The Model's
MemCom Database can be browsed, either by
issuing the appropriate Python command(s), or more comfortably, by
means of a graphical browser. To open the database browser in the
graphical user interface, select Object->Browse
Database.... From the Python environment, assuming that the
variable m points to a Model
object,
m.db.browse()
has the same effect. The "db" sub-object of the Model object is the MemCom database object.
This will open the MemCom-Browser which can be used to view all datasets and to inspect the contents of any dataset.
A B2000++ database contains meshes
and solution fields stemming from a Finite-Element analysis using the
B2000++ processor. It can be recognized by
the ".b2m" suffix. It consists of a directory containing the following
MemCom databases: "archives.mc",
"gradients.mc", "factored.mc", "log.mc". With the exception of
"archives.mc", which contains the meshes and most of the solution
fields, depending on the processor(s), these databases may or may not
exist. In addition the ".b2m" directory may contain one or several log
files. When given the ".b2m" directory as the argument to the
Model object constructor, the "archives.mc"
database is opened automatically. For (old)
B2000-v2 databases, the "gradients.mc"
database is opened as well.
The NSMB (Navier-Stokes Multi-Block)
Finite-Volume flow solver makes use of
MemCom for storage and retrieval of meshes
and solution fields. baspl++ can read these
databases. Since NSMB uses a cell-centered scheme
(where the solution field values are defined at the centre of a
finite-volume cell rather than at the nodes),
baspl++ has the "displace_sfv" option to
displace the nodes such that they coincide with the centres of the
cells and ghost cells.
