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Old   June 20, 2019, 05:00
Default How to display thermal gradients in Paraview
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I am using the chtMultiRegionFoam solver to look at transient conduction through multi-phase systems. The simulations are running correctly and I am able to visualize the temperature maps using Paraview, however I would like to be able to see the thermal gradients as well.

When I apply the Gradient of Unstrcutred DataSet filter in Paraview I get the following error:
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ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Filters\General\vtkGradientFilter.cxx, line 318
vtkGradientFilter (00000205FBC4A420): No input array. If this dataset is part of a composite dataset check to make sure that all non-empty blocks have this array.

ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx, line 782
vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (00000205F4C65220): Algorithm vtkGradientFilter(00000205FBC4A420) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (0000020592472820)
  Debug: Off
  Modified Time: 19414550
  Reference Count: 1
  Registered Events: (none)
  Request: REQUEST_DATA
  FROM_OUTPUT_PORT: 0
  FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
  ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
In the T file, I can see the following lines, so it looks like a gradient has been calculated (although I don't see a direction associated to these magnitudes).:
Code:
        refGradient     uniform 0;
        valueFraction   nonuniform List<scalar> 
1520
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0.0033887263
0.0033894414
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have seen some cases where people need to modify the solvers itself in order to export certain fields but for something as simple as dT/dx, dT/dy and their magnitude it seems like there should be an easier way.
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Have you tried the "Gradient Of Unstructured Data Set" filter in paraview?
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Have you tried the "Gradient Of Unstructured Data Set" filter in paraview?
Yes, it was my first approach. The error message that paraview gave me is in the original post.
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Sorry, I think I was a bit too scatter brained when I replied!

It seems as though the parafoam doesn't have the temperature values everywhere that you are requesting. Maybe make sure that only the internal mesh is selected, and if you're doing a 2d simulation, take a slice of the domain?
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Sorry, I think I was a bit too scatter brained when I replied!

It seems as though the parafoam doesn't have the temperature values everywhere that you are requesting. Maybe make sure that only the internal mesh is selected, and if you're doing a 2d simulation, take a slice of the domain?
Ah thanks! That was it. All three of the following were checked by default. Removing the first one allowed it to correctly display the gradients.

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internalMesh
phase1/internalMesh
phase2/internalMesh
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