Selecting Load State opens an existing state file.
Note: Timestep and phase information are not stored in the state file, so loading a state file does not change the timestep or phase.
Overwrite and Append
You can choose to either replace or append to the current state in CFD-Post. You can also choose to load the results file from which the state file was created. The results of these combinations are outlined below.
Replace current state selected and Load results selected: The results file used to create the state file is opened, all existing objects are deleted, and new objects that are defined in the state file are created. The results are plotted on the new objects.
Replace current state selected and Load results cleared: All existing objects are deleted and new objects that are defined in the state file are created. The results are plotted on the new objects using the existing results.
Add to current state selected and Load results selected: The results file used to create the state file is opened. All objects defined in the state file and all existing objects are plotted with the new results. If objects in the state file have the same name as existing objects, the existing objects are replaced by those in the state file.
Add to current state selected and Load results cleared: All objects defined in the state file are created and plotted using the current results. Existing objects are not removed unless they have the same name as an object in the state file, in which case they are replaced.
Results files may contain CEL expressions. If you have one or more results files already loaded and you are about to load a state file, you can prevent overwriting these expressions by clearing the Load results check box, then selecting the Preserve current results expressions check box.