Print Frequency Dialog Box

The Print Frequency dialog box is used to specify the simulation times at which PHAST will generate output.  To display the Print Frequency dialog box, select PHAST Options|Print Frequency…

The main part of the dialog box is occupied by a table listing the items that can be printed, the files to which they are printed, and the frequency with which they are printed. The Add, Insert, and Delete buttons are used to add, insert, or delete columns in the table. The Add button adds a new column at the end of the table.  The Insert button inserts a new column before the selected column.  The Delete button deletes the selected column.  When a column is added to the table, the values in the new column will be the same as in the preceding column.  When a column is inserted into the table, the values in the new column will be the same as in the column before which it was inserted.

To enter a frequency, the user selects one of the choices for units from the drop down list of units for each type of output at each time.  One of the choices for units is "default".  If that choice is selected, the units on the “Title and Units Dialog Box” (p. 65) will be used.  If the units are set to "end", the data will be saved at the end of the simulation period and no numeric value can be entered for time.  If a numeric value is required, it is entered in the edit box before the units.

At the bottom of the dialog box is the “Save final heads” check box.  If this check box is checked, heads will be saved to the file *.head.dat at the end of the simulation. The file *.head.dat is an ASCII file that can be used for initial head conditions in subsequent simulations. Initial heads can be imported into GoPhast from the file using the File|Import|Distributed Data by Zone… menu item (p. 29).  

The items specified in each row of the table are as follows.

See also: “Print Initial Conditions Dialog Box” on page 70.