List of files used/created by calculation module

File extension	Content	Form	Needed for restart	Needed for postprocessing
‘.dat’	FE model data	ASCII	YES	YES
.cfg’	temporary config file for calculation module	ASCII	YES	NO
‘.log’	echo of execution	ASCII	YES	NO
‘.opt’	optimized nodes order for skyline solvers	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.elb’	current element storage	BINARY	NO	NO
‘.sky’	skyline block solver (obsolete as sparse is used for huge problems)	BINARY	NO	NO
‘.sks’	skyline block solver (obsolete as sparse is used for huge problems)	BINARY	NO	NO
‘.exc’	current excavation forces	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.dis’	nodal ASCII output (practicaly unused)	ASCII	YES	YES (if activated)
‘.str’	element ASCII output (practicaly unused)	ASCII	YES	YES (if activated)
‘.his’	summary history of execution	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.rcf’	results configuration setup (nodal results and element results)	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.ers’	element data storage produced by stability driver for restart purposes		YES	NO
‘.ern’	element data storage produced by other drivers drivers used for restart purposes	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.rst’	other restart data	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.fro’	storage for frontal solver (obsolete)	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.ech’	fe data to be used for domain reduction and thermal loading	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.eli’	element storage for last accepted iteration	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.eda’	echo of input data	ASCII	YES	NO
‘.rea’	obsolete		NO	NO
‘.new’	obsolete		NO	NO
‘.lay’	results configuration file for beam/shell layers	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.bgc’	obsolete		NO	NO
‘.tgc’	obsolete		NO	NO
‘.bfg’	BFGS solver storage	BINARY	NO	NO
‘.cdb’	error log for postprocessor	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.r00’	reactions/residuals	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.aux’	temporary file	ANY	NO	NO
‘.ovl’	overlaid meshes info	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.ctr’	stage construction	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.dps’	pushover file	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.rps’	pushover file	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.add’	construction+large deformations	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.v00’	nodal velocities	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.a00’	nodal accelerations	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.m00’	eigenmodes	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.fps’	eigen-mode pushover force shape	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.xof’	x-ele offset in large deformations after morphing (continuum only)	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.egv’	eigenvalues	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.psh’	pushover results	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.ppl’	results in piles	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.nal’	results in nails	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.rah’	results in anchor heads	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.rex’	excavation forces for deleted BC	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.arl’	obsolete
‘.ths’	time history of selected nodes (used for tuning attenuation curve in dynamics)	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.eig’	output for eigenvalues	ASCII	YES	YES
‘.msv’	obsolete
‘.uro’	initial element deformations	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.xst’	temporary restart file	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.xrn’	temporary restart file for standard drivers	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.xrs’	temporary restart file for stability drivers	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.xxc’	temporary file to keep copy of excavation forces	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.elj’	element storage copy for Thomas initial stiffness method	BINARY	YES	NO
‘.s00’	nodal results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s01’	continuum results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s02’	shell results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s03’	truss results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s04’	beam results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s05’	beam/shell hinges results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s06’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s07’	std contact results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s08’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s09’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s10’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s11’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s12’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s13’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s14’	unused	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s15’	membrane results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s16’	ring (axisymm) results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.s17’	node-segment contact results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.L02’	shell layers results	BINARY	YES	YES
‘.L04’	beam layers results	BINARY	YES	YES