May I know How to Run Adams view Simulations in Batch Mode from the Command Line?

[Abbas shafiee]

I already have my ".dll' and ".bin" file. and my adams version is 2019_2. However, I am going to write and run a Shell Script to get my Adams view simulation done.
Please let me know what steps I should take?
If someone knows how to write and run a Shell Scrip on Linux environment to run an ADAMS simulation, that would be a great help too.

 

[GregLocock]

This does seem to be a well kept secret.

https://simcompanion.mscsoftware.co...earch&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1610955544687

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[GregLocock]

Or perhaps you meant this

Running Adams /View in batch mode is easy:

mdi -c aview ru-s b test.cmd exit

This will start ADAMS/View, and execute the sequence of commands that you've put in the file named 'test.cmd'. Afterward you can look at the aview.log file to see if there have been any errors:

grep ERROR aview.log

When the batch job runs, the 'Begin execution of Adams /View...' message and the Copyright banner will appear in your UNIX shell. If you wish, you can redirect that visual output to a file, like this:

For a foreground job, like this:

mdi -c aview ru-s b test.cmd ex > my_screen_dump.log

For a background job, like this:

mdi -c aview ru-s b test.cmd ex > & my_screen_dump.log

Or send the screen dump to the bit gods:

mdi -c aview ru-s b test.cmd ex > /dev/null

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[Abbas shafiee]

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, I cannot have access to the article' link above.

I followed what you mentioned above:

Before doing anything I places my ".dll" contact subroutine and my Adams view model (.cmd) in the directory of "mdi"

I mean "C:\MSC.Software\Adams\2017_1\common"

Then opening the command prompt I went to the directory above and then I typed mdi -c aview ru-s b test.cmd exit

and I see this message and nothing else.

1 file(s) copied.
i did not see anything elese or running the simulation

 

[Abbas shafiee]

Also, I checked the following command


mdi ru-user contact.dll test.cmd

Then Adams banner appeared

but the result is

command: FILE/MODEL=!, OUTPUT_PREFIX=!--------------------------


---- START: ERROR ----
Attempt to read in model into AMD was unsuccessful

---- END: ERROR ----


Finished -----
Elapsed time = 0.00s, CPU time = 0.00s, 0.00%

 

[GregLocock]

Sorry, if you can't get access to the article then you presumably aren't a legitimate user.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[Abbas shafiee]

Oh. Sorry what do you mean by the legitimate user? ! I am a student using Adams with a license that Purdue University provides for graduate research students.

Anyways, I hoped that I could get this done by the comment you made on my question. Any ideas why I am getting that error?

 

[GregLocock]

The reason you need an account there is that there are several dozen articles that might be relevant, and I'm not going to cut and paste them for you. Sorry, no I can't help directly as I don't use View, and I'm no longer on Unix.




Cheers

Greg Locock


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[Abbas shafiee]

I see. No problem.

Thanks anyways

 

[newbie_user]

Probably, the answer can be found where here (excerpt from the Adams 2017 help). Another information look at "INSTALLATION DIRECTORY/help/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm". I think you should have such a file.