3DEC 5.2 to 9.0 Command Mapping

This document lists 3DEC 5.2 commands and provides links to their 3DEC 9.0 counterparts.

Table 1: 3dec command mapping

3DEC 5.2	3DEC 9.0
APPLY thermal convection	block face apply convection
APPLY thermal flux	block face apply flux
APPLY thermal psource	block gridpoint apply source
APPLY thermal temp	block gridpoint apply temperature
APPLY thermal vsource	block zone apply source
APPLY xvel	block apply velocity-x
APPLY yvel	block apply velocity-y
APPLY zvel	block apply velocity-z
BOUNDARY added_mass	block face apply westergaard
BOUNDARY discharge	flowplane edge apply discharge
BOUNDARY fluidpropconc	flowknot apply proppant-volume
BOUNDARY fluidtemp	flowknot apply temperature
BOUNDARY flux	flowplane edge apply flux
BOUNDARY kndis	flowknot apply discharge
BOUNDARY knflux	flowknot apply flux
BOUNDARY nvelocity	block gridpoint apply velocity-normal
BOUNDARY ppressure	flowknot apply pore-pressure
BOUNDARY principal	block face apply stress-principal
BOUNDARY reaction	block gridpoint apply reaction
BOUNDARY stress	block face apply stress
BOUNDARY xfree	block face apply-remove
BOUNDARY xload	block gridpoint apply force-x
BOUNDARY xtraction	block face apply stress-xx
BOUNDARY xvelocity	block gridpoint apply velocity-x
BOUNDARY xvisc	block gridpoint apply viscous-x
BOUNDARY yfree	block face apply-remove
BOUNDARY yload	block gridpoint apply force-y
BOUNDARY ytraction	block face apply stress-yy
BOUNDARY yvelocity	block gridpoint apply velocity-y
BOUNDARY yvisc	block gridpoint apply viscous-y
BOUNDARY zfree	block face apply-remove
BOUNDARY zload	block gridpoint apply force-z
BOUNDARY ztraction	block face apply stress-zz
BOUNDARY zvelocity	block gridpoint apply velocity-z
BOUNDARY zvisc	block gridpoint apply viscous-z
CALL	program call
CAVE	no equivalent (not supported)
CHANGE cable	sel cable node change, sel cable change
CHANGE cons	block zone cmodel assign
CHANGE dfn	block contact cmodel assign, block contact prop. Use range dfn-3dec.
CHANGE jcons	block contact jmodel assign
CHANGE jmat	block contact property
CHANGE mat	block zone property
CHANGE wall	block makewall
CONFIG array	model configure array
CONFIG cppfish	model configure plugin
CONFIG cppudm	model configure plugin
CONFIG creep	model configure creep
CONFIG dynamic	model configure dynamic
CONFIG energy	model configure energy
CONFIG feblock	model configure feblock
CONFIG fluid	model configure fluid
CONFIG highorder	model configure highorder
CONFIG lhs	no equivalent (not supported)
CONFIG liner	no equivalent (always configured
CONFIG matrixflow	model configure matrixflow
CONFIG thermal	model configure thermal
CONTINUE	program continue
COUPLE	no equivalent (not supported)
CYCLE	model cycle
DAMPING	block mechanical damping
DEFINE … END	fish define and end (note end is a statement, not a command, so it is not preceded by fish)
DELETE	block delete
DENSIFY	block densify
DFN addfracture	fracture create
DFN cluster	fracture cluster
DFN combine	fracture combine
DFN connectivity	fracture connectivity
DFN copy	fracture copy from-dfn
DFN delete	fracture delete
DFN export	fracture export
DFN extra	fracture extra and fracture dfn-extra
DFN generate	fracture generate
