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Preface
1. About this Manual
2. Document Conventions
2.1. Spelling Conventions
1. Overview of CFD-Post
1.1. CFD-Post Features and Functionality
1.2. 3Dconnexion Product Support
1.3. Compatibility with File Hosting Services
1.4. Advanced Features
1.5. Next Steps...
2. Starting CFD-Post
2.1. Starting CFD-Post with the Ansys CFX Launcher
2.1.1. Valid Syntax in CFD-Post
2.2. Starting CFD-Post from the Command Line
2.2.1. Optional Command Line Arguments
2.3. Setting CFD-Post Operation Through Environment Variables
2.4. Running in Batch Mode
2.4.1. Example: Pressure Calculation on Multiple Files using Batch Mode
3. CFD-Post Graphical Interface
3.1. Graphical Objects
3.1.1. Creating and Editing New Objects
3.1.2. Selecting Objects
3.1.3. Object Visibility
3.2. Common Tree View Shortcuts
3.3. Details Views
3.4. Outline Workspace
3.4.1. Outline Tree View Shortcuts
3.4.2. Outline Details View
3.4.2.1. Geometry Tab
3.4.2.1.1. Selecting Domains
3.4.2.2. Color Tab
3.4.2.2.1. Mode: Constant
3.4.2.2.2. Mode: Variable and Use Plot Variable
3.4.2.2.3. Range
3.4.2.2.4. Hybrid/Conservative
3.4.2.2.5. Color Scale
3.4.2.2.6. Color Map
3.4.2.2.6.1. Accessing the CFD-Post Color Map Editor
3.4.2.2.7. Contour
3.4.2.2.8. Undefined Color
3.4.2.3. Symbol Tab
3.4.2.3.1. Symbol
3.4.2.3.2. Symbol size
3.4.2.4. Render Tab
3.4.2.4.1. Use Post Region Rendering
3.4.2.4.2. Show Faces
3.4.2.4.3. Show Faces: Transparency
3.4.2.4.4. Show Faces: Draw Mode
3.4.2.4.5. Show Faces: Face Culling
3.4.2.4.6. Show Faces: Lighting
3.4.2.4.7. Show Faces: Specular Lighting
3.4.2.4.8. Show Mesh Lines
3.4.2.4.9. Show Mesh Lines: Edge Angle
3.4.2.4.10. Show Mesh Lines: Line Width
3.4.2.4.11. Show Mesh Lines: Color Mode
3.4.2.4.12. Show Mesh Lines: Line Color
3.4.2.4.13. Apply Texture
3.4.2.4.14. Apply Texture: Predefined Textures
3.4.2.4.15. Apply Texture: Custom Textures
3.4.2.4.16. Apply Texture: Texture Examples
3.4.2.5. View Tab
3.4.2.5.1. Apply Rotation Check Box
3.4.2.5.1.1. Method, Axis, From, To
3.4.2.5.1.2. Angle
3.4.2.5.2. Apply Translation Check Box
3.4.2.5.3. Apply Reflection/Mirroring Check Box
3.4.2.5.4. Apply Scale Check Box
3.4.2.5.5. Apply Instancing Transform Check Box
3.4.3. Case Branch
3.4.3.1. Domain Details View
3.4.3.1.1. Instancing Tab
3.4.3.1.2. Info Tab
3.4.3.1.3. Data Instancing Tab
3.4.3.2. Boundary and Subdomain
3.4.3.3. Injection Regions
3.4.3.4. Other Locations
3.4.3.5. Spray
3.4.3.5.1. Spray: Geometry Tab
3.4.3.5.1.1. Domains
3.4.3.5.1.2. Reduction Type
3.4.3.5.2. Spray: Color Tab
3.4.3.5.3. Spray: Symbol Tab
3.4.3.5.4. Spray: Render Tab
3.4.3.5.5. Spray: View Tab
3.4.3.6. Operating Maps
3.4.3.6.1. Operating Map: Chart Data Tab
3.4.3.6.2. Operating Map: Chart Display Tab
3.4.3.6.3. Operating Map: General Tab
3.4.3.6.4. Limitations of Operating Maps based on Response Points
3.4.3.7. Mesh Regions
3.4.4. User Locations and Plots
3.4.4.1. Wireframe
3.4.4.1.1. Wireframe: Definition Tab
3.4.4.1.2. Wireframe: View Tab
3.4.5. Report
3.4.5.1. Omitting Default Report Sections
3.4.5.2. Changing the Default Report Sections
3.4.5.3. Adding New Sections to a Report
3.4.5.4. Report Templates
3.4.5.4.1. Turbo Report Templates
3.4.5.4.1.1. Procedures for Using Turbo Reports when Turbomachinery Data is Missing
3.4.5.4.2. Choosing a Turbo Report
3.4.5.5. Creating, Viewing, and Publishing Reports
3.4.5.5.1. Report Object
3.4.5.5.1.1. Figures: File Type
3.4.5.5.1.2. Figures: Figure Size
3.4.5.5.1.3. Figures: Width and Height
3.4.5.5.1.4. Figures: Fit all figures in the viewport before generation Check Box
3.4.5.5.1.5. Charts: File Type
3.4.5.5.1.6. Charts: Chart Size
3.4.5.5.1.7. Charts: Width and Height
3.4.5.5.2. Title Page Object
3.4.5.5.2.1. Custom Logo Check Box
