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NairnFEAMPM Menu Commands

Brief description of the NairnFEAMPM menu commands.

  1. NairnFEAMPM Menu
  2. File Menu
  3. Edit Menu
  4. Analyze Menu
  5. Window Menu
  6. Scripts Menu (scroll icon)
  7. Help Menu

NairnFEAMPM Menu

About NairnFEAMPM...
Display "About" window for NairnFEAMPM. The information gives the current versions of the code engines and third party software being used.
Settings... (or Preferences...)
Open the NairnFEAMPM settings/preferences window.
Check for Update...
Check if your current version of NairnFEAMPM is the most recently posted version.

The rest of the commands in this window are standard "application" menu commands.

File Menu

New
This submenu lets you creates a new file for FEA or MPM calculations. The submenu lets you select a template for an FEA file, an MPM file, a blank file, or select FEA or MPM example calculations.
Open...
Open any previous NairnFEAMPM file. You can open command files, analysis results, or plotting files.
Open Recent...
Select any recently opened file from the submenu to open it again.
Close
Close current window.
Save
Save front-most document.
Save As...
Save front-most document using a new file name.
Export Submenu
The commands in this submenu are
Graphics File (types)...
Export current graphics window to one of the "types" listed in command. You pick the desired type by using that extension for tghe exported file name.
MPM Files Archives...
Save MPM results and associated files to a compressed tar archive.
XML Input File...
Some interpreted XML input commands to a separate file.
Copy of Results...
Save copy of current MPM results and open them. You can plot results from the copy to check an MPM calculation in progress.
Particle VTKs...
Export particle data to VTK files that can be opened in other software for visualization.
Revert
Revert front-most document to last saved version.
Page Setup...
Standard command to select printing settings.
Print...
Print the front-most window.

Edit Menu

This menu has standard Macintosh "Edit" menu commands.

Analyze Menu

Interpret Commands
Interpret the commands and produce XML input commands.
Interpret and Check Mesh
Interpret the commands and run enough analysis to check the created mesh.
Run FEA/MPM Analysis
Interpret commands (if needed) and run FEA or MPM Analysis.
Background FEA/MPM Analysis
Interpret commands (if needed) and then submit commands for a background FEA or MPM Analysis.
Particle Plots
Plot results of MPM analyses using particle properties.
Mesh Plots
Plot results of FEA or MPM analyses using mesh results.
New Time Plot Window
Select a new plot of MPM results vs. time and open in a new plotting window.
NNew Mesh Contour Plot Window
Select a new mesh contour plot of MPM or FEA results and open in a new plotting window.
Crack Closure...
Crack closure calculations for energy release rate at explicit cracks in FEA analyses
Add Time Plot
Superpose a new plot of MPM results vs. time on the current plotting window.
Add 2D Mesh Plot
Superpose a new 2D mesh plot of MPM or FEA results on the current plotting window.
Plot Expression...
Open expression panel for plotting any function of calculation results.
Scale Plots...
Scale time or length of current results for better plotting.

Window Menu

Results Index
Open index panel for the current results window (or close the index if it is alredy open).
Process Info
Show window with list of currently running NairnFEA and NairnMPM background processes.
Message Panel
Show the message panel window. Commands or scripts can write text to the message panel.
Indent Commands
Reformat the script commands in the front window by indenting selected blocks of code. (You can also indent commands by control (or right) clicking on a command editing field and selecting it from the pop-up menu).

The rest of the commands in this window are standard "Window" menu commands, including a list of all currently opened windows. Select any window to bring it to the front.

Scripts Menu

Select any script in the top half of the menu to run it (see scripts menu help for more details). The commands at the end of the menu do the following:

Abort Script
Aborts the currently running script (but only works for Python or Ruby scripts).
Reveal Scripts in Finder
Opens the NairnFEAMPM scripts folder in the Finder.
Refresh Scripts
Resets the scripts menu to the current files in the NairnFEAMPM scripts folder.

Help Menu

The menu has a command to open the documentation for NairnFEAMPM and other commands connected to the NairnFEAMPM web site. By default, the help opens in Apple's help viewer. If you prefer to open in a browser, you can do the following:

  1. Quit NairnFEAMPM
  2. Start Terminal app and enter the command:
defaults write com.geditcom.NairnFEAMPM "Open help in browser app" 1

The help will now open in your browser. To return to Apple's help viewer repeat the steps but change the number to 0.