From the Design Gateway,
select a model.
Select the component that will contain the new parameter.
From the Design Gateway
Files tab, click 
.
The File Parameter Wizard appears.
Click Output, and click
Next.
The File Parameter Structure screen appears.
Select whether the parameter is a Scalar, File Set, or an
Array.
For more information, see About File Parameters.
All elements of the array will be initialized to point to the same location
(as determined in the rest of the wizard). You must manually reconfigure
each element of the array to point to a different location once the wizard
finishes.
If you selected File Set, see Configuring an Output File Set and an Output File Set Source.
Click Next.
The Output Source screen appears.
Specify the source information.
The data are stored in a regular file on the file system. The Name
text box holds the base name of the file, excluding all directory path
information. You can click Browse to navigate
to the file that you want to use. The Path text
box contains the expression that defines the directory path of the file.
The meaning of the expression is determined by the Options
list setting (Absolute path, Runtime
directory, Model directory,
or Shared file system).
For more information, see Configuring a File as the Source or Destination.
Click Next.
The File Content Type screen appears.
Select the content of the file.
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Text |
Text files are displayed
faster than binary files in the Runtime Gateway
and can be converted from a nonstandard character encoding. |
| Binary |
Binary files are
always copied unchanged and are displayed in an external Web browser.
Whether a binary file can be viewed or not depends on what file formats
are recognized by your Web browser. |
Click Next.
Note:
If the Show File type encoding
on the Files tab preference option is selected, an additional
screen is displayed for text files that allows you to set the file encoding.
The file encoding is relevant only if you use text files containing non-Latin
characters. For more information, see About Encoding.
The Output Destination screen appears.
Specify the location to which you want the file copied so that the file
is available after the component’s runtime directory is removed:
| Option |
Description |
|---|
| Isight File Manager |
Select this option to have
the Isight
file manager store the content of the file in the Isight
runtime database. This option is recommended. The Isight
file manager is part of the results database that stores the contents
of output file parameters that are marked with a destination of Isight
File Manager. Files are stored in the filemgr
subdirectory of the Isight database directory using a path derived from
the job and work item IDs. The files are deleted when the job that created
them is deleted from the database. |
| Specify Location |
Select this option to enter
the location where you want the file to be placed following execution.
An output file parameter that is saved in a fixed location is not safe
for parallel execution because multiple instances of the component overwrite
each other’s data. |
| None |
Select this option to not copy the file.
If you do not define a destination for an output file, the file parameters
are not copied. Instead, the source file’s absolute path is stored.
This can be more efficient for large output files.
To use this configuration with parallel execution, the file names for
the source of the output file parameter must be unique for every run
by substituting a parameter value or the work item ID into the file name
or directory path. For information about shared file systems, see Creating a SIMULIA Execution Engine Connection Profile. |
If you selected Specify Location, do the following:
-
Click
to configure the location.
The Configure Data Handler dialog box appears.
The location can be a file, an FTP server, or a Web server (if you
have write access to the Web server). For more information, see Configuring a File as the Source or Destination, Configuring an FTP Site as the Input Source or Output Destination, or Configuring a URL as the Input Source or Output Destination.
Isight
copies the files from the source location to the designated location
after the components executes. For FTP and URL locations, this process
involves contacting a server and transferring files. The URL handler
writes files with an HTTP PUT operation, which the web server needs to
be configured to support.
-
Click OK to close the Configure Data
Handler dialog box.
Click Next.
The Parameter Name screen appears.
In the Parameter Name, enter a name or accept
the default name.
Click Next.
The Save to Database screen appears.
Select Save File parameter values to the database at runtime
to specify if you want Isight
to save file parameters attached to components to the database.
For more information, see About Saving File Parameters to the Database.
Click Finish.
Isight
adds the new file parameter to the list on the Output Files
subtab.