Cycle information through 3dec_console unavailable

3DEC
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Hi, I tried running 3DEC using the console application instead of the GUI. When I checked the console output, I saw that the cycle information was not shown (see attached snapshot).

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I’ve had to do a fish callback that prints this to the console to check the model’s progress.

Is there anyway to fix this?

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As a follow-up question, I tried to create a fish function that export the VTK file (.vtu) at a certain interval to monitor the results. I called the function below:

fish define export_vtk
    loop foreach cx block.subcontact.list
        d_ts = block.subcontact.prop(cx,'d_ts')
        if block.subcontact.type(cx) == 2 then
            continue
        endif
        face_p = block.subcontact.face(cx)
        zone_p  = block.face.zone(face_p)
        block.zone.extra(zone_p,1) = d_ts
    endloop
    filename = string.build("VTK_%1.vtu",math.round(mech.time.total-t0))
    command
        block vtk displacements on
        block vtk zone-extra on index 1
        block vtk stresses on
        block vtk filename [filename]
    endcommand
    io.out(string.build("VTK Exported at cycle %1 time %2",mech.cycle,mech.time.total - t0))
end

That essentially call the subcontact property “d_ts” and put that as either zone or gp extra variable.
However, when I import the vtu file, I get the group information instead of the zone extra variable (as seen in the snapshot below).

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Is there something wrong with my method?

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yes - we are aware of this problem and we are working on it.

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Hi,
The group information is active by default. You can call “block vtk group off” to deactivate.
For zone extra, you might need to initialize zone extra 1 to 0.0. via the command “block zone initilize …”. If the extra 1 is not defined in a zone, this extra will not be exported.
Huy

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Hi Huy,

Thank you for your reply. I couldn’t find the initialize extra option for the zones.

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Did you mean to initialize the zone state instead?

EDIT: block zone initialize extra 1 0.0 Works!