DFN gimport	fracture import from-geometry
DFN group	fracture group and fracture dfn-group
DFN import	fracture import
DFN information	fracture verify-file
DFN intersection	fracture intersections compute and fracture intersections delete
DFN property	fracture property
DFN prune	fracture prune
DFN template	fracture template create and fracture template delete
DFN traces	fracture intersection scanlines
DOMAIN	model domain
DUMP	block list dump (deprecated)
DYNAMIC	block dynamic eigen
EXCAVATE	block excavate
ECHO	program echo-line
EXIT	program exit
FACETRIANGLE	block face triangulate
FFIELD	block dynamic free-field
FILL	block fill
FIND	block hide (use block hide off to find)
FISH debug	fish debug
FISH initialize	no equivalent
FIX xrot	block fix rotation-x
FIX xvel	block fix velocity-x
FIX yrot	block fix rotation-y
FIX yvel	block fix velocity-y
FIX zrot	block fix rotation-z
FIX zvel	block fix velocity-z
FLUID add_proppant	block fluid proppant active
FLUID aper_f	flowplane property f-factor
FLUID area_min	flowplane zone area-minimum
FLUID bulk	block fluid property bulk
FLUID bulk_joint	block fluid property bulk
FLUID bulk_matrix	block fluid property bulk-matrix
FLUID cohwater	block fluid property cohesion
FLUID density	block fluid property density
FLUID do_proppant_settling	block fluid proppant settling
FLUID empa	flowplane property a-factor
FLUID empb	flowplane property b-factor
FLUID expa	flowplane property a-factor
FLUID fhide	flowplane hide
FLUID fht_coe	block fluid property heat-transfer-coefficient
FLUID flow_edge_min	flowplane zone edge-minimum
FLUID fseek	flowplane hide. (use flowplane hide off to find)
FLUID fspec_heat	block fluid property specific-heat
FLUID fth_cond	block fluid property thermal-conductivity
FLUID gas_alpha	block fluid gas alpha
FLUID gas_bulkmin	block fluid gas bulk-minimum
FLUID gas_constant	block fluid gas constant
FLUID gas_densitymin	block fluid gas density-minimum
FLUID proppant_blocked_permmult	block fluid proppant permeability-factor
FLUID proppant_density	block fluid proppant density
FLUID proppant_grain_size_factor	block fluid proppant grain-size-factor
FLUID viscosity	block fluid property viscosity
FLUID volmin	flowplane zone volume-minimum
FRACTION	model mechanical timestep safety-factor
FRAGMENT	block fragment
FREE	block free
GENERATE	block zone generate
GEOMETRY copy	geometry copy
GEOMETRY edge	geometry edge create
GEOMETRY export	geometry export
GEOMETRY group	geometry assign-groups
GEOMETRY import	geometry import
GEOMETRY node	geometry node create
GEOMETRY paint	geometry paint
GEOMETRY polygon	geometry polygon create
GEOMETRY remove	geometry polygon delete, geometry edge delete, geometry node delete
GEOMETRY set	geometry select
GRAVITY	model gravity
GRID	block thermal grid
GROUP block (et al.)	grouping is a facility (keyword) within other commands; see, for instance, block group, sel cable group, flowknot group, etc.
GUI	project save
HEADING	model title
HELP	help
HIDE	block hide
HISTORY s1 (et al.)	Adding a history on an object is done through the object; for instance, block history or block contact history or fish history, etc. Histories at gridpoints are done using the gridpointid or position keywords in the block history command.
