OpenRawFile

Opens a SPICE 3 format ASCII raw file.

OpenRawFile [/purge] [/bufsize buffer_size] [/spice2] rawfile [datafile]

Parameters

/bufsize

Specifies the percentage proportion of installed RAM that is used for buffering the data. See Notes below for more details. Default value is 10 (%).

/csdf

If specified, the datafile is assumed to be in CSDF format.

/purge

If specified, the loaded data group will be treated like a normal simulation group and will be automatically deleted after three runs. Otherwise it will not be deleted unless the user does so explicitly - e.g. by using the Simulator ▶ Manage Data Groups... menu.

/spice2

If specified, datafile is assumed to be in SPICE format. This is an unsupported option.

rawfile

Raw file to open.

datafile

SIMetrix data file to which data is written - see Notes. If omitted, a file will be created in the temporary data directory as specified by the TempDataDir option setting.

Notes

Simulator Reference Manual/Runing the Simulator/Configuration Settings. Here RAM used for this can be controlled by the /bufsize switch value. Note that the RAM is only needed while this command is being executed. Note that the data file generated by this command can be reloaded at a later time using the OpenGroup command (or menu File ▶ Data ▶ Load... ). By specifying the datafile argument you can choose the name and location of this file which can be useful for archival purposes.