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--- doc:user:tutorials:runtest [2015/01/09 12:28] – boman
+++ doc:user:tutorials:runtest [2018/10/05 10:10] (current) – boman
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 ====== How to run an existing test? ======
+<note important>This page is under construction. Please refer to {{ :teaching:private:tutorial.pdf |}}  for up-to-date information</note>
+{{:doc:user:ico-worker.png?40 |Under construction}}
 In Metafor, 1 model corresponds to 1 (or more) python module(s).
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+How to run ''apps.tutorial.tutorial1'' ?
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:loadandrun.png|}}
+the simulation should start…
+How to run ''tutorial1'' from another location? (because you do not want to work in c:\Program Files !)
+  * Create an empty folder
+  * Copy ''tutorial1.py'' to that folder
+  * “Rebase” to that particular folder
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:rebaseandrun.png|}}
+The main window now looks like
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:windowsresults.png|}}
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:vizwinresults.png|}}
+On your disk...
+  * .bfac.gz files: 1 file = all the results (nodal and Gauss-point values) at 1 time step
+  * .ascii files: 1 file = 1 vector containing a particular result thoughout the simulation (size = number of time steps)
+  * resfile.txt: console output during the simulation (steps, iterations, residuals, etc.)
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:workspacetuto1.png|}}
+  * Here, the first and the last step have been saved to disk (there are two .bfac.gz)
+  * The time discretisation (time.ascii) and the value of a force somewhere on the solid (force.ascii) has been saved
+How to display previously-computed results?
+Procedure for Archives (.bfac.gz files)
+  - Start Metafor
+  - Load your module (as if you were restarting the simulation)
+  - In the workspace, load a .bfac.gz using the “load FAC” command in the context menu.
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:loadfac31.png|}}
+How to display previously-computed results?
+Procedure for history curves (.ascii files)
+  - Start Matlab
+  - Load the files using the “load” command
+  - Plot the values
+History curves are simple ASCII files!
+{{:doc:user:tutorials:displaycurves.png|}}
+Excel can also be used…
+Final Remarks
+Each time you start a new simulation, you MUST restart Metafor! (PhD students, researchers do not free the whole memory)
+Some other interesting examples from the apps folder (among many others!)
+apps.qs.ringtest : a tribological test
+apps.iso.amor : a shock absorber
+apps.qs.ddrawing : deep drawing simulation
+apps.qs.tube : hydroforming (3D)
+apps.qs.nine : drawbead simulation