3.4.5.5.2.2. Custom Logo
3.4.5.5.2.3. Ansys Logo Check Box
3.4.5.5.2.4. Title
3.4.5.5.2.5. Author
3.4.5.5.2.6. Current Date Check Box
3.4.5.5.2.7. Table of Contents Check Box
3.4.5.5.2.8. Table of Contents Check Box: Captions in Table of Contents Check Box
3.4.5.5.3. File Report Object
3.4.5.5.4. Mesh Report Object
3.4.5.5.5. Physics Report Object
3.4.5.5.6. Solution Report Object
3.4.5.5.7. Operating Points Report Object
3.4.5.5.8. Adding Objects to the Report
3.4.5.5.9. Controlling the Content in the Report
3.4.5.5.10. Refreshing the Report
3.4.5.5.11. Viewing the Report
3.4.5.5.12. Publishing the Report
3.4.5.5.12.1. Format
3.4.5.5.12.2. File
3.4.5.5.12.3. Figures
3.4.5.5.12.4. Save images in separate folder Check Box
3.4.5.5.12.5. More Options Button
3.4.6. Display Properties and Defaults
3.5. Variables Workspace
3.5.1. Variables Tree View
3.5.2. Variables Details View
3.5.2.1. Fundamental Variables
3.5.2.1.1. Saving Variables Back to the Results File
3.5.2.2. Radius and Theta
3.5.2.3. Boundary-Value-Only Variables
3.5.2.4. User Variables
3.5.3. Variables: Example
3.6. Expressions Workspace
3.6.1. Expressions Tree View
3.6.2. Expressions Workspace: Expressions Details View
3.6.2.1. Expression Definition Tab
3.6.2.2. Plot Expression Tab
3.6.2.3. Evaluate Expression Tab
3.6.3. Expressions Workspace: Example
3.6.3.1. Further Expressions
3.7. Calculators Workspace
3.8. Turbo Workspace
4. CFD-Post in Ansys Workbench
4.1. The Ansys Workbench Interface
4.1.1. Toolbox
4.1.2. Project Schematic: Introduction
4.1.3. Workspace Tabs
4.1.4. View Menu
4.1.5. Properties Pane
4.1.6. Files Pane
4.1.7. Sidebar Help
4.1.8. Shortcuts (Context Menu Options)
4.2. File Operation Differences
4.3. An Introduction to Workflow within Ansys CFX in Ansys Workbench
4.4. Using Ansys Workbench Journaling and Scripting with CFD-Post
4.4.1. Acquiring a Journal File with CFD-Post in Ansys Workbench
4.4.1.1. Journal of an Operation That Creates a Plane in CFD-Post
4.4.2. Scripting
4.4.2.1. Example: Using a Script to Change an Existing Locator
4.5. Tips on Using Ansys Workbench
4.5.1. General Tips
4.5.1.1. Ansys Workbench Interface
4.5.1.2. Setting Units
4.5.1.3. Files Pane
4.5.1.4. Ansys Workbench Connections
4.5.2. Tips for Results Systems
4.5.2.1. Changes in Behavior
4.5.2.2. Duplicating Systems
4.5.2.3. Renaming Systems
4.5.2.4. Results Cell
4.5.2.5. Recovering After Deleting Files
4.5.2.6. License Sharing
4.6. Limitations When Using Ansys CFD-Post in Ansys Workbench
5. CFD-Post 3D Viewer
5.1. Object Visibility
5.2. 3D Viewer Modes and Commands
5.2.1. 3D Viewer Toolbar
5.2.2. CFD-Post 3D Viewer Shortcut Menus
5.2.2.1. Shortcuts for CFD-Post (Viewer Background)
5.2.2.2. Shortcuts for CFD-Post (Viewer Object)
5.2.3. Viewer Hotkeys
5.2.4. Mouse Button Mapping
5.2.5. Picking Mode
5.2.5.1. Selecting Objects
5.2.5.2. Moving Objects
5.3. Views and Figures
5.3.1. Creating a Figure
5.3.1.1. Copying Objects for Figures
5.3.2. Switching to a View or Figure
5.3.3. Changing the Definition of a View or Figure
5.3.4. Deleting a Figure
5.3.5. Views
5.3.5.1. Object Visibility
5.3.5.2. Legends
5.4. Stereo Viewer
6. CFD-Post Operating Points Viewer
6.1. Adding Filter Rules
6.2. Operating Point Parameter Table
7. CFD-Post Workflow
7.1. Loading and Viewing the Solver Results
7.2. Qualitative Displays of Variables
7.3. Analysis
7.4. Quantitative Analysis of Results
7.5. Sharing the Analysis
7.6. Typical Workflow
8. CFD-Post File Menu
8.1. Load Results Command
8.2. Close Command
8.3. Load State Command
8.4. Save State Command and Save State As Command
8.5. Save Project Command
8.6. Refresh Command (Ansys Workbench only)
8.7. Import Commands
8.7.1. Import Surface, Line or Point Data into CFD-Post
8.7.2. Import Fluent Particle Track File
