fracture verify-file command
Syntax
- fracture verify-file keyword
Primary keywords:
Verify a DFN file. Before importing fractures from a DFN file, one should use the
fracture verify-file
command to check the validity/characteristics of the fractures represented in the file. The following quantities are displayed:- error information while reading the DFN file;
- the number of fractures in the file;
- the minimum/maximum spatial range of the fractures;
- the minimum/average/maximum fracture {length in 2D; area in 3D}; and
- the DFN center.
This tool can be very useful when identifying invalid fractures, as well as the appropriate offset/scaling to be used with the imported fractures.
- file s
Specify the DFN file to verify.
- format keyword
Specify the file format. If no format is specified, then the file extension of the name specified with the file keyword is used to determine the file format. A ‘.dat’ file extension is assumed to be in the itasca format, a ‘.flab’ file extension is assumed to be in the fishlab format, and a ‘.fab’ file extension is assumed to be in the fracman format.
- itasca
The itasca format is as specified in DFN-Related File Formats, and is the default format.
- fishlab (3D ONLY)
The fishlab format is the flowplane format used in FISHLab.
- fracman
The fracman format follows the FracMan ASCII output format.
- property-file s
Indicate the property file to be queried. See DFN-Related File Formats for a definition of the property file format.
Usage Example
The following example illustrates how the fracture verify-file
command is
used to pre-parse a DFN file. It will print useful fracture statistics from the DFN file, including:
- the number of properties,
- the number of fractures,
- the size of the containing domain in \(x\), \(y\) and \(z\) directions,
- the range of fracture areas, that can be converted into equivalent diameters, and
- the fracture center.
Files are generated with the example of the fracture export
command.
model new
model domain extent -4 4
;Verify fractures in a file - see the associated information in the console
fracture verify-file 'example.dat' format itasca property-file 'example_prop.dat'
return
See Also: fracture export
| fracture import
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