Specify the File Format of EnSight Postprocessing Output

The ability to generate Ansys EnSight-compatible postprocessing output and configure output frequency is released functionality for System Coupling's GUI or CLI. By default, the results are written as binary files. For more information on this feature, see Postprocessing Coupling Results in EnSight in the System Coupling User's Guide.

The ability to specify that the EnSight results are written to ASCII files is available as beta functionality. When beta features are activated, and the loaded participants have regions, the following data model items are available under the OutputControl.Results singleton:

Type (singleton)

Contains settings that control the format of the results files.

Option (setting)

Controls the type of results files produced. Currently, the only available value is EnSightGold.

BinaryFormat (setting)

Controls the format of the results files. The following options are available:

  • True: Produces files in a binary format. (default value)

  • False: Produces files in ASCII format.