*advancedmaterial : definition of an advanced material

Option	Type	Description
data	string	material description, multiline possible
id	string	name of the property
name	string	name of the property

*analyticalfield : define an analytical field

Option	Type	Description
data	string	definition
name	string	name of analytical field
type	string	type of analytical field (currently ‘expression’ only)

*configureplots : customize the figures and axes

Option	Type	Description
data	string	key=value pairs for configuration of figures and axes

*constraint : define a constraint

Option	Type	Description
data	string	definition of the constraint
name	string	(optional) name of the constraint
type	string	constraint type

*element : definition of element(s)

Option	Type	Description
data	numpy integer array	Abaqus like element definiton lines
elset	string	name
provider	string	provider (library) for the element type. Default: Marmot
type	string	assign one of the types definied in the elementlibrary

*elset : definition of an element set

Option	Type	Description
data	string	Abaqus like element set definiton lines
elset	string	name
generate	string	set True to generate from data line 1: start-element, end-element, step

*exportplots : export your figures

Option	Type	Description
data	string	key=value pairs for exporting of figures and axes

*fieldoutput : define fieldoutput, which is used by outputmanagers

Option	Type	Description
data	string	defintions lines for the output module
jobname	string	(optional), name of job, standard=defaultJob

*include : (optional) load extra .inp file (fragment), use relative path to current .inp

Option	Type	Description
input	string	filename

*job : definition of an analysis job

Option	Type	Description
domain	string	define spatial domain: 1d, 2d, 3d
name	string	(optional) name of job, standard = defaultJob
starttime	float	(optional) start time of job, standard = 0.0

*linearsolver : define a linear solver

Option	Type	Description
name	string	name of the linear solver, named by a *solver’s linsolver=
type	string	type of the linear solver: custom, blockamg, pardiso, superlu, umfpack, klu, petsclu, mumps, panuapardiso
data	string	(optional) the options of the type, one key=value per line (see Linear solvers)

*material : definition of a material

Option	Type	Description
data	numpy float array	material properties, multiline possible
id	string	name of the property
name	string	name of the property
statevars	integer	(deprecated and ignored) number of statevars

*modelgenerator : define a model generator, loaded from a module

Option	Type	Description
data	string	key=value pairs
generator	string	generator module
name	string	(optional) name of the generator

*node : definition of nodes

Option	Type	Description
data	numpy float array	Abaqus like node definiton lines: label, x, [y], [z]
nset	string	name

*nset : definition of an element set

Option	Type	Description
data	string	Abaqus like node set definiton lines
generate	string	set True to generate from data line 1: start-node, end-node, step
nset	string	name

*output : define an output module

Option	Type	Description
data	string	defintions lines for the output module
jobname	string	(optional), name of job, standard=defaultJob
name	string	(optional), name of manager, standard=None
type	string	output module

*parameteridentification : identify material parameter for given x and y data

Option	Type	Description
data	string	key=value pairs
file	string	filename where identified parameters are written
id	string	name of the property
jobname	string	name of job
plot	string	True|False plot result with final parameters
xdata	string	filename where xData is given
ydata	string	filename where yData is given

*restart : configure resuming from a checkpoint

Option	Type	Description
readfrom	string	(optional) path to an existing restart checkpoint to resume the analysis from

*section : definition of an section

Option	Type	Description
data	string	list of associated element sets
material	string	associated id of defined material
name	string	name
thickness	float	associated element set
type	string	type of the section

*solver : definition of a solver

Option	Type	Description
name	string	name of this solver
solver	string	solver type
data	string	(optional) define options which are passed to the respective solver instance.

*step : definition of job steps

Option	Type	Description
criticaliter	integer	maximum number of iterations to prevent from increasing the increment
data	string	define step actions, which are handled by the corresponding stepaction modules
jobname	string	(optional), name of job, standard=defaultJob
maxinc	float	maximum size of increment
maxiter	integer	maximum number of iterations
maxnuminc	integer	maximum number of increments
mininc	float	minimum size of increment
steplength	float	time period of step

*surface : definition of surface set

Option	Type	Description
data	string	Abaqus like definition. Type ‘element’: elSet, faceID
name	string	name
type	string	type of surface (currently ‘element’ only)

*updateconfiguration : update an configuration

Option	Type	Description
configuration	string	name of the modified settings category
data	string	key=value pairs