sdtdef

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sdtdef

Purpose

Internal function used to handle default definitions.

Syntax

sdtdef('info')
sdtdef('ConstantName',Value)
sdtdef('ConstantName')

Description

For an exact list of current defaults use sdtdef('info'). To reset values to factory defaults use sdtdef('factory').

Values that you are likely to need changing are

avi	cell array of default AVI properties, see the MATLAB avifile command.
DefaultFeplot	cell array of default feplot figure properties. For MATLAB versions earlier than 6.5, the OpenGL driver is buggy so you will typically want to set the value with sdtdef('DefaultFeplot',{'Renderer' 'zbuffer' ... 'doublebuffer' 'on'})
epsl

The following MATLAB preferences can also be used to customize SDT behavior for your particular needs

SDT	DefaultZeta	Default value for the viscous damping ratio. The nominal value is 1e-2. The value can also be specified in a model stack and is then handled by fe_def defzeta and fe_def defeta commands.
SDT	KikeMemSize	Memory in megabytes used to switch to an out-of-core saving of element matrix dictionaries.

SDT	tempdir	can be used to specify a directory different than the tempdir returned by MATLAB. This is typically used to specify a faster local disk.
SDT	OutOfCoreBufferSize	Memory in bytes used to decide switching to an out-of-core procedure. This is currently used by nasread when reading large OUTPUT2 files.
FEMLink	CopyFcn	command used to copy file to remote locations. See naswrite job commands.
FEMLink	DmapDir	directory where FEMLink is supposed to look for NASTRAN DMAP and standard files.
FEMLink	NASTRAN	NASTRAN version. This is used to implement version dependent writing of NASTRAN files.
FEMLink	RemoteDir	location of remote directory where files can be copied. See naswrite job commands.
FEMLink	SoftwareDocRoot	defines the path or URL for a given software. You can use sdtweb('$Software/file.html') commands to access the proper documentation. For example setpref('FEMLink','SdtDocRoot', ... 'http://www.sdtools.com/help/'); sdtweb('$sdt/sdt.html');
FEMLink	TextUnix	set to 1 if text needs to be converted to UNIX (rather than DOS) mode before any transfer to another machine.

Note that these definitions are available for the current session. If you want to use permanent preferences, you should use the getpref/setpref Matlab functions and define the SDT preferences.