HISTORY crtdel	model history timestep
HISTORY crtime	model history creep time-total
HISTORY damping	model history damping
HISTORY energy	model history energy
HISTORY fltime	model history fluid time-total
HISTORY thtime	model history thermal time-total
HISTORY ratio	model history mechanical ratio
HISTORY unbalanced	model history mechanical unbalanced-maximum
HISTORY delete	history delete
HISTORY dump	history list series
HISTORY hist_rep	history interval
HISTORY label	history.name a label (see history name label)
HISTORY limits	history list limit
HISTORY list	history list series
HISTORY ncycle	history interval
HISTORY nstep	history interval
HISTORY purge	history purge
HISTORY reset	history delete
HISTORY write	history list series
INITEMPERATURE	block gridpoint initialize temperature-analytical
INITIALIZE fluid proppant_volume_fraction	flowplane vertex initialize proppant-volume
INITIALIZE fluid proppant_limit_volume_fraction	block fluid proppant concentration-limit-volume
INITIALIZE fluid proppant_confined_modulus	block fluid proppant modulus
INITIALIZE fluid proppant_grain_size	block fluid proppant grain-size
INITIALIZE fluid proppant_permeability	block fluid proppant permeability
INITIALIZE gpp	block gridpoint initialize pore-pressure
INITIALIZE sxx	block zone initialize stress-xx
INITIALIZE sxy	block zone initialize stress-xy
INITIALIZE sxz	block zone initialize stress-xz
INITIALIZE syy	block zone initialize stress-yy
INITIALIZE syz	block zone initialize stress-yz
INITIALIZE szz	block zone initialize stress-zz
INITIALIZE temperature	block gridpoint initialize temperature
INITIALIZE xdisplacement	block gridpoint initialize displacement-x
INITIALIZE xvelocity	block gridpoint initialize velocity-x
INITIALIZE ydisplacement	block gridpoint initialize displacement-y
INITIALIZE yvelocity	block gridpoint initialize velocity-y
INITIALIZE zdisplacement	block gridpoint initialize displacement-z
INITIALIZE zvelocity	block gridpoint initialize velocity-z
INSITU	block insitu
ISOTHERMAL	block thermal isothermal
JMODEL model	block contact jmodel
JMODEL	block contact property
JOIN	block join
JOIN_CONTACT	block contact join
JSET	block cut joint-set
LABEL arrow	data label create arrow
LABEL delete	data label delete
LABEL end	data label create end
LABEL text	data label create text
LABEL x y z	data label create position
the four above optionally take an index with the id keyword (i.e. LABEL id 1 arrow)	in which case the corresponding translation is data label create name "1" arrow where the index is now a string (that may be a numeral)
LINE	block thermal line
LIST apply	block list apply
LIST at	block list at
LIST axial	sel reinforcement list
LIST b_max	block list limits
LIST bad3	block face list bad-edge
LIST badface	block face list bad-normal
LIST beam	sel beam list
LIST blist	block list contacts
LIST block	block list
LIST boundary	block gridpoint list apply
LIST brick	block list brick
LIST cable	sel cable list
LIST cave	No longer supported
LIST cell	block list cell
LIST concave	block list concave
LIST contact	block contact list
LIST couple	No longer supported
LIST cp	block contact list common-plane
LIST creep	model creep list
LIST dfn	fracture list
LIST directory	program list directory
LIST displacement	block list profile
LIST domain	model list domain
LIST energy	block list energy
LIST face	block face list
LIST fcheck	block face list check
LIST feblock	block finite-element list
LIST fedge	flowplane edge list
LIST ffield	block dynamic free-field list
LIST fish	fish list
LIST fknot	flowknot list
LIST flaw	block list flaw
LIST flowrate	flowplane list discharge
LIST flowvel	flowplane list velocity
LIST fluid	block fluid list
LIST fos	model factor-of-safety list
LIST fpipe	flowplane pipe list
LIST fplane	flowplane list
LIST fzone	flowplane zone list
LIST geometry	geometry list
LIST globals	model list information
LIST gridpoint	block gridpoint list
LIST group	group list
LIST heat	block thermal list heat
LIST history	history list
LIST information	program list information
LIST jmodel	block contact jmodel list
LIST jmtable	block contact list material-table
LIST junk	block list junk (deprecated)
LIST keyinfo	program list key-information
LIST label	data label list
LIST lg	block gridpoint list join
LIST liner	sel liner list
LIST master	block list leader
LIST maxima	block list maxima
LIST mechanical	model mechanical list
LIST memory	block list memory
LIST model	program list plugins
LIST polyhedra	block list polyhedra
LIST principal	program list principal
LIST property	Give name of object to get property, e.g. sel beam list property
LIST proppant	block fluid proppant list
LIST pstress	block list profile (not working yet)
LIST range	model list range
LIST record	model list record
LIST rface	block face list Use keyword rigid to print out original block faces
LIST scalar	data scalar list
LIST security	program list security
LIST serial	program list serial
LIST slave	block list follower
LIST state	model list information
LIST stress	block list profile (not working yet)
LIST structure	sel liner list (not working yet)
LIST table 1	table "1" list (see table list)
LIST temp	block gridpoint list temperature
LIST tensor	data tensor list
LIST thermal	model thermal list
LIST tknot	flowknot list thermal
LIST trace	trace list
LIST unbalanced	block list unbalanced
LIST vector	data vector list
LIST version	program list version
LIST vertex	block gridpoint list
LIST wall	block list information Use range wall to show only wall blocks.
