Options

Here is a table of each of the options that can be set in the BigPlanet input file.

Variable	Description	Example	Required Arguments
sDestFolder	The folder where the raw data is stored	sDestFolder GDwarf	Yes
sArchiveFile	The name of the Bigplanet Archive file (.bpa)	sArchiveFile GDwarf.bpa
sOutputFile	The name of the Output file. Note that this can be either a BigPlanet file (.bpf) or a csv (.csv)	sOutputFile Test.bpf OR sOutputFile Test.csv
bUlysses	Output the data into VR Ulysses format. If set to true, then sOutputFile is automatically set to User.csv.	bUlysses True
sSimName	The name of a specific simulation to extract from an archive file.	sSimName test001/
saBodyFiles	A list of the body file names in each of the simulations	saBodyFiles earth.in sun.in	Yes
sPrimaryFile	The name of the primary file (usually is called vpl.in)	sPrimaryFile vpl.in	Yes
saKeyInclude	The list of keys to export to the BigPlanet file. Multiple line arguments can be input with a trailing $.	saKeyInclude earth:obliquity:forward
saKeyExclude	The list of key the user wants to exclude from the filtered file. This is mutually exclusive to saKeyInclude.	saKeyExclude sun:luminosity:final