IAC ReadNastran Project
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This directory ( iac_proj/rd_nastr/ ) contains all the V code, source code,
HTML documentation, and installation information for the IAC project
"ReadNastran".

The directory should be placed into your existing project directory, which
should already contain the IAC Project File structure, i.e., the iac_proj/,
iac_lib/ and v/ directories.

The file INSTALL contains information on how to edit the existing IAC
files: a single line addition to the iac_proj/iac_proj.v file, to add the
new project, and additions to two of the files in the iac_lib/ directory
to add links to the User Macro and Example Applications to the top-level
IAC library page.

Once the files have been correctly installed, the low-level module of the new
project may be compiled. If you opt to leave the process unspecified, it will
by default use the "express" process. Doing so means the module may be
compiled by using one of the following commands in the top-level directory of
your project (whilst AVS/Express is not running):

        base -comp_proc express -exit
or
        make -f express.mk

Using the 'make' command, requires that the express.mk file already exists,
and has been updated accordingly.

If you modify the project, and elect to specify the process as "user" or
another user-defined process, then the module may be compiled without
having to exit the AVS/Express application. Use the following command in the
VCP to compile the module:

        $compile IAC_PROJ.ReadNastran.ReadNastran

Users of the Developer's Edition may select the module in the relevant 
Templates library, and choose 'compile' from the Project menu.



Files
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The following files can be found in the iac_proj/rd_nastr/ directory.

INSTALL        Contains installation instructions for editing the iac_proj.v
               and iac_lib/data_io.v and iac_lib/examples.v files. This file
               should not be edited as the future installation script will
               use this file.

rd_nastr.v     Creates the IAC_PROJ.ReadNastran library.

nas_mods.v     Creates the ReadNastranMods library containing the parameter 
               blocks ReadNastranParams and nastran_output and the low-level 
               module ReadNastranCore.
			   
nas_macs.v     Creates the ReadVRMLMacs library containing the UI macro 
               ReadNastranUI the functional macro ReadNastranFunc, the user
               macro ReadNastran and the example applications ReadVRMLEg.
			   			   
ConnectivityClasses.cxx  
DBFparserClasses.cxx     
GridClasses.cxx          
Indexable.cxx         
MaterialsClasses.cxx  
Utils.cxx
WP1_MeshClasses.cxx     C++ source files used by the ReadNastranCore module.

ConnectivityClasses.h
DBFparserClasses.h
GridClasses.h
Indexable.h
MaterialsClasses.h
Utils.h
WP1_MeshClasses.h       The C++ header files used by the ReadNastranCore module.

rd_nastr.cxx   The C++ source code for the ReadNastranCore module.


rd_nastr.html  HTML documentation for the ReadNastran module and user macro.

README         This file.



Generated Files
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When the project is compiled, the following files will be generated. Once
completed, you may safely remove these files; any future recompilations
will regenerate these files.

gen.h           AVS/Express generated header file.

gen.cxx         AVS/Express generated C++ source file.

*.o(bj)         Compiler generated object files