LIST water	block list water
LIST zdr	block zone list statistics (deprecated)
LIST zmax	block zone list ratio
LIST zone	block zone list
LOAD	program load
MAIL	program mail
MARK	No longer suppporetd. Use block group or block face group
MSCALE	block mechanical mass-scale
NEW	model new
PAUSE	program pause
PFIX	block contact apply pore-pressure
POINT	block thermal point
POLYHEDRON	block create
PROPERTY	No longer supported. Use block zone property and block contact property
QUIT	program quit
RANGE	model range
REMOVE	No longer supported. Use block excavate
RESET damp	block mechanical damping
RESET displacement	block gridpoint initialize displacement
RESET dxf	No longer supported
RESET history	history purge
RESET jdisplacement	block contact reset displacement
RESET jenergy	block contact reset energy
RESET jstress	block contact reset stress
RESET stress	block zone stress initialize
RESET time	model mechanical time-total
RESET velocity	block gridpoint initialize velocity
RESTORE	model restore
RETURN	program return
SAVE	model save
SCALAR	data scalar
SEEK	block hide Use the keyword off to show blocks.
SET arcmin	block contact area-minimum
SET atol	block tolerance
SET aunb	Specify unbalanced-average limit in the model solve command
SET case_sensitivity	No longer supported
SET convection	block thermal convection
SET crack_flow	block fluid crack-flow
SET crdt	model creep timestep starting or model creep timestep fix
SET creeptime	model creep time-total
SET ctol	block contact tolerance
SET cust1	program customer-title-1
SET cust2	program customer-title-2
SET cy	No longer supported
SET damp	block mechanical damping
SET datum	Set datum in plot item attributes
SET deterministic	model deterministic
SET directory	program directory custom
SET dt	model mechanical timestep maximum
SET dxf	No longer supported
SET dynamic	model dynamic active
SET echo	program echo
SET edge	block tolerance edge
SET energy	block mechanical energy active
SET fastflow	block fluid fastflow
SET fdtmax	model fluid timestep maximum
SET fish autocreate	fish automatic-create
SET fish call	fish callback add
SET fish case_sensitivity	No longer supported
SET fish remove	fish callback remove
SET fish_delete_check	block contact safe-delete
SET flow	model fluid active
SET fobl	model creep timestep lower-bound Note - this is now given as a ratio
SET fobu	Command is ambiguous. Could be model creep timestep upper-bound or model fluid timestep upper-bound
SET fpcoef	block fluid fastflow-relaxation
SET gasflow	block fluid gas active
SET hist_rep	history interval
SET htol	block tolerance planarity
SET jcondf	Material numbers no longer supported. Use block contact material-table
SET jmatdf	Material numbers no longer supported. Use block contact material-table
SET jmtable	Material numbers no longer supported. Use block contact material-table
SET join_contact	block contact join-by-contact
SET jointid	block cut set minimum-id
SET jplane	block joint-plane
SET latency	model creep timestep latency
SET lmul	model creep timestep lower-multiplier
SET log	program log on
SET logfile	program log-file
SET matrix_flow	block fluid matrix-flow
SET max_cells	block cells size
SET maxdt	model creep timestep maximum
SET mech	model mechanical active
SET min_ang	block tolerance angle
SET mindt	model creep timestep minimum
SET munb	Specify unbalanced-maximum limit in the model solve command
