Changement of Grid Units

Matthias Av · June 27, 2016, 09:09

Hi all,

I would like to change the grid unit of my computation (meters to millimeters) without opening the FINE interface (because of bug).

I thought open .run file linked (to my computation) but I don't know what is the correct parameter to change.

Does anyone have already do this manipulation?

Thanks in advance.

Matthias.

DarylMusashi · June 27, 2016, 15:39

Dear Matthias,

Unfortunately I cannot test it at the moment, but I think I found the parameter in the .iec project file. Please search for

#************************************************* ****************************
#******* START GRID PARAMETERS SECTION **************
#************************************************* ****************************
#
NI_BEGIN grid_bc
VERSION 1.0
GRIDUNIT 1
NUMBER_OF_GRID_LEVEL_I 2
NUMBER_OF_GRID_LEVEL_J 2
NUMBER_OF_GRID_LEVEL_K 2
IGGGRIDVERSION 5
SHOWAG5MESSAGE 0
.....

I assume GRIDUNIT=1 is the scale factor relative to the unit [m], which means this example mesh has the grid unit [m]. If you want to set it to [mm] the parameter should be changed to GRIDUNIT=0.001 for example.

Matthias Av · June 28, 2016, 02:17

Thanks for the answer that's working

June 27, 2016, 09:09	Changement of Grid Units	#1
Matthias Av New Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 9	Hi all, I would like to change the grid unit of my computation (meters to millimeters) without opening the FINE interface (because of bug). I thought open .run file linked (to my computation) but I don't know what is the correct parameter to change. Does anyone have already do this manipulation? Thanks in advance. Matthias.

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June 27, 2016, 15:39		#2
DarylMusashi Senior Member Holger Dietrich Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 174 Rep Power: 15	Dear Matthias, Unfortunately I cannot test it at the moment, but I think I found the parameter in the .iec project file. Please search for #*********************************************** ************************ #*** START GRID PARAMETERS SECTION ********** #********************************************* ************************** # NI_BEGIN grid_bc VERSION 1.0 GRIDUNIT 1 NUMBER_OF_GRID_LEVEL_I 2 NUMBER_OF_GRID_LEVEL_J 2 NUMBER_OF_GRID_LEVEL_K 2 IGGGRIDVERSION 5 SHOWAG5MESSAGE 0 ..... I assume GRIDUNIT=1 is the scale factor relative to the unit [m], which means this example mesh has the grid unit [m]. If you want to set it to [mm] the parameter should be changed to GRIDUNIT=0.001 for example.

June 28, 2016, 02:17		#3
Matthias Av New Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 9	Thanks for the answer that's working