You can directly import Polyflow mesh and data files into a Polyflow-based component system or analysis system. Note that you must have imported a mesh file before you can proceed to launch Polydata, and both a mesh file and a data file before you can proceed to launch Polyflow.
To import the mesh file in a Polyflow-based component system, right-click the Setup cell, select the Import Mesh ... option from the context menu, and then select the specific mesh file when prompted. To import the mesh file in a Polyflow-based analysis system, right-click the Mesh cell, select the Import Mesh File... option from the context menu, and then select the specific mesh file when prompted. You can also import a mesh file into Mesh-based component system by right-clicking the Mesh cell and selecting the Import Mesh File... option from the context menu; you can then connect the Mesh cell to Setup cell of a Polyflow-based system, as described in Connecting Systems in Workbench.
To import the data file in either a Polyflow-based component system or analysis system, right-click the Setup cell, select the Import Polyflow Dat ... option from the context menu, and then select the specific data file when prompted.
Important: If you import a set of mesh and data files with the Direct Reading (default) option selected in Ansys Workbench and the update fails, you must switch to Preliminary Conversion and re-import the mesh. The reverse is also true. To do this, select the Setup cell of your component (or analysis) system, enable Properties view under View > Properties, and switch between [Direct Reading] and [Preliminary Conversion] for [Mesh Loading].
This issue can also arise when mesh data is transferred from a mesh cell to a setup cell.
For additional information about Direct Reading and Preliminary Conversion see Importing a Mesh File in the Polyflow User's Guide.
After you import a mesh and data file, the state of the Setup cell becomes Update Required. You can then launch Polydata by double-clicking the Setup cell, and then edit and save the data file; if you do not need to edit the data file, you can simply right-click the Setup cell and select Update. Then the Setup cell becomes Up-to-Date and the state of the Solution cell becomes Refresh Required.
When you have a system that contains a Mesh cell or is connected to a Mesh cell in an upstream system, you should make sure that any data file you import is compatible with the mesh; otherwise, when you launch Polydata, you will be informed that there is an inconsistency between the data and mesh files and the Polydata application will be closed. When there is an incompatibility, you must then decide whether to delete the connection or Mesh cell (and Geometry cell, if it also exists) and replace it with a suitable mesh.
Important: In order to postprocess the results from an existing set of mesh and data files in Ansys CFD-Post, at least one iteration must be performed in Polyflow from within Workbench in order to bring the state of the Solution cell to Up-to-Date. Alternatively, if you do not intend to perform any calculations, you could create a Results component system, double-click its Results cell to open Ansys CFD-Post and then load the Polyflow data file using the Load Results option under the File menu in Ansys CFD-Post.
If you have created or imported a mesh, you have the option of importing a pre-existing data file from within Polydata by using the Read an old data file option from the main Polydata menu. When a data file is imported from within Polydata using this command, the behavior is exactly the same as when a file is imported from the Project Schematic.