8.7.3. Import Mechanical CDB Surface
8.7.3.1. File
8.7.3.2. Length Units
8.7.3.3. Specify Associated Boundary Check Box
8.7.3.3.1. Boundary
8.7.3.4. Maintain Conservative Heat Flows Check Box
8.7.3.5. Read Mid-Side Nodes Check Box
8.7.3.6. Mapping Success Label
8.8. Export Commands
8.8.1. Export
8.8.1.1. Export: Options Tab
8.8.1.1.1. File
8.8.1.1.2. Type
8.8.1.1.3. Locations
8.8.1.1.4. Name Aliases
8.8.1.1.5. Coord Frame
8.8.1.1.6. Unit System
8.8.1.1.7. Boundary Data
8.8.1.1.8. Export Geometry Information Check Box
8.8.1.1.8.1. Line and Face Connectivity Check Box
8.8.1.1.8.2. Node Numbers Check Box
8.8.1.1.9. Profile Type
8.8.1.1.10. Spatial Fields List Box
8.8.1.1.11. Select Variable(s) List Box
8.8.1.2. Export: Formatting Tab
8.8.1.2.1. Vector Variables
8.8.1.2.1.1. Vector Display Options
8.8.1.2.1.2. Brackets
8.8.1.2.2. Include Nodes With Undefined Variable Check Box
8.8.1.2.2.1. Null Token
8.8.1.2.3. Precision
8.8.1.2.4. Separator
8.8.1.2.5. Include File Info Header Check Box
8.8.1.2.6. Include Header Check Box
8.8.1.3. Exporting Polyline Data
8.8.1.3.1. POLYLINE Data Format
8.8.1.4. Exporting Boundary Profile/Surface Data
8.8.1.4.1. USER SURFACE Data Format
8.8.2. Export External Data File
8.8.2.1. Options Tab
8.8.2.1.1. File
8.8.2.1.2. Location
8.8.2.1.3. Unit System
8.8.2.1.4. Boundary Data
8.8.2.1.5. Select Recommended Variables
8.8.2.1.6. Select Additional Variables
8.8.2.2. Formatting Tab
8.8.3. Export Mechanical Load File
8.8.3.1. Options Tab
8.8.3.1.1. File
8.8.3.1.2. Location
8.8.3.1.3. Unit System
8.8.3.1.4. Boundary Data
8.8.3.1.5. Export Data
8.8.3.1.6. Fluids
8.8.3.1.7. Specify Reference Temperature
8.8.3.2. Formatting Tab
8.9. Mechanical Import/Export Commands
8.9.1. Mechanical Import/Export Example: One-Way FSI Data Transfer
8.10. FSI with Mechanical APDL and CFX: Manual One-way Mapping
8.11. Report Command
8.12. Save Picture Command
8.13. Loading Recently Accessed Files
8.14. Quit Command
8.15. File Types Used and Produced by CFD-Post
8.15.1. Ansys CFX Files
8.15.1.1. Transient Blade Row Postprocessing
8.15.1.2. Limitations with Ansys CFX Files
8.15.2. Ansys Meshing Files
8.15.3. Ansys Mechanical Results Files
8.15.3.1. Limitations with Ansys Mechanical Results Files
8.15.4. Ansys Icepak Files
8.15.5. CGNS Files
8.15.6. Common Fluids Format (CFF) Files
8.15.6.1. Supported Functionality
8.15.6.1.1. Physical Objects (Domains, Boundary Conditions and Subdomains)
8.15.6.1.2. Topological Regions
8.15.6.1.3. Meshes
8.15.6.1.4. Mesh Zones
8.15.6.1.5. Steady State and Transient simulations
8.15.6.1.6. Multi-configuration (Modified Mesh/Modified Physics)
8.15.6.1.7. Single-phase and Multi-phase Solutions
8.15.6.1.8. Naming of Variables
8.15.6.2. Limitations with Ansys CFF Files
8.15.6.2.1. Name Limitations in CFD-Post
8.15.6.2.2. Solver Model Limitations in CFD-Post
8.15.6.2.3. Transient limitations
8.15.6.2.4. Solution Limitations in CFD-Post
8.15.6.2.5. Solver Specific Limitations in CFD-Post
8.15.6.2.6. CFF-Post File Limitations
8.15.7. Ansys Fluent Files
8.15.7.1. Limitations with Ansys Fluent Files
8.15.7.2. Quantitative Differences Between CFD-Post and Fluent
8.15.8. Ansys Forte Files
8.15.9. Ansys FENSAP-ICE Files
8.15.9.1. Grid Files
8.15.9.2. Solution Files
8.15.9.3. Solution Files - Icing
8.15.9.4. View Set-up File
8.15.9.4.1. Examples
8.15.9.5. Limitations
8.15.10. CFX-4 Dump Files
8.15.10.1. Limitation with CFX-4 Files
8.15.10.2. Interpolation of Results
8.15.11. CFX-TASCflow Results Files
8.15.11.1. Limitations with CFX-TASCflow Files
8.15.11.2. Variable Translation
9. CFD-Post Edit Menu and Options (Preferences)
9.1. Undo and Redo Commands
9.2. Options Command
9.2.1. CFD-Post Options
9.2.1.1. General
9.2.1.1.1. Beta Options
9.2.1.1.2. Load Options
9.2.1.1.3. Advanced
