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Export volume data

Export an Attitude's flow field as EnSight files you can open in ParaView. The export is made from the Attitude's existing, latest solution, so it isn't solved again. The files arrive in the File Exchange Area.

Before you start

  • Extra Exports is only offered for workflows that support it.
  • You need the File Exchange Area (sidebar → File Exchange) to collect the files. It's hidden until you untick Hide the File Exchange Area in your user settings. You also need permission to download Part files to download them. If either is missing, contact your Account admin or support@bramblecfd.com.
  • The Attitude must have finished post-processing.
  • Volume exports can be several gigabytes.

Set up the export

  1. Open the Run's Summary tab.
  2. In the Mesh & Solve row, click Extra Exports for the Attitude.
  3. In Extra Exports, find the Export Volumes table and click New.
  4. In Add Export Volumes Row, fill in:
    • Export Name: the name of the export's folder and zip, for example fluids-all.
    • Fluid Zones: click Add and enter ALL to export the whole domain, or add named fluid zones.
    • Fields: click Add for each extra variable, for example U, p or vorticity. Cp, CpT and Unorm are always included.
  5. Click Save to add the row. Add more rows if you need them.
  6. Use Use (mm) / Use (m) if you need to change the length units in any other export forms.
  7. Click Save.

The same dialog also offers other exports, such as volume sections, iso-surfaces, streamlines and probes. They work the same way.

Submit and collect it

  1. In Submit Extra Exports, tick Move files to file exchange area when complete.

    Warning

    If you don't tick this, the export stays in the case folder and you can't download it yourself.

  2. Click Confirm.

The Attitude's Mesh & Solve stage goes back to queued and then running while the export is made. When it's finished, the lifecycle returns to where it was.

  1. Open File Exchange → File Exchange Area and go to the Attitude's folder: <Programme>/<Project>/<Run>/<Attitude>/.
  2. Right-click <Export Name>.zip → Download.
  3. Unzip it and open the .case file in ParaView.

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