SMS:CMS-Wave Files

SMS stores the data used for CMS-Wave inside the project. This includes the Cartesian grids in their own HDF5 (grids.h5) file, the spectral grids in their own HDF5 (spec_grds.h5) file and all of the simulation parameters.

In order to run the file, the user must export the data into model native file formats. These files are listed below. The model native files are referenced by a simulation file, which includes all the names of the other files used as input for a simulation, or that will be created by CMS-Wave when it runs.

SMS stores a simulation name associated each CMS-Wave grid loaded into a session. If a new grid is created, the name is blank and SMS will prompt the user for a name when it is needed.

A simulation may be run by right-clicking on the grid and selecting the command to export the model native files, launch the model with the current version of the data saved to dist, or save all data (both SMS project and simulation) and launch CMS-Wave. These commands can also be accessed from the CMS-Wave menu at the top of the application. The menu bar commands refer to the active CMS-Wave grid.

If the Launch CMS-Wave command is issued without having first saved the model native files, SMS will bring up a message indicating that the files must first be saved.

To change the name of the simulation associated with a grid, the user can select the File|Save as... command and select the CMS-Wave simulation option. SMS will then prompt the user for the new simulation name to be associated with the active CMS-Wave grid. We recommend that this option be utilized only after duplicating the CMS-Wave grid, since the link to the old simulation files is lost when the new simulation name is specified.

Input Files:

• Required files
  • projname.sim
  • projname.std
  • projname.dep
  • projname.eng

• Optional files
  • projname.cur
  • projname.eta (uses the same format as the .dep file)
  • projname.struct
  • projname.fric (uses the same format as the .dep file)
  • projname.fref (uses the same format as the .dep file)
  • projname.bref (uses the same format as the .dep file)

• Auxilliary files
  • projname.txt

Output Files

• Spatially varied data (value for each cell)
  • projname.wav
  • projname.brk
  • projname.rad

• Full spectra a selected cells (have the same format as the .eng file)
  • projname.obs
  • projname.nst

• Additional files
  • selhts.out
  • setup.wave

Related Topics

• CMS-Wave