LS-DYNA KEYWORD FILE SUMMARY¶
Opens an LS-DYNA keyword file in LS-PrePost headlessly and returns a model summary: card counts by type (PART, MAT, ELEMENT, NODE, SECTION, CONTACT, etc.), file size, and read time. Use to inspect a model before or after editing.
When to use¶
Tagged: card-counts, headless, keyword, ls-prepost, lsdyna, model-summary, refcheck, simulation.
Inputs¶
| Label | ID | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulation | simulation_id | text | — | d3VIEW Simulation ID whose registered main keyword file will be summarised; mutually exclusive with file — at least one must be provided. | |
| File | file | file | — | Direct file path, attachment ID, or uploaded file pointing to the LS-DYNA keyword (.k / .key) to summarise; used when no simulation_id is available. |
Outputs¶
| Label | ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary Report | report | text | Human-readable plain-text summary including read time, file size in bytes, and a formatted list of card-type counts (PART, MAT, NODE, ELEMENT, etc.). |
| Card Counts | card_counts | text | JSON object mapping each detected keyword card type to its integer count (e.g. {“PART”:12,”MAT”:2,”NODE”:15220}); suitable for downstream programmatic consumption. |
| Read Time | read_time | text | Wall-clock time LS-PrePost took to parse the keyword file, expressed as a string in seconds (e.g. “1.42s”); empty string if not reported by LS-PrePost. |
| File Size | file_size | number | Raw size of the keyword file in bytes as reported by the filesystem; useful for tracking model growth across revisions. |
| STDOUT | stdout | textarea | Full raw standard-output text captured from the LS-PrePost headless process; use for debugging parse errors or unexpected card-count results. |
Disciplines¶
- cae.postprocessing.extraction
- cae.preprocessing.setup
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