OFELI File Formats

File Formats

The library OFELI provides the ability of s accompanied with several file formats that can be used for many purposes. All these files are text files that share some common properties, such as :

The first line of each file contains at the first columns the string #XXXX! where XXXX is a string that defines the file contents. This string is given for each file format.
Any sequence of characters delimited by # and the end of a line is interpreted as a comment
Data are given in free format, the separator being the blank character
The last string of each line is the string EOF

Note that binary files (especially for mesh and field files) may be used. But these are written and read directly through OFELI functions and classes

Available file formats are :

DDF
Domain Data File Format for domain definition for mesh generation

FDF
Field Data File Format for files containing input fields and results

IPF
Input Parameter File Format for program parameters (file names, time step, ...)

MAF
Material File Format for material definition files

MDF
Mesh Data File Format for mesh files

VDF
Various Data File Format for other data like boundary conditions, initial data, given by simple algebraic expressions, ...

DDF	Domain Data File	Format for domain definition for mesh generation
FDF	Field Data File	Format for files containing input fields and results
IPF	Input Parameter File	Format for program parameters (file names, time step, ...)
MAF	Material File	Format for material definition files
MDF	Mesh Data File	Format for mesh files
VDF	Various Data File	Format for other data like boundary conditions, initial data, given by simple algebraic expressions, ...