How to View Contour Scene while Solving

Chris2337 · May 4, 2020, 15:35

Hello Everyone,

I'm coming from using Star-CCM+ so this may be a simple question for Fluent folk, but when locally running Fluent is there a way to minimize the residual plot while solving to observe other plots and/or scenes in real time?

Thanks,
Chris

vinerm · May 5, 2020, 07:19

You do not need to minimize residuals to view other fields, however, you need to set those up before starting a simulation. In Fluent, don't know how it is in CCM, you can stop at any instant and view the results and start from that point again. Not a good way but handy at times. You can set up Fluent animation where Fluent keeps on updating contours, or vectors, or xy-plots with iterations or time-step in their own windows; you can use multiple. Or there is an option called Fluent As A Server wherein you can post-process or monitor a case while it is running in batch mode.

May 4, 2020, 15:35	How to View Contour Scene while Solving	#1
Chris2337 Member Chris Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 36 Rep Power: 7	Hello Everyone, I'm coming from using Star-CCM+ so this may be a simple question for Fluent folk, but when locally running Fluent is there a way to minimize the residual plot while solving to observe other plots and/or scenes in real time? Thanks, Chris

May 5, 2020, 07:19	Contours and Other Fields	#2
vinerm Senior Member Vinerm Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nederland Posts: 2,946 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 35	You do not need to minimize residuals to view other fields, however, you need to set those up before starting a simulation. In Fluent, don't know how it is in CCM, you can stop at any instant and view the results and start from that point again. Not a good way but handy at times. You can set up Fluent animation where Fluent keeps on updating contours, or vectors, or xy-plots with iterations or time-step in their own windows; you can use multiple. Or there is an option called Fluent As A Server wherein you can post-process or monitor a case while it is running in batch mode. __________________ Regards, Vinerm PM to be used if and only if you do not want something to be shared publicly. PM is considered to be of the least priority.

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