Module category: IO

• ReadFluent
  • Parameters
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ReadFluent

File reader for formatted Fluent(R) files V 0.99b

Please make sure that you run ReadFluent only on the same type of system where the data have been generated - with SGI data on SGI and with Linux data on Linux

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
CasePath	Browser	input file
DataPath	Browser	input file
select_data_1	Choice	see below
select_data_2	Choice	see below
select_data_3	Choice	see below
timesteps	Scalar	Number of timesteps
file_increment	Scalar	Increment in the timestep index containt in the name of the file
skipped_files	Scalar	Number of files to skip

To read time dependent data the data-set usually contains one cas-file and n datafiles. ReadFluent assumes data file names obeying the following convention: name-NNN.dat. Where NNN is a eight figure integer with leading zeros and name an arbitrary name of the model. The increment NNN from data-file to data-file must be constant. Enter n in the timesteps parameter of ReadFluent and the increment of NNN as file_increment parameter. To read only each k-th data-file anter an appropriate value for the parameter skipped_files.

Example:

To read a Fluent dataset containing the files tube.cas, tube-00001000.dat, tube-00002000.dat, tube-00003000.dat, tube-00004000.dat you should use the following parameter settings:

timesteps	4
file_increment	1000
skipped_files	0

In case you want to read each second file of the data set use:

timesteps	4
file_increment	1000
skipped_files	1

Figure: Data selection (ModuleInfo)

Output Ports

Name	Type	Description
outputgrid	StructuredGrid UnstructuredGrid	grid
outputpolygons	Polygons	generated polygons
outputdata1	Float Vec3	data1
outputdata2	Float Vec3	data2
outputdata3	Float Vec3	data3

Directions for use:

• Data of type CELL_... have to be transformed by CellToVert (connect CellToVert to output port)
• Do not use CellToVert to transform data of type FACE_... because these data are already vertex-based

Examples

Below you see an example map for selecting vector data on data1 (velocity) showing vector data as colors on a CuttingSurface (see Renderer output).

Figure: covise/net/examples/ReadFluent.net