialize variable name label keys is extensive and documented in the Users’s Manual. In the provided example, the input Exodus file input_mesh.g stores nodal displacements stored as dx, dy, and dz.

FILE
  geometry_file = input_mesh.g

  # nodal displacement components stored in input_mesh.g...
  initialize variable name = displacement(x)  # x-component
    variable type = node                      # nodal displacement
    read variable = dx                        # from input "dx"
    time = 2.5                                # at the nearest step
                                              # with time >= 2.5
  initialize variable name = displacement(y)  # y-component
    variable type = node                      # nodal displacement
    read variable = dy                        # from input "dy"
    step = FIRST                              # at the first step
  
  initialize variable name = displacement(z)  # z-component
    variable type = node                      # nodal displacement
    read variable = dz                        # from input "dz"
    step = LAST                               # at the last step
END