foamToTecplot360

thomasduerr · September 4, 2009, 08:40

Hi everybody,

is there already a (maybe preliminary) version of foamToTecplot360 for version 1.6(.x) available?
If one were to write such an application what were the main challenges?
( I am rel. new to OF & C++ but would like to postprocessing things with Tecplot 360 scripts as an alternative to Matlab)

Thanks a lot!

scott_rumage · December 7, 2009, 18:43

Tecplot,Inc. in conjunction with OpenCFD® is pleased to announce the availability of an OpenFOAM-to-Tecplot data converter application at the OpenFOAM® 1.6.x git repository. http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/download.html

Steps for installing the converter are:
1. Set your TEC_360_2009 environment variable to the root of your Tecplot360 folder if it isn’t already set.
2. Download the bug fix/patched version from the repository
3. Run Allwmake in the foamToTecplot360 source directory since the TecIO libraries need to be built first.

The converter will work with the following OpenFOAM® results:
- static mesh, multiple time steps
- moving mesh (geometry only changes)
- changing mesh (geometry and topology changes)
- polyhedral cell support
- point values (internal fields)
- point values (boundary fields)
- cell values (internal fields)
- cell values (boundary fields)
- multiple sets of lagrangian data ('clouds') with fields
- outputting a mesh with multiple regions

Please contact Scott Rumage (s . rumage @ tecplot . com) if you have any questions or would like more information about the converter.

OpenFOAM® is a registered trademark of OpenCFD® Ltd., who are the producers of the OpenFOAM® software and owner of the OpenFOAM® and OpenCFD® trademarks.

steve · July 15, 2010, 07:32

Hi everybody,

I have problems compiling foamToTecplot360 on OpenFOAM 1.5-dev. Is there a way to get this compiler running with this OpenFOAM version, too?
Any hints are highly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

Kind regards,
Steffen

vetnav · August 4, 2010, 19:30

Hi,

I am also running into the same problem, any help on how to read the .plt files generated by running the command foamToTecplot360

Thanks
Naveen

anfho · October 14, 2010, 16:35

Hi All,
does OF 1.7.1 come with a foamToTecplot360 converter or how do I need to install it? Thanks!
Andreas

scott_rumage · October 14, 2010, 16:50

Andreas,

It is my understanding that the foamToTecplot 360 converter is part of the standard download of OpenFOAM 1.7

Scott

wyldckat · October 14, 2010, 18:10

Greetings to all!

Just in case Andreas's next question is "then where is it?"

Where is the binary?
Code:
```
which foamToTecplot360
```

Where is the source code?

Code:

find $FOAM_UTILITIES -name foamToTecplot360

Best regards,
Bruno

pius · May 1, 2011, 00:21

Hi ! everyone

If you want to try modified "foamToTecplot360" for tec360 2008
Please let me know your email address. I will send it to you.
or you can get it at my webpage

pius

Rophys · July 21, 2011, 06:37

Hello,

I'm using the rhoCentralFoam in the openFoam 2.0. When a tried to use the command foamToTecplo360 it gave me the following error: "command not found". In the others versions I didn't have problems using it. Somebody knows how to solve this problem ?

Cheers.

wyldckat · July 21, 2011, 16:22

Greetings Rodrigo,

The library for Tecplot file handling isn't licensed as GPL, the one used by OpenFOAM. Therefore, OpenCFD has set things right in OpenFOAM 2.0 and has moved this library outside of OpenFOAM's code.

Unfortunately, they left only a little information around for people to figure out for themselves what to do. They wrote on the files README.html and README.org at ThirdParty-2.0.0/x where one can find the tecio library. The idea is to download the given link and unpack it into the folder ThirdParty-2.0.0/x.

Then go back to the main OpenFOAM folder and run Allwmake again and things will get themselves straight.

On the other hand, if you are using the Debian packages of OpenFOAM for Ubuntu/Debian, then things get a bit more complicated. If this is the case, I can write instructions for building the tecio library and foamToTecplot360.

Now, if you built OpenFOAM yourself and if you are feeling a bit lazy, you can use the getter script from here... or better yet, here's what you can run:

Code:

foam3rdParty
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
chmod +x getTecIO
./getTecIO
foam
./Allwmake

Best regards,
Bruno

Rophys · July 22, 2011, 06:54

Hi Bruno,

Thank you very much for your information. It was very helpful.