9.2.1.2. Files
9.2.1.2.1. CFX
9.2.1.2.2. FLUENT
9.2.1.2.3. CGNS
9.2.1.2.4. Variables
9.2.1.2.5. CFD-Post Solution Units
9.2.1.3. Turbo
9.2.1.4. Viewer
9.2.1.4.1. Object Highlighting
9.2.1.4.2. Background
9.2.1.4.2.1. Color
9.2.1.4.2.2. Image
9.2.1.4.3. Ansys Logo
9.2.1.4.4. Text/Edge Color
9.2.1.4.5. Axis/Ruler Visibility
9.2.1.4.6. Stereo
9.2.2. Common Options
9.2.2.1. Appearance
9.2.2.2. Threading
9.2.2.3. Setting the Display Units
9.2.2.4. Viewer Setup
9.2.2.4.1. Mouse Mapping
10. CFD-Post Monitor Menu
10.1. Monitor Run in Progress
10.2. Start Auto Update
10.3. Stop Auto Update
10.4. Update Once
11. CFD-Post Session Menu
11.1. New Session Command
11.2. Start Recording and Stop Recording Commands
11.3. Play Session Command
12. CFD-Post Insert Menu
12.1. Location Submenu
12.1.1. Point Command
12.1.1.1. Point: Geometry Tab
12.1.1.1.1. Domains
12.1.1.1.2. Definition
12.1.1.1.2.1. Method
12.1.1.1.2.2. Point
12.1.1.1.2.3. Node Number
12.1.1.1.2.4. Location
12.1.1.1.2.5. Variable
12.1.1.1.3. Nearest Node Value
12.1.1.2. Point: Color Tab
12.1.1.3. Point: Symbol Tab
12.1.1.3.1. Symbol
12.1.1.3.2. Symbol Size
12.1.1.4. Point: Render Tab
12.1.1.5. Point: View Tab
12.1.2. Point Cloud Command
12.1.2.1. Point Cloud: Geometry Tab
12.1.2.1.1. Domains
12.1.2.1.2. Method
12.1.2.1.3. Definition
12.1.2.1.3.1. Locations
12.1.2.1.3.2. Sampling
12.1.2.1.3.3. # of Points
12.1.2.1.3.4. Spacing
12.1.2.1.3.5. Aspect Ratio
12.1.2.1.3.6. Grid Angle
12.1.2.1.3.7. Reduction
12.1.2.1.3.8. Max Points
12.1.2.1.3.9. Factor
12.1.2.1.3.10. Seed
12.1.2.2. Point Cloud: Color Tab
12.1.2.3. Point Cloud: Symbol Tab
12.1.2.4. Point Cloud: Render Tab
12.1.2.5. Point Cloud: View Tab
12.1.3. Line Command
12.1.3.1. Line: Geometry Tab
12.1.3.1.1. Domains
12.1.3.1.2. Definition
12.1.3.1.2.1. Method
12.1.3.1.2.2. Point 1
12.1.3.1.2.3. Point 2
12.1.3.1.3. Line Type
12.1.3.1.3.1. Cut/Sample Options
12.1.3.1.3.2. Samples
12.1.3.1.4. Line Translation Using Picking Mode
12.1.3.2. Line: Color Tab
12.1.3.3. Line: Render Tab
12.1.3.4. Line: View Tab
12.1.4. Plane Command
12.1.4.1. Plane: Geometry Tab
12.1.4.1.1. Domains
12.1.4.1.2. Definition
12.1.4.1.2.1. Method
12.1.4.1.2.2. X
12.1.4.1.2.3. Y
12.1.4.1.2.4. Z
12.1.4.1.2.5. Point
12.1.4.1.2.6. Normal
12.1.4.1.2.7. Point 1, Point 2, and Point 3
12.1.4.1.3. Plane Bounds
12.1.4.1.3.1. Type
12.1.4.1.3.2. Radius
12.1.4.1.3.3. X/Y/Z Size
12.1.4.1.3.4. X/Y/Z Angle
12.1.4.1.3.5. Invert Plane Bound Check Box
12.1.4.1.4. Plane Type
12.1.4.1.4.1. Slice Option
12.1.4.1.4.2. Sample Option
12.1.4.1.5. Plane Translation using Picking Mode
12.1.4.2. Plane: Color Tab
12.1.4.3. Plane: Render Tab
12.1.4.4. Plane: View Tab
12.1.5. Volume Command
12.1.5.1. Volume: Geometry Tab
12.1.5.1.1. Domains
12.1.5.1.2. Element Types
12.1.5.1.3. Definition
12.1.5.1.3.1. Method
12.1.5.1.3.2. Point
12.1.5.1.3.3. Radius
12.1.5.1.3.4. Location
12.1.5.1.3.5. Variable
12.1.5.1.3.6. Hybrid/Conservative Options
12.1.5.1.3.7. Mode (for the Sphere and From Surface options)
12.1.5.1.3.8. Mode (for the Isovolume option)
12.1.5.1.3.9. Value Fields
12.1.5.1.3.10. Inclusive Check Box
12.1.5.1.3.11. How CFD-Post Calculates Isovolumes
12.1.5.1.4. Remove Internal Faces
12.1.5.2. Volume: Color Tab
12.1.5.3. Volume: Render Tab
12.1.5.4. Volume: View Tab
12.1.6. Isosurface Command
12.1.6.1. Isosurface: Geometry Tab
12.1.6.1.1. Domains
12.1.6.1.2. Definition
12.1.6.1.2.1. Variable
12.1.6.1.2.2. Hybrid/Conservative Option
12.1.6.1.2.3. Value
12.1.6.2. Isosurface: Color Tab
12.1.6.3. Isosurface: Render Tab
12.1.6.4. Isosurface: View Tab
12.1.7. Iso Clip Command
12.1.7.1. Iso Clip: Geometry Tab
12.1.7.1.1. Domains
12.1.7.1.2. Location
12.1.7.1.3. Visibility Parameters
12.1.7.2. Iso Clip: Color Tab
12.1.7.3. Iso Clip: Render Tab
12.1.7.4. Iso Clip: View Tab
