In addition to the subroutines and functions described in this chapter, most of the
include decks (files with the extension .inc) used by Mechanical APDL are on
your product distribution medium. The include decks, also called commons, contain important but relatively small amounts of data. The program also
handles large amounts of data using various access routines (GET and
PUT), described elsewhere in this document.
Note: When you compile a user-programmable feature (UPF) in a shared library (ANSUSERSHARED.bat), you cannot access the common block variables. (All such variables will return a value of zero.)
To insert include decks in a subroutine or function, use the INCLUDE (or an analogous) statement. Do not modify an include deck under any circumstances. The following table lists some of the more commonly used include files and the definitions they contain:
| Include File | Description |
|---|---|
| acelcm.inc | Contains accelerations and angular velocities |
| ansysdef.inc | Defines general Mechanical APDL parameters. You must include this common to retrieve the
parameter values of MEM_INTEGER,
MEM_DOUBLE, MEM_COMPLEX, or
MEM_REAL. |
| cmopt.inc | Contains optimization variables |
| echprm.inc | Defines parameters for element characteristics |
| elccmt.inc | Defines element characteristics (comments only) |
| elecom.inc | Contains element-specific information |
| elparm.inc | Defines pointers for the element data array |
| elucom.inc | Defines the element degree of freedom pointers |
| etycom.inc | Element type data |
| impcom.inc | Used by all routines and functions in the program |
| outpcm.inc | Defines output control information |
| soptcm.inc | Contains solution options and keys |
| stack.inc | Defines stack storage. You must include this common in any routines that access stack space. |
| stepcm.inc | Contains load step information |
| usvrcm.inc | Defines storage of user-defined variables |