CFD-Post has the following features:
A graphical user interface that includes a viewer pane in which all graphical output from CFD-Post is plotted. For details, see CFD-Post Graphical Interface and CFD-Post 3D Viewer.
Support for a variety of graphical and geometric objects used to create postprocessing plots, to visualize the mesh, and to define locations for quantitative calculation. For details, see CFD-Post Insert Menu.
You can perform a variety of exact quantitative calculations over objects; for details, see Quantitative Calculations in the Command Editor Dialog Box.
Scalar and vector user-defined variables.
Variable freezing (for comparison with other files).
Postprocessing capability for turbomachinery applications. For details, see Turbo Workspace.
Standard interactive viewer controls (rotate, zoom, pan, zoom box), multiple viewports, stored views/figures.
Extensive reports, including charting (XY, time plots). For details, see Report.
CFD-Post includes the following functionality:
Reads:
CFX-Solver results files (*.res, *.mres)
CFX-Solver transient results files (*.trn)
CFX-Solver backup results files (*.bak)
CFX-Solver error results files (*.res, *.err)
CFX-Solver input files (*.def, *.mdef)
CFX case files (*.cfx)
CFX-Mesh files (*.gtm)
CFD-Post session files (*.cse)
CFD-Post state files (*.cst)
Fluent files (*.flprj,*.cas.h5,*.cas, *.cas.gz, *.dat.h5,*.dat, *.dat.gz, *.cdat, *.cdat.gz)
Fluent mesh files (*.msh, *.msh.gz)
Icepak files (*.cas, *.dat)
FENSAP-ICE mesh and solution files (*.grd, *.soln,*.droplet, *.crystal, *.swimsol)
FENSAP-ICE view set-up files (*.fsp)
Ansys files (*.rst (deprecated), *.rth (deprecated), *.rmg (deprecated), *.inn, *.inp, *.cdb)
Ansys Meshing files (*.cmdb, *.dsdb)
Forte files (*.ftind)
CGNS files (*.cgns, *.cgs)
CFX-4 dump files (*.d*mp*)
CFX-TASCflow files (*.lun, *.grd, *.rso)
Note: CFX-Solver results files are necessary to access some of the quantitative functionality that CFD-Post can provide.
The supported file types are described in File Types Used and Produced by CFD-Post.
Supports transient data, including moving mesh. Node locations are repositioned based on the position for the current timestep.
Imports/exports Ansys data, generic data, and generic geometry.
Supports macros through an embedded user interface (see Macro Calculator).
Outputs to various image types, including PostScript, JPEG, PNG, PPM, VRM, as well as animation (keyframe) and MPEG files. For details, see Sweep Animation.