Fluent can export ASCII files containing point cloud coordinates and multiple result data plots. These ASCI files are in a CSV file format. From these files, oSP3D can:
Import mesh information as point clouds
Import data as node data
In addition to the specification requirements and limitations summarized in CSV Files, the CSV import interface adds these requirements for importing Fluent result data files:
A header line is required as the first line of the file.
A minimum of four columns is required:
The first column contains the cell number.
The second column contains the x coordinate.
The third column contains the y coordinate.
The fourth column contains the z coordinate.
Additional columns can contain data associated with the structure. For example, perhaps three additional columns contain velocity values for the coordinates.
This example shows data for the four required columns:
cellnumber, x-coordinate, y-coordinate, z-coordinate, temperature 1, 6.200775504E-01, 1.207560971E-01, 1.258909345E+00, 3.029760460E+02 2, 6.157866120E-01, 1.350848526E-01, 1.249766350E+00, 3.028861478E+02
You can use the data in a Fluent result data file without data loss as point clouds or map the data onto a mesh or STL file to visualize data with spatial connectivity.