SET ncyc	history interval
SET ngw	model fluid substep
SET nmatrix	block fluid jontflow-substep
SET nmech	model mechanical substep
SET nodal	block zone nodal-mixed-discretization
SET notice	program notice on
SET nproppant	No longer supported
SET nstep	history interval
SET nther	model thermal substep
SET nucp	block update common-plane
SET nucx	block update subcontact
SET nup_cab	sel cable update
SET nup_fluid_timestep	block fluid timestep-update
SET nupdt	block mechanical timestep-update
SET nupface	block update face-normal
SET overlay	No longer supported
SET pagination	program pagination
SET plotinterval	model update-interval
SET proc	program threads
SET random	model random
SET sdel	block contact delete-open
SET seed	model random
SET skip_join_update	block skip-join-update
SET small	model large-strain Use the keywork off to set small strain.
SET spface	block cut set split-face
SET sublist_multi_contact	block contact multi
SET sync_creep_mech	No longer supported. Mechanical and creep always synced.
SET tension	No longer supported
SET th_implicit	block thermal implicit
SET th_numerical	block thermal analytical Use the keywork off to set numerical solution (this is the default).
SET th_scale on	block thermal mass-scale
SET th_store_matrix	No longer supported. Thermal matrix is always stored.
SET th_time	model thermal time-total
SET thcoupl	block thermal analytical substep
SET thdt	model thermal timestep fix
SET thermal	model thermal active
SET thtolerance	block thermal tolerance
SET time	model mechanical time-total
SET tunnel_axis	Specify tunnel axis when using sel liner list
SET umul	model creep timestep upper-multiplier
SET warning	program warning
SET zvol_del	block zone volume-minimum-delete
SET zvol_nodal	block zone nodal-mixed-discretization Use the volume-minimum keyword to set the minimum volume.
SET zvol_ratio	block zone nodal-mixed-discretization Use the volume-minimum-ratio keyword to set the minimum volume ratio.
SHOW	block hide use the keyword off to show blocks.
SOLVE	model solve
SOLVE fos	model factor-of-safety
SOURCE	block thermal source
STEP	model step
STOP	program stop
STRUCTURE axial	deprecated. Use struct hybrid create
STRUCTURE beam	struct beam
STRUCTURE cable	struct cable or sel hybrid
STRUCTURE delete axial	deprecated. Use struct hybrid delete
STRUCTURE delete beam	struct beam delete
STRUCTURE delete cable	struct cable delete or struct hybrid delete
STRUCTURE delete liner	struct liner delete
STRUCTURE liner	struct liner
STRUCTURE property	Properties are specified with the type of element, e.g. struct cable property
SYMMETRY	block thermal symmetry-planes
SYSTEM	program system
TABLE	table add (and associated commands)
TENSOR	data tensor create (and associated commands)
THSOLVE	block thermal analytical solve
TIME	block thermal analytical solve Use time keyword to specify time.
TITLE	model title
TRACE add	block trace or block gridpoint trace
TRACE	trace
TUNNEL	block cut tunnel
UNDO	program undo
VECTOR	data vector create (and associated commands)
WATER	block water
ZONE density	block zone property density
ZONE list	block zone list
ZONE load	block zone cmodel load
ZONE model	block zone cmodel assign
ZONE permeability	block zone fluid property permeability
ZONE porosity	block zone fluid property porosity
ZONE …	block zone property