Overall Control Data

Individual header descriptions have been moved to the new manual. Only overviews and data definition examples are provided here.

Outline of Overall Control Data

The overall control data is for defining the file name of the input/output files for FrontISTR. The features of the overall control data file are as follows.

This is an ASCII format file based on a free format.
This file consists of a header which starts with "!" and the data following this.
The order of description of the header is basically free.
A "," is used as a punctuation mark of the data.

Input Rules

The overall control data file consists of a header line, data line and a comment line. One header is always included in the header line.

Header: The meaning of the data and data block is specified in the overall control data file.; When the head of the term starts with a "!", it is considered to be a header.
Header Line: The header and the parameter accompanying this are described in this line.; The header line must start with a header.; When a parameter is required, a "," must be used to continue after that.; When the parameter takes on a value, use an "=" after the parameter and describe the value after that.
Data Line: The data line starts from the next line of the header line, and the necessary data is described.; The data lines may be in multiple lines; however, this is determined according to the rules of the data description defined by each header.; There are cases where data lines are not required.
Punctuation: A comma "," is used as a punctuation of the data.
Handling of Blanks: Blanks are disregarded.
Name: Regarding the characters which can be used for the name, there is the underscore "_", hyphen "-", and alphanumeric characters "a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9"; however, the first letter of the name must start with "_", or an alphabetic character "a - z, A - Z".; There is no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters, and all letters are internally handled as uppercase letters.; The maximum length of the name is 63 characters.
File Name: Regarding the characters which can be used for the file name, there are the underscore "_", hyphen "-", period ".", slash "/", and the alphanumeric characters "a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9".; As long as there is no specific description, a path can be included in the file name. Both the relative path and the absolute path can be specified.; The maximum length of the file name is 1,023 characters.
Floating Point Data: Exponents are optional. An "E" or "e" character must be added before the exponent.; The selection of "E" or "e" is optional. "D" or "d" can not be used.
!!, # Comment Line: Lines starting with "!!" or "#" are considered to be comment lines, and are disregarded. A comment line can be inserted in any position in the file, and there are no restrictions on the number of lines.

Header List

The overall control data consists of the following headers.

Header Name	Contents
`!CONTROL`	Analysis control data definition
`!MESH`	Mesh data definition
`!RESTART`	Restart data definition
`!RESULT`	Analysis results data definition
`!SUBDIR`	Dividing to sub directories