Name Conventions and File Extensions#
The most important files of SOFiSTiK software are the input files (.SOFISTIK and .DAT)
and the database .CDB. The other types of files are:
Extension |
Description |
|---|---|
.EXE |
Execution program (MS-DOS/Windows) |
.DLL |
Shared dynamic link library (Windows) |
.CMD |
Batch file |
.ERR |
Error file of a program module containing all error messages, input records and output text in German and English |
.HTM |
Latest changes file. These files contain the changes to each program since the last manual, as well as the corrected errors. |
Adobe portable document format (Manuals) |
|
.CHM |
Compressed HTML help files (cdbase.chm Database Help Manual) |
.DEF |
Definition file for parameters |
.INI |
Parameter file for design codes |
The following files result from an analysis:
Extension |
Description |
|---|---|
.DAT |
Input file (not mandatory) |
.DWG |
Input file for plan from SOFiPLUS, in which the analysis system and the load are entered |
.SOFISTIK |
Project files of the SSD (SOFiSTiK Structural Desktop) |
.SOFISTIX |
Template file of the SSD (SOFiSTiK Structural Desktop) |
.GRA |
Input file from WINGRAF generated |
.RESULTS |
Input file from Result Viewer generated |
.LST |
Output file of the individual programs |
.ERG |
Output file of the entire analysis |
.PRT |
Protocol file of the entire analysis |
.PLB |
Result file with text and graphics |
.CDB |
Database, should not normally be deleted. |
.CDE |
Eigenforms of dynamic analysis |
.$DN |
As well as other files with |
.ZDN |
A letter and number. Restart files (e.g. stiffness matrix) may be deleted; however, these files may have to be regenerated later, which can demand significant computing time. |
.$0N |
As well as other files with |
.Z0N |
Numbers. Temporary work files can always be deleted. Usually these files are deleted by the program itself if it finishes properly. Files with wild number combinations in their names are auxiliary files of the operating system, which can no longer be deleted due to a warm start of the computer. |
.$$$ |
Auxiliary files under Windows which can be deleted. |
.#NN |
Auxiliary files under Windows which can be deleted. |
.### |
These are error-log files under Windows which can be deleted. |
.SDB |
Shadow database: This file is usually deleted by closing of all involved programs. |