From its inception, EnSight has been used extensively to post-process time-varying or transient data. In many cases, dynamic phenomena can only be understood through interactive exploration as a transient case is animated. EnSight handles all types of transient data. All variables as well as mesh coordinates and connectivity can vary over time. The rate at which variables (or the mesh) change can differ (supported through the EnSight Gold and EnSight6 Case data format only).

EnSight can post-process transient data in many ways. The Player (Solution Time) area lets you easily set the current time step, step through time (manually or automatically), or restrict the range of time to a region of interest. You can perform query operations to extract information over time. You can use the flipbook capability to create an on-screen animation of your data changing over time and continue to interact with it during animation playback. EnSight's keyframe animation capability can be used to create high-quality video animations of transient data.

This article covers reading transient data into EnSight.