12.1.8. Vortex Core Region
12.1.8.1. Vortex Core Region: Geometry Tab
12.1.8.1.1. Domains
12.1.8.1.2. Definition Area
12.1.8.1.2.1. Method
12.1.8.1.2.1.1. Vortex Core Mathematics
12.1.8.1.2.1.2. Vortex Core References
12.1.8.1.2.2. Level
12.1.8.1.2.3. Actual Value
12.1.8.2. Vortex Core Region: Color Tab
12.1.8.3. Vortex Core Region: Render Tab
12.1.8.4. Vortex Core Region: View Tab
12.1.9. Surface of Revolution Command
12.1.9.1. Surface of Revolution: Geometry Tab
12.1.9.1.1. Domains
12.1.9.1.2. Definition
12.1.9.1.2.1. Method
12.1.9.1.2.2. Point 1 (a,r) and Point 2 (a,r)
12.1.9.1.2.3. Line
12.1.9.1.2.4. # of Samples
12.1.9.1.2.5. Theta Samples
12.1.9.1.2.6. Project to AR Plane Check Box
12.1.9.1.3. Rotation Axis
12.1.9.1.3.1. Method
12.1.9.1.3.2. Axis
12.1.9.1.3.3. From/To Text Boxes
12.1.9.1.4. Angle Range Check Box
12.1.9.1.4.1. Min./Max. Angle
12.1.9.1.5. Axial/Radial Offset
12.1.9.1.5.1. Start/End A
12.1.9.1.5.2. Start/End R
12.1.9.2. Surface of Revolution: Color Tab
12.1.9.3. Surface of Revolution: Render Tab
12.1.9.4. Surface of Revolution: View Tab
12.1.10. Polyline Command
12.1.10.1. Polyline: Geometry Tab
12.1.10.1.1. Method
12.1.10.1.2. File
12.1.10.1.3. Domains
12.1.10.1.4. Boundary List
12.1.10.1.5. Intersect With
12.1.10.1.6. Contour Name
12.1.10.1.7. Contour Level
12.1.10.2. Polyline: Color Tab
12.1.10.3. Polyline: Render Tab
12.1.10.4. Polyline: View Tab
12.1.11. User Surface Command
12.1.11.1. User Surface: Geometry Tab
12.1.11.1.1. Method
12.1.11.1.2. File
12.1.11.1.3. Domains/Boundary List/Intersect With
12.1.11.1.4. Contour Name/Contour Level
12.1.11.1.5. Surface Name
12.1.11.1.6. Rotation Check Box
12.1.11.1.7. Translation Check Box
12.1.11.1.8. Scale Check Box
12.1.11.1.9. Type
12.1.11.1.10. Mode
12.1.11.1.11. Distance
12.1.11.1.12. Variable
12.1.11.1.13. Direction
12.1.11.1.14. Specify Associated Boundary Check Box
12.1.11.1.15. Length Units
12.1.11.2. User Surface: Color Tab
12.1.11.3. User Surface: Render Tab
12.1.11.4. User Surface: View Tab
12.1.12. Surface Group Command
12.1.12.1. Surface Group: Geometry Tab
12.1.12.1.1. Domains
12.1.12.1.2. Locations
12.1.12.2. Surface Group: Color Tab
12.1.12.3. Surface Group: Render Tab
12.1.12.4. Surface Group: View Tab
12.1.13. Turbo Surface Command
12.1.14. Turbo Line Command
12.2. Vector Command
12.2.1. Vector: Geometry Tab
12.2.1.1. Domains
12.2.1.2. Definition
12.2.1.2.1. Locations
12.2.1.2.2. Sampling
12.2.1.2.3. Variable
12.2.1.2.4. Hybrid/Conservative Options
12.2.1.2.5. Projection
12.2.1.2.6. Direction
12.2.2. Vector: Color Tab
12.2.3. Vector: Symbol Tab
12.2.3.1. Symbol
12.2.3.2. Symbol Size
12.2.3.3. Normalize Symbols Check Box
12.2.4. Vector: Render Tab
12.2.5. Vector: View Tab
12.3. Contour Command
12.3.1. Contour: Geometry Tab
12.3.1.1. Domains
12.3.1.2. Locations
12.3.1.3. Variable
12.3.1.4. Range
12.3.1.5. Variable Location: Vertex and Face Options
12.3.1.6. Boundary Data: Hybrid and Conservative Options
12.3.1.7. Color Scale
12.3.1.8. Color Map
12.3.1.9. # of Contours
12.3.1.10. Clip to Range Check Box
12.3.2. Contour: Labels Tab
12.3.2.1. Show Numbers Check Box
12.3.2.1.1. Text Height
12.3.2.1.2. Text Font
12.3.2.1.3. Color Mode
12.3.2.1.4. Text Color
12.3.3. Contour: Render Tab
12.3.4. Contour: View Tab
12.4. Streamline Command
12.4.1. Streamline: Geometry Tab
12.4.1.1. Type
12.4.1.2. Definition
12.4.1.2.1. Domains
12.4.1.2.2. Start From (3D Streamline)
12.4.1.2.3. Surfaces
12.4.1.2.4. Start From (Surface Streamline)
12.4.1.2.5. Locations
12.4.1.2.6. Sampling
12.4.1.2.7. Preview Seeds Button
12.4.1.2.8. Variable
12.4.1.2.9. Hybrid/Conservative Options
12.4.1.2.10. Direction
12.4.1.3. Cross Periodics Check Box
12.4.1.4. Simplify Streamline Geometry Check Box
12.4.2. Streamline: Color Tab
