PRIMER 22.1

Database File

Element tag	Attributes	Comment
<PRIMER_DATABASE	category = 'database name'	opening tag
	protected = 'no'
Version data
<DEFAULT_VERSION	id = '<id>'	if not specified highest available version if default
<VERSION	descr = 'version name'
	id = '<id>'	<id> is integer version id
Component data
<H1	category = 'title'
	subcategory = 'subtitle'
	thumbnail = 'filename'	optional
	owner = 'name of owner'	optional
<COMPONENT	file = 'filename'	component file with absolute or relative path
	version = '<id>'	version of this component
<EXTRA_DATA	file = 'filename'	file for contact, etc which apply across components
<RENUMBERING	nelidlow = '<n>'	lower id for nodes/elem/nrb/nsets
	nelidup =	upper id
	idlow =	lower id for other types
	idup =	upper id
	frozenlow =	lower id for range where labels are frozen
	frozenup =	upper
		entity renumber is optional
<CONNECTION_FILE	file = 'filename'	name of xml connection file
	version = '<id>'	version of this file
<CONNECTION_SETTINGS	target_title = '<title>'	destination component for connections
	target_subtitle = '<subtitle'
Orientation of component by reference and tracked point
<REFERENCEPOINT	name = 'point name'	lower id for nodes/elem/nrb/nsets
<TRACKEDPOINT	Origin = '<x><y><z>'	coordinate
	Origin_node = 'node'	may be id or name of node
	Ox = '<x><y><z>'	2nd coordinate to define depenetration vector
	Ox_node = 'node'
	Vector = '<x><y><z>'	depenetration vector
	Rotate = '<rx><ry><rz>'	rotation angles (defined for referencepoint only)
	Part = '<id>'	part for contact
	Partname = 'name'
	Partset = '<id>'	part set for contact
	Partsetname = 'name'

Here is an example of a simple database file to show the correct nesting of the elements.

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XML

<PRIMER_DATABASE category = 'New database' protected='no'>

<VERSION descr = 'Version-1' id = '1' />
<VERSION descr = 'Version-2' id = '2' />
<VERSION descr = 'Version-3' id = '3' />

<H1 category = 'New database' subcategory = 'aaa' owner = 'fred bloggs' >
<COMPONENT file = 'Component_files/a1.key' version = '1' />
<RENUMBERING nelidlow = '100000'
nelidup = '199999'
idlow = '1000'
idup = '99999'
frozenlow = '1'
frozenup = '1000' />
<TRACKEDPOINT name = 'point A'
Origin_node = '3000'
Vector = '1 0 0'
Part = '1000' />
</H1>

<H1 category = 'New database' subcategory = 'bbb'
<COMPONENT file = 'Component_files/b1.key' version = '1' />
<COMPONENT file = 'Component_files/b2.key' version = '2' />
<COMPONENT file = 'Component_files/b3.dat' version = '3' />
<EXTRA_DATA file = 'Component_files/extra1.k'/>
<EXTRA_DATA file = 'Component_files/extra2.k'/>
</H1>

<H1 category = 'New database' subcategory = 'ccc' >
<CONNECTION_FILE file = 'connection.xml' version = '3' />
<connection_settings target_title = 'New database' target_subtitle = 'aaa'/>
</H1>

</PRIMER_DATABASE>

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