Appendix D. Addin Data Types and Data Transfer Formats

The following table lists the data types and data transfer formats that are supported for each addin.


Note:  Where listed, a value of "n/a" indicates that you should use an empty format string.


AddinData TypeFormat
ACPACPSetupDatan/a
AEDT (HFSS, Maxwell, Q3D, RMprt) AnsoftCADGeometryEntityn/a
AnsoftCADObjectn/a
AnsoftCellInOutEntityn/a
AnsoftForceAndMomentDataObjectn/a
AnsoftForceDataObject n/a
AnsoftGeometryDataObjectn/a
AnsoftGeometryManagerDataObjectn/a
AnsoftHeatLossDataObjectn/a
AIMAIMEngineeringDataMaterialOutputProvidern/a
AIMFluentPartMeshFileOutputProvidern/a
AIMFluentPartMeshOutputProvidern/a
AIMFluentPhysicsDefinitionOutputProvidern/a
AIMMechanicalPhysicsDefinitionOutputProvidern/a
ANSYSMAPDLCdbn/a
MAPDLDatabasen/a
MAPDLResultsn/a
MAPDLSolutionn/a
AQWAAqwaModel transfer not supported
AqwaResults transfer not supported
AqwaSetuptransfer not supported
AqwaSolution transfer not supported
AUTODYNAutodynAnalysis transfer not supported
AutodynSetup transfer not supported
BladeBuilderBladeBuilderOutputn/a
CFXCFXSetup n/a
CFXSolution n/a
ChemkinChemkinDatan/a
ChemkinSetupn/a
DesignModelerDiscoveryn/a
Geometry n/a
DesignXplorerDesignPointsDataTransfern/a
DOEModeln/a
ParametricContextn/a
RomBuildern/a
Engineering Data EngineeringDatamaterials
External ConnectionExternalConnectionPropertiesn/a
External LoadExternalDataInputExternalDataInput
ExternalDataSetupExternalDataSetup
ExternalDataSetupForAqwaExternalDataSetupForAqwa
ExternalMaterialFieldDataSetupExternalMaterialFieldDataSetup
ExternalModelOutputProviderExternalModelOutputProvider
ExternalTraceDataSetupExternalTraceDataSetup
ExternalModelCoupling EnhancedModelData EnhancedModelData
SolidSectionData n/a
FEModeler FEMMeshACMOFile
FacetedGeometry
ParasolidGeometry
InputFile
FiniteElementModelMaterial
FluentFluentSetuptransfer not supported
FluentSolutionn/a
FluentTGridMeshn/a
ForteForteDatatransfer not supported
ForteSetupForteSetup
ForteSetupDatan/a
ForteSMGDatatransfer not supported
ForteSolutiontransfer not supported
ForteSolutionDatan/a
ICEMCFDMeshingAssemblyTransferTypeFluentMesh
Imported FLUENT Mesh FileType
CMDBMesh
POLYFLOWMesh
AnsysMesh
ICEMCFDMesh
ICEngineICEDataICEData
ICESetupDatan/a
IcePakIcePakSetuptransfer not supported
IcePakResultsn/a
MeshingGeneratedMeshForAQWAModelProvidern/a
MeshingGeneratedMeshOutputProvidern/a
MeshingMeshCMDBMesh
FluentMesh
POLYFLOWMesh
MSExcelMSExcelSetuptransfer not supported
Multiphysics CouplingCouplingSetupProviderCouplingSetupProvider
SystemCouplingSetupData n/a
NTINTIOutputn/a
optiSLangDynardoTransfertransfer not supported
DynardoTransferMOPtransfer not supported
DynardoTransferOptitransfer not supported
DynardoTransferRelitransfer not supported
DynardoTransferSensitransfer not supported
DynardoTransferValidatortransfer not supported
ETKtransfer not supported
FileProvidertransfer not supported
Polyflow PolyflowSetuptransfer not supported
PolyflowSolutiontransfer not supported
PolyflowSolutionTypen/a
SherlockSherlockGeometryn/a
SherlockModelInternaln/a
SherlockSetupn/a
SimulationGeneralTransfern/a
MechanicalMeshCMDBMesh
FluentMesh
POLYFLOWMesh
MechanicalModeltransfer not supported
MechanicalResultsn/a
MechanicalSetupn/a
MechanicalSolutionn/a
SimulationEngineeringDataSimulationEngineeringData
SimulationGeneratedMeshAnsysMesh
CMDBMesh
FluentMesh
(Imported Fluent Mesh File Type)
POLYFLOWMesh
SimulationGeneratedSolidMeshAnsysMesh
CMDBMesh
FluentMesh
(Imported Fluent Mesh File Type)
POLYFLOWMesh
SimulationModelGeneratedMeshn/a
SimulationModelGeneratedPMDBn/a
SimulationResultsn/a
SimulationSetupn/a
SimulationSolutiontransfer not supported
SimulationSolutionDataInternaltransfer not supported
SimulationSolutionOutputProvidern/a
TopologySolutionLatticeData n/a
TurboSystemCFXMeshn/a
FluentImportablen/a
TurboMeshtransfer not supported
VistaAFDDesignProvidern/a
VistaAFDMeanlineProvidern/a
VistaATFPhysicsn/a
VistaCCDBladeDesignProvidern/a
VistaGeometryn/a
VistaTFVistaTFSetupn/a
VistaTFSolutionn/a