12.4.3. Streamline: Symbol Tab
12.4.3.1. Show Symbols Check Box
12.4.3.1.1. Min Time
12.4.3.1.2. Max Time
12.4.3.1.3. Interval
12.4.3.1.4. Symbol
12.4.3.1.5. Symbol Size
12.4.3.2. Show Streams Check Box
12.4.3.2.1. Stream Type
12.4.3.2.2. Line Width/Tube Width/Ribbon Width
12.4.3.2.3. # of Sides
12.4.3.2.4. Initial Direction
12.4.4. Streamline: Limits Tab
12.4.4.1. Step Tolerance
12.4.4.1.1. Mode
12.4.4.1.2. Tolerance
12.4.4.2. Upper Limits
12.4.4.2.1. Max Segments
12.4.4.2.2. Max Time
12.4.4.2.3. Max Periods
12.4.5. Streamline: Render Tab
12.4.6. Streamline: View Tab
12.5. Particle Track Command
12.5.1. Particle Track: Geometry Tab
12.5.1.1. Method
12.5.1.1.1. Domains
12.5.1.1.2. Material
12.5.1.2. File
12.5.1.3. Injections
12.5.1.4. Reduction Type
12.5.1.4.1. Reduction
12.5.1.4.2. Max Tracks
12.5.1.5. Limits Option
12.5.1.5.1. Limit Type and Start/End <variable>
12.5.1.6. Filter Check Box
12.5.1.6.1. Start/End Region Check Boxes
12.5.1.6.2. Diameter Check Box
12.5.1.6.3. Track Check Box
12.5.1.6.4. Match ALL/Match ANY Options
12.5.2. Particle Track: Color Tab
12.5.3. Particle Track: Symbol Tab
12.5.3.1. Show Symbols Check Box
12.5.3.1.1. Max Time is
12.5.3.2. Show Tracks Check Box
12.5.3.3. Show Track Numbers Check Box
12.5.4. Particle Track: Render Tab
12.5.5. Particle Track: View Tab
12.5.6. Particle Track: Info Tab
12.6. Volume Rendering Command
12.6.1. Volume Rendering: Geometry Tab
12.6.2. Volume Rendering: Color Tab
12.6.3. Volume Rendering: Render Tab
12.6.4. Volume Rendering: View Tab
12.7. Text Command
12.7.1. Text: Definition Tab
12.7.1.1. Text String
12.7.1.2. Embed Auto Annotation Check Box
12.7.1.2.1. Type
12.7.1.2.2. Expression
12.7.1.2.3. Format (for Filename option)
12.7.1.2.4. Format (for the File Date and File Time options)
12.7.1.2.5. Determine the number formatting automatically Check Box
12.7.1.3. More/Fewer Buttons
12.7.2. Text: Location Tab
12.7.2.1. Location
12.7.2.1.1. Position Mode
12.7.2.1.2. X Justification
12.7.2.1.3. Y Justification
12.7.2.1.4. Position (for Two Coords option)
12.7.2.1.5. Position (for Three Coords option)
12.7.2.1.6. Rotation
12.7.3. Text: Appearance Tab
12.7.3.1. Height
12.7.3.2. Color Mode
12.7.3.3. Font
12.8. Coordinate Frame Command
12.8.1. Coordinate Frame: Definition Tab
12.8.1.1. Type
12.8.1.2. Origin
12.8.1.3. Z Axis Point
12.8.1.4. X-Z Plane Pt
12.8.1.5. Symbol Size
12.8.1.6. Coordinate Frame Details
12.9. Legend Command
12.9.1. Default Legends
12.9.2. User-defined Legends
12.9.3. Legend: Definition Tab
12.9.3.1. Plot
12.9.3.2. Title Mode
12.9.3.3. Title
12.9.3.4. Show Legend Units Check Box
12.9.3.5. Vertical / Horizontal Options
12.9.3.6. Location
12.9.3.6.1. X Justification
12.9.3.6.2. Y Justification
12.9.3.6.3. Position
12.9.4. Legend: Appearance Tab
12.9.4.1. Sizing Parameters
12.9.4.1.1. Size
12.9.4.1.2. Aspect
12.9.4.2. Text Parameters
12.9.4.2.1. Precision
12.9.4.2.2. Value Ticks
12.9.4.2.3. Font
12.9.4.2.4. Color Mode
12.9.4.2.5. Color
12.9.4.2.6. Text Rotation
12.9.4.2.7. Text Height
12.10. Instance Transform Command
12.10.1. Default Transform Object
12.10.2. Instance Transform: Definition Tab
12.10.2.1. Instancing Info From Domain Check Box
12.10.2.2. Number of Graphical Instances
12.10.2.3. Apply Rotation Check Box
12.10.2.3.1. Method
12.10.2.3.2. Axis
12.10.2.3.3. From/To Fields
12.10.2.3.4. Full Circle Check Box
12.10.2.3.5. Determine Angle From
12.10.2.3.6. Number of Passages
12.10.2.3.7. Passages per Component
12.10.2.3.8. Angle
12.10.2.4. Apply Translation Check Box
12.10.2.4.1. Translation
12.10.2.5. Apply Reflection Check Box
12.10.2.5.1. Method
12.10.2.5.2. X/Y/Z
12.10.2.5.3. Plane
12.10.3. Instance Transform: Example
12.11. Clip Plane Command
12.11.1. Clip Plane: Geometry Tab
12.11.1.1. Definition
12.11.1.1.1. Method
