{"id":292432,"date":"2023-07-11T06:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T06:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/292432\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T07:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T07:59:35","slug":"292432","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/292432\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: File extension types and uses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;br&gt;.dat file &ndash; The .dat file in ANSYS contains the instructions and parameters to perform a simulation. it acts as a command file that the solver reads and interprets to carry out the simulation. You can use the.dat file to know the command.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;.cdb file- &lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;ui-provider&#8221; dir=&#8221;&rdquo;ltr&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;cdb is a coded database file. &lt;\/span&gt;includes preprocessing, boundary conditions, analysis settings, etc.&nbsp;&lt;span class=&#8221;&rdquo;ui-provider&#8221; dir=&#8221;&rdquo;ltr&rdquo;&#8221;&gt;no results are included in this file. it can be read into APDL and External Modal.&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v231\/en\/ans_prog\/Hlp_P_INT3_3.html&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Regards,&nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Sampat&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-292432","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/292432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/292432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}