If somebody have the same problem, not forget to execute the command ./Allwmake in the thirdPart and in the openFoam folders.

Cheers

jignesh_thaker2007 · August 20, 2011, 03:39

Hi ! everyone
I m using openfoam2.0.0. so plz tel me how to install techplot for converting data of openfoam

Rophys · August 21, 2011, 15:26

Hi...

So, are you using the openFoam 2.0 and you wish convert your results to use the Tecplot ? I this way, use the command foamToTecplot360 after finish your simulation.

Obs.: Tecplot is not free. You need to buy or use one that is available in yoir university or campany.

Cheers.

jignesh_thaker2007 · August 23, 2011, 02:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rophys

Hi...

So, are you using the openFoam 2.0 and you wish convert your results to use the Tecplot ? I this way, use the command foamToTecplot360 after finish your simulation.

Obs.: Tecplot is not free. You need to buy or use one that is available in yoir university or campany.

Cheers.

Thanks

i will try to do this

jignesh_thaker2007 · August 23, 2011, 02:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by jignesh_thaker2007

Thanks

i will try to do this

I tried but it cant work error like command not found
so
plz help me to solve this problem
what are the steps to convert the data of openfoam to techplot360?
right now i havent install tech plot
but i need data file of openfoam in to .dat or .plt format
so what is the procedure to write data in above format?

i m waiting for ur reply

Rophys · August 23, 2011, 05:15

Hi,

Now I understand your problem. So, follow the steps that Bruno sad and you will fix the problem.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"The library for Tecplot file handling isn't licensed as GPL, the one used by OpenFOAM. Therefore, OpenCFD has set things right in OpenFOAM 2.0 and has moved this library outside of OpenFOAM's code.

Unfortunately, they left only a little information around for people to figure out for themselves what to do. They wrote on the files README.html and README.org at ThirdParty-2.0.0/x where one can find the tecio library. The idea is to download the given link and unpack it into the folder ThirdParty-2.0.0/x.

Then go back to the main OpenFOAM folder and run Allwmake again and things will get themselves straight.

On the other hand, if you are using the Debian packages of OpenFOAM for Ubuntu/Debian, then things get a bit more complicated. If this is the case, I can write instructions for building the tecio library and foamToTecplot360.

Now, if you built OpenFOAM yourself and if you are feeling a bit lazy, you can use the getter script from here... or better yet, here's what you can run:"
Code:
foam3rdParty
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
chmod +x getTecIO
./getTecIO
foam
./Allwmake

wyldckat · August 23, 2011, 05:48

Greetings to all!

OOooohhh... now I get it

@jignesh_thaker2007, you could have been more specific with your question on the other threads where you posted...

Here's what you need to do first and follow this to the letter!

Code:

mkdir -p $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.0.1
mkdir -p $HOME/OpenFOAM
cd $HOME/OpenFOAM
#wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz #old version
#tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz #old version
mkdir ThirdParty-2.0.1
wget "https://github.com/OpenCFD/ThirdParty-2.0.x/tarball/master" -O ThirdParty-2.0.x.tar.gz
tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.0.x.tar.gz -C ThirdParty-2.0.1 --strip-components=1
echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR=$HOME/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.1 > $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.0.1/prefs.sh
wmSET

Now for the second part, which is what Rophys was talking about:

Code:

foam3rdParty
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
chmod +x getTecIO
./getTecIO
 ./Allwmake

Do Allwmake here. Sorry about this... doing more than one thing at a time leads to these kinds of errors

Third part:

Code:

mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN
cd $FOAM_RUN/..
cp -r $WM_PROJECT_DIR/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToTecplot360 foamToTecplot360
cd foamToTecplot360
sed -i -e 's=FOAM_APPBIN=FOAM_USER_APPBIN=' Make/files
./Allwmake

OK, now it should work!

Best regards,
Bruno

jignesh_thaker2007 · August 23, 2011, 05:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings to all!

OOooohhh... now I get it

@jignesh_thaker2007, you could have been more specific with your question on the other threads where you posted...

Here's what you need to do first and follow this to the letter!

Code:

mkdir -p $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.0.1
mkdir -p $HOME/OpenFOAM
cd $HOME/OpenFOAM
wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz
tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz
echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR=$HOME/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.1 > $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.0.1/prefs.sh
wmSET

Now for the second part, which is what Rophys was talking about:

Code:

foam3rdParty
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
chmod +x getTecIO
./getTecIO
foam
./Allwmake

I haven't tested this yet, but it should work as intended.