12.11.1.1.2. Slice Plane
12.11.1.2. Flip Normal Check Box
12.12. Color Map Command
12.13. Variable Command
12.14. Expression Command
12.15. Table Command
12.15.1. Editing in the Table Viewer
12.15.1.1. Shortcut Menu
12.15.1.2. Expressions
12.16. Chart Command
12.16.1. Creating a Chart Object
12.16.1.1. Chart: General Tab
12.16.1.1.1. Type
12.16.1.1.2. Display Title: Title
12.16.1.1.3. Report: Caption
12.16.1.1.4. Fast Fourier Transform
12.16.1.1.4.1. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Theory
12.16.1.1.4.1.1. Windowing in Fast Fourier Transforms
12.16.1.1.4.1.2. Using Fast Fourier Transforms
12.16.1.1.5. Refresh Settings
12.16.1.2. Chart: Data Series Tab
12.16.1.2.1. Name Controls
12.16.1.2.2. Data Source
12.16.1.2.2.1. Data Source File Format
12.16.1.2.3. File Variable Selection
12.16.1.2.4. Custom Data Selection Controls
12.16.1.2.5. Monitor Variable Selection
12.16.1.3. Chart: X Axis Tab
12.16.1.3.1. X Axis Data Selection
12.16.1.3.1.1. Specifying an X Function
12.16.1.3.2. Category Divisions
12.16.1.3.3. Axis Range
12.16.1.3.4. Axis Number Formatting
12.16.1.3.5. Axis Labels
12.16.1.4. Chart: Y Axis Tab
12.16.1.4.1. Y Axis: Data Selection
12.16.1.5. Chart: Line Display Tab
12.16.1.5.1. Line Type and FFT Line Type Options
12.16.1.5.2. Fill Area Controls
12.16.1.6. Chart: Chart Display Tab
12.16.1.6.1. Display Legend Area
12.16.1.6.2. Sizes Area
12.16.1.6.3. Fonts Area
12.16.1.6.4. Grid Area
12.16.2. Viewing a Chart
12.16.3. Example: Charting a Velocity Profile
12.16.4. Example: Comparing Differences Between Two Files
12.17. Comment Command
12.18. Figure Command
13. CFD-Post Tools Menu
13.1. Timestep Selector
13.1.1. Adding Timesteps
13.1.2. Using the Timestep Selector with Transient Blade Row Cases
13.1.3. Multiple Files
13.2. Animation
13.2.1. Animation Types
13.2.1.1. Sweep Animation
13.2.1.1.1. Animating Planes
13.2.1.1.2. Animating Isosurfaces
13.2.1.1.3. Animating Turbo Surfaces
13.2.1.1.4. Animating Streamlines and Particle Tracks
13.2.1.1.5. Animating Mesh Deformation Scaling
13.2.1.2. Timestep Animation
13.2.1.3. GPU Accelerated Animation
13.2.1.4. Keyframe Animation
13.2.1.4.1. Creating an Animation
13.2.1.4.2. Animating Expressions
13.2.2. Animation Dialog Box
13.2.2.1. Animation Options Dialog Box: Options Tab
13.2.2.1.1. Animation Speed
13.2.2.1.2. Transient Case
13.2.2.1.3. Print Options
13.2.2.1.3.1. Image Format
13.2.2.1.3.2. White Background
13.2.2.1.3.3. Enhanced Output (Smooth Edges)
13.2.2.1.3.4. Image Size
13.2.2.1.3.5. Tolerance
13.2.2.2. Animation Options Dialog Box: Advanced Tab
13.2.2.2.1. Save Frames As Image Files
13.2.2.2.2. Output To User Directory
13.2.2.2.3. Frame Rate
13.2.2.2.4. Quality
13.2.2.2.5. Don't Encode Last MPEG Frame
13.2.3. Saving an Animation
13.2.4. Saving the Animation State (*.can file)
13.3. Quick Editor
13.4. Probe
13.5. Function Calculator
13.5.1. Function Selection
13.6. Macro Calculator
13.6.1. Running Macros from the Macro Calculator
13.6.2. Macro Availability
13.6.3. Predefined Macros
13.6.3.1. Comfort Factors Macro
13.6.3.2. Cp Polar Plot Macro
13.6.3.3. Gas Compressor Performance Macro
13.6.3.4. Gas Turbine Performance Macro
13.6.3.5. Liquid Pump Performance Macro
13.6.3.6. Liquid Turbine Performance Macro
13.6.3.7. Fan Noise Macro
13.6.3.7.1. Using the Fan Noise Macro
13.6.3.7.1.1. Fan Noise Theory in Brief
13.6.3.7.1.2. Fan Noise Macro Input
13.6.3.7.1.3. Fan Noise Output (Reports)
13.6.3.7.1.4. Fan Noise Examples
13.6.4. User-defined Macros
13.6.4.1. Writing a Macro
13.6.4.2. Macro GUI Definition
13.7. Mesh Calculator
13.7.1. Mesh Visualization Advice
13.8. Case Comparison
13.8.1. Calculating Difference Variables
13.9. Command Editor
14. CFD-Post Help Menu
15. Turbo Workspace
15.1. Visual Representation of Initialization Status
