B.5. ANSYS Database/Mechanical APDL Database (AnsysDatabase)

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## B.5. ANSYS Database/Mechanical APDL Database (AnsysDatabase)

Base Type: `CAE Model File`

File Extensions: .db, .cdb

Properties:

- Load Steps (loadSteps): number of load steps performed in the simulation

- Components (components): names of all components

- Macro File (macroFile): associated macro file

- Version (ansysVersion): version of ANSYS Mechanical that generated this file

- Mesh File (meshFile): associated mesh file

- Iterations (iterations): number of iterations

- Analysis Type (analysisType): type of analysis

- Sub Steps (subSteps): number of sub steps

- Element Types (elementTypes): names of element types in this simulation

- Creation Date (creationDate): the date this simulation file was created

- Dimensionality (dimensionality): dimensionality of the model (2D or 3D)

- Large Deformation (largeDeformation): whether large deflection effects are included or not

- Contact Types (contactTypes): types of contacts in this simulation

- Elements (elements): number of elements

- BC Types (bcTypes): boundary condition types like constraints, forces, surface loads and body loads in this simulation

- Material Models (materialModels): material models like creep, hyperelasticity and plasticity in this simulation

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