[MASOUD]

Hi folks,

I need to create a few slices in tecplot. When I use Fluent Data Loader, it is easy to create slice. But when I use Export Data option in Fluent and create Tecplot files and then use Tecplot Data loader in Tecplot, the "Slices" is not active.

Any help is highly appreciated.

[LuckyTran]

Originally Posted by MASOUD

Hi folks,

I need to create a few slices in tecplot. When I use Fluent Data Loader, it is easy to create slice. But when I use Export Data option in Fluent and create Tecplot files and then use Tecplot Data loader in Tecplot, the "Slices" is not active.

Any help is highly appreciated.

That is correct. Slices don't work if you do that.

The Export Data option in Fluent (even when you choose Tecplot format) saves a delimited text file of data points that tecplot can then read. It does not save in anything special that tecplot can interpret.

If you want to create slices in Tecplot then I suggest you keep using the Fluent Data importer or to read the case-data file directly into Tecplot.

Alternatively, you can create a plane in Fluent and then export solution data on only that plane (in tecplot format). Then you can read this data with Tecplot and it will only have and hence only plot data on the planes that were imported. You can simultaneously export from as many planes as you like. This is the method I normally use since I can define my planes in Fluent and export small data files rather than reading an entire case & data file each time in tecplot. This should also be similar to creating "slices" in tecplot.

Happy plotting!

[Philipov]

save case and data files from fluent calculation and then use Tecplot option Fluent data loader..... there define your slice and whatever you want....

[MASOUD]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

That is correct. Slices don't work if you do that.

The Export Data option in Fluent (even when you choose Tecplot format) saves a delimited text file of data points that tecplot can then read. It does not save in anything special that tecplot can interpret.

If you want to create slices in Tecplot then I suggest you keep using the Fluent Data importer or to read the case-data file directly into Tecplot.

Alternatively, you can create a plane in Fluent and then export solution data on only that plane (in tecplot format). Then you can read this data with Tecplot and it will only have and hence only plot data on the planes that were imported. You can simultaneously export from as many planes as you like. This is the method I normally use since I can define my planes in Fluent and export small data files rather than reading an entire case & data file each time in tecplot. This should also be similar to creating "slices" in tecplot.

Happy plotting!

Many thanks for immediate reply.

1. When I use 'Fluent Data Loader' it does not import all variables, Custom Field Functions, etc. Is there any way to handle this issue?

2. In Fluent itself, it is easy to create planes for the whole computational domain, not for sub-domains. It is attached, in Z-direction if create a plane, it will have all 5 subdomains in it but i want just anode. Any help in this?

Thanks again

[MASOUD]

Originally Posted by Philipov

save case and data files from fluent calculation and then use Tecplot option Fluent data loader..... there define your slice and whatever you want....

Thanks...please see the other reply.

[LuckyTran]

Originally Posted by MASOUD

Many thanks for immediate reply.

1. When I use 'Fluent Data Loader' it does not import all variables, Custom Field Functions, etc. Is there any way to handle this issue?

2. In Fluent itself, it is easy to create planes for the whole computational domain, not for sub-domains. It is attached, in Z-direction if create a plane, it will have all 5 subdomains in it but i want just anode. Any help in this?

Thanks again

1. Tecplot imports all data that is available. If Tecplot does not import it, then it is not there. Fluent saves only the most relevant variables to save storage space. Redundant variables are not stored and must be maually exported. Again, only the most fundamental variables such as velocity, pressure, turbulent kinetic energy, dissipation are saved. In your save options, you can choose which additional variables are saved. After you choose all the variables that you want, save again and import again into Tecplot.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware but you can perform calculations in Tecplot and come up with derived variables. If all the information is present and you simply want to derive a new variable from information that is present then you can write your own new variables in tecplot.

2. Each sub-domain should have it's own "zone" in Fluent. Export solution data individually zone by zone and then import zone by zone. Maybe there is a way to get Tecplot to recognize zones, I haven't looked that deep into it.

[MASOUD]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

1. Tecplot imports all data that is available. If Tecplot does not import it, then it is not there. Fluent saves only the most relevant variables to save storage space. Redundant variables are not stored and must be maually exported. Again, only the most fundamental variables such as velocity, pressure, turbulent kinetic energy, dissipation are saved. In your save options, you can choose which additional variables are saved. After you choose all the variables that you want, save again and import again into Tecplot.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware but you can perform calculations in Tecplot and come up with derived variables. If all the information is present and you simply want to derive a new variable from information that is present then you can write your own new variables in tecplot.

2. Each sub-domain should have it's own "zone" in Fluent. Export solution data individually zone by zone and then import zone by zone. Maybe there is a way to get Tecplot to recognize zones, I haven't looked that deep into it.

1. If i am not mistaken, to have additional variables:
File=>Data File Quantities=>select Additional Quantities=>OK and then File=>Write=>Case and Data and then use Fluent Data Loader in Tecplot

With this procedure, again I can't see my defined variables using Custom Field Function (which uses two UDM calculated in a UDF)

2. To have a plane on Z-axis (e.g. z=2), Fluent can create a plane using the Surface=>Plane=>options=>Alligned with surface...
But this gives me a plane which hass all 5 sub-domains in the attached figure. But I just need the anode in this plane. How can I do this?

Thanks a lot.

[LuckyTran]

Originally Posted by MASOUD

1. If i am not mistaken, to have additional variables:
File=>Data File Quantities=>select Additional Quantities=>OK and then File=>Write=>Case and Data and then use Fluent Data Loader in Tecplot

With this procedure, again I can't see my defined variables using Custom Field Function (which uses two UDM calculated in a UDF)

2. To have a plane on Z-axis (e.g. z=2), Fluent can create a plane using the Surface=>Plane=>options=>Alligned with surface...
But this gives me a plane which hass all 5 sub-domains in the attached figure. But I just need the anode in this plane. How can I do this?

Thanks a lot.

1. That is the correct procedure. Not sure why you can't see the UDF variables, I might edit when I think about this more and find the answer.

2. You can also create a point (or point surface) the same way.

[MASOUD]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

1. That is the correct procedure. Not sure why you can't see the UDF variables, I might edit when I think about this more and find the answer.

2. You can also create a point (or point surface) the same way.

Thanks. I didn't understand Answer-2. How can a Point give the plane?

[LuckyTran]

Originally Posted by MASOUD

Thanks. I didn't understand Answer-2. How can a Point give the plane?

Oops. I thought you mean a node, I just realized you meant anode. So that would not work.

Do you have the different regions set up in Fluent as different zones? You should, cause otherwise they are the same logical zone and there is no differentiation between each. You can export data by zone.

[scott_rumage]

Masoud, the latest release of Tecplot 360 2012 has the ability to do a "constrained slice". This feature may solve your need to create a slice of the anode area only. Here is a link showing to a page with a video showing this feature: http://www.tecplot.com/Solutions/Pro...strainedslices

One can download the latest version or a full-featured demo version from the Tecplot web-site as well.

Scott

[LuckyTran]

Originally Posted by scott_rumage

Masoud, the latest release of Tecplot 360 2012 has the ability to do a "constrained slice"

Any luck with this Masoud? Don't forget you can show more than one slice at once.