15.2. Define/Modify Global Rotation Axis
15.3. Turbo Initialization
15.3.1. Requirements for Initialization
15.3.2. Initialize All Components
15.3.3. Uninitializing Components
15.3.4. Individual Component Initialization (Advanced Feature)
15.3.5. Details View for Individual Component Initialization
15.3.5.1. Definition Tab
15.3.5.1.1. Turbo Regions Frame
15.3.5.1.2. Background Mesh Frame
15.3.5.1.2.1. Purpose of Background Mesh
15.3.5.1.2.2. Requirements for Setting Up a Background Mesh
15.3.5.1.2.3. Types of Background Mesh
15.3.5.1.2.4. Density of the Background Mesh
15.3.5.2. Instancing Tab
15.4. Turbo View Shortcuts
15.5. Turbo Surface
15.5.1. Turbo Surface: Geometry
15.5.1.1. Domains
15.5.1.2. Definition
15.5.1.3. Bounds
15.5.1.4. Type
15.5.2. Turbo Surface: Common Tabs
15.5.2.1. Turbo Surface: Color
15.5.2.2. Turbo Surface: Render
15.5.2.3. Turbo Surface: View
15.6. Turbo Line
15.6.1. Turbo Line: Geometry
15.6.2. Turbo Line: Common Tabs
15.6.2.1. Turbo Line: Color
15.6.2.2. Turbo Line: Render
15.6.2.3. Turbo Line: View
15.7. Turbo Plots
15.7.1. Introduction to Turbo Plots
15.7.1.1. Show Faces/Show Mesh Lines
15.7.1.2. Graphical Instancing
15.7.1.3. Turbo Measurements
15.7.1.3.1. Span
15.7.1.3.2. Span Direction
15.7.1.3.3. Span Normalized
15.7.1.3.4. Streamwise Location
15.7.1.3.5. Theta
15.7.1.3.6. Advanced: Position of Zero Theta
15.7.2. Initialization Three Views
15.7.3. 3D View Object
15.7.4. Blade-to-Blade Object
15.7.4.1. Span
15.7.4.2. Angular Shift
15.7.4.3. Plot Type
15.7.4.3.1. Color
15.7.4.3.2. Contour
15.7.4.3.3. Vector
15.7.4.3.4. Stream
15.7.5. Meridional Object
15.7.6. Turbo Charts
15.7.6.1. Blade Loading Turbo Charts
15.7.6.2. Circumferential Turbo Charts
15.7.6.3. Hub to Shroud Turbo Charts
15.7.6.3.1. Single Line vs. Two Lines
15.7.6.3.2. Display
15.7.6.3.3. Mode
15.7.6.3.4. Point Type
15.7.6.3.5. Theta
15.7.6.3.6. Samples
15.7.6.3.7. Streamwise
15.7.6.3.8. Distribution
15.7.6.3.9. X/Y Variable
15.7.6.3.10. Circumferential Averaging by Length: Hub to Shroud Turbo Chart
15.7.6.3.11. Circumferential Averaging by Area: Hub to Shroud Turbo Chart
15.7.6.3.12. Circumferential Averaging by Mass Flow: Hub to Shroud Turbo Chart
15.7.6.3.13. Constant Blade Aligned Linear Coordinates
15.7.6.3.14. Constant Blade Aligned Coordinates
15.7.6.4. Inlet to Outlet Turbo Charts
15.7.6.4.1. Circumferential Averaging by Length: Inlet to Outlet Turbo Chart
15.7.6.4.2. Circumferential Averaging by Area or Mass: Inlet to Outlet Turbo Chart
15.8. Turbo Macros
15.9. Calculate Velocity Components
15.9.1. Calculating Cylindrical Velocity Components for Non-turbo Cases
16. CFX Command Language (CCL) in CFD-Post
16.1. Object Creation and Deletion
17. CFX Expression Language (CEL) in CFD-Post
17.1. Variables Created by CFD-Post
17.2. User Functions in CFD-Post
18. Command Actions
18.1. Overview of Command Actions
18.2. File Operations from the Command Editor Dialog Box
18.2.1. Loading a Results File
18.2.1.1. load Command Examples
18.2.2. Reading Session Files
18.2.2.1. readsession Command Examples
18.2.3. Saving State Files
18.2.3.1. savestate Command Examples
18.2.4. Reading State Files
18.2.4.1. readstate Option Actions
18.2.4.2. readstate Command Examples
18.2.5. Solution Monitoring
18.2.6. Creating a Hardcopy
18.2.7. Importing External File Formats
18.2.8. Exporting Data
18.2.9. Controlling the Viewer
18.3. Quantitative Calculations in the Command Editor Dialog Box
18.4. Other Commands
18.4.1. Deleting Objects
18.4.2. Viewing a Chart
18.4.3. Turbo Post CCL Command Actions
18.4.3.1. Calculating Velocity Components
18.4.3.2. Initializing all Turbo Components
19. Line Interface Mode
19.1. Features Available in Line Interface Mode
20. Fluent Field Variables Listed by Category