For Ansys CFX cases, the Method setting has the following options:
| Option | Description |
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Creates the particle track from the current .res file. This option is available only with a valid results file. |
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Creates the particle track data from the selected file. Note: You cannot load Fluent Particle Track Files using this option; such files can be loaded only via File > Import > Import Fluent Particle Track File. |
Domains is available only if the From Res option is selected. For details, see Domains.
File is available only for Ansys CFX cases.
The File setting specifies the filename of a
file to load. You may type in the filename or click Browse 
to open the Select CFX-4 Particle Track
File dialog box, and search for the file.
For Ansys Fluent cases, the Injections setting enables you to filter by injection region.
The Reduction Type setting has the following options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
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| Enables you to set the maximum number of tracks to be plotted. |
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| Enables you to specify a reduction factor to decrease the number of tracks to be plotted. |
Reduction is available only if the Reduction Factor option is selected. This setting is the
same as Factor for the Point Cloud object. For
details, see Factor.
The Limits Option setting has the following options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
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| Plots the track values up to the current timestep only. |
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| Plots the track values from the previous timestep to the current timestep. |
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| Enables you to specify a beginning and ending time/distance. |
Note: For transient cases, CFD-Post uses transient timesteps
(as shown in the timestep selector) to determine Since Last
Timestep values; CFD-Post does not limit timesteps by solver timesteps, or by what is written in the
particle tracking XML file as separate times. Therefore, if Since Last Timestep is selected, the tracks will be limited
to the values between the previous timestep (from that selected in
the Timestep Selector) and the currently selected timestep. If this
is a steady-state case, this option will not limit the tracks in any
way.
Limit Type and Start/End <variable> are available only if the User Specified option
is selected. The Limit Type setting specifies
the limiting variable for the plot, and Start/End <limiter> specify a start and end value for the selected limiter.
For CFX cases, Limit Type can be either
TimeorDistance.For Fluent cases, Limit Type can be either
TimeorDiameter.
Select the Filter check box to specify filters. The settings included are Start Region, End Region, Diameter, Track, and the Match ALL/Match ANY options.
These settings are available only if the From Res option is selected. Select the Start/End Region check boxes to filter
out the tracks that do not start or end in the selected region.
Select the Diameter check box and set the corresponding text and list boxes to place restrictions on particles at the injection location.
Select the Track check box and enter numbers corresponding to tracks to display indicated tracks by entering a comma-delimited list of track numbers. You may also enter a range of track numbers. For example:
-5specifies tracks 1 to 540-specifies track numbers above 4010-100specifies tracks 10 to 100.
You may view the Info tab to view the Total Tracks and Tracks Shown. For details, see Particle Track: Info Tab.