Best regards,
Bruno

yes sir,
i m doing above procedure right now
thanks sir for ur kind reply

wyldckat · August 23, 2011, 07:21

I forgot about a detail on the previous post, which I've edited and added now.

See the new third part, as well as the end of the second part which I've edited.

Best regards,
Bruno

jignesh_thaker2007 · August 23, 2011, 09:54

hiiiiiiiiii sir

sir this process takes long time may be 4 hour because downloading speed is very slow

sir i used openfoam version 2.0.0. & i think above details is for foam2.0.1
so is there any trouble arise?

September 4, 2009, 08:40	foamToTecplot360	#1
thomasduerr New Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 16	Hi everybody, is there already a (maybe preliminary) version of foamToTecplot360 for version 1.6(.x) available? If one were to write such an application what were the main challenges? ( I am rel. new to OF & C++ but would like to postprocessing things with Tecplot 360 scripts as an alternative to Matlab) Thanks a lot! rujia likes this.

December 7, 2009, 18:43	OpenFOAM to Tecplot 360 converter note	#2
scott_rumage Senior Member Scott Rumage Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 152 Rep Power: 16	Tecplot,Inc. in conjunction with OpenCFD® is pleased to announce the availability of an OpenFOAM-to-Tecplot data converter application at the OpenFOAM® 1.6.x git repository. http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/download.html Steps for installing the converter are: 1. Set your TEC_360_2009 environment variable to the root of your Tecplot360 folder if it isn’t already set. 2. Download the bug fix/patched version from the repository 3. Run Allwmake in the foamToTecplot360 source directory since the TecIO libraries need to be built first. The converter will work with the following OpenFOAM® results: - static mesh, multiple time steps - moving mesh (geometry only changes) - changing mesh (geometry and topology changes) - polyhedral cell support - point values (internal fields) - point values (boundary fields) - cell values (internal fields) - cell values (boundary fields) - multiple sets of lagrangian data ('clouds') with fields - outputting a mesh with multiple regions Please contact Scott Rumage (s . rumage @ tecplot . com) if you have any questions or would like more information about the converter. OpenFOAM® is a registered trademark of OpenCFD® Ltd., who are the producers of the OpenFOAM® software and owner of the OpenFOAM® and OpenCFD® trademarks. krishtej23 likes this.

July 15, 2010, 07:32	foamToTecplot360 and OpenFOAM 1.5-dev	#3
steve New Member Steffen Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 16	Hi everybody, I have problems compiling foamToTecplot360 on OpenFOAM 1.5-dev. Is there a way to get this compiler running with this OpenFOAM version, too? Any hints are highly appreciated! Thanks a lot! Kind regards, Steffen

October 14, 2010, 16:50	foamToTecplot360 for 1.7	#6
scott_rumage Senior Member Scott Rumage Join Date: May 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 152 Rep Power: 16	Andreas, It is my understanding that the foamToTecplot 360 converter is part of the standard download of OpenFOAM 1.7 Scott

October 14, 2010, 18:10		#7
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings to all! Just in case Andreas's next question is "then where is it?" Where is the binary? Code: which foamToTecplot360 Where is the source code? Code: find $FOAM_UTILITIES -name foamToTecplot360 Best regards, Bruno sabiru likes this. __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

August 4, 2010, 19:30		#4
vetnav Member Naveen Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 65 Rep Power: 16	Hi, I am also running into the same problem, any help on how to read the .plt files generated by running the command foamToTecplot360 Thanks Naveen

October 14, 2010, 16:35		#5
anfho Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 36 Rep Power: 15	Hi All, does OF 1.7.1 come with a foamToTecplot360 converter or how do I need to install it? Thanks! Andreas

May 1, 2011, 00:21	Do you need foamToTecplot360 for 2008	#8
pius New Member Hyung Min Kim Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 15	Hi ! everyone If you want to try modified "foamToTecplot360" for tec360 2008 Please let me know your email address. I will send it to you. or you can get it at my webpage pius Last edited by pius; May 1, 2011 at 21:05.

July 21, 2011, 06:37		#9
Rophys Member R. P. Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 15	Hello, I'm using the rhoCentralFoam in the openFoam 2.0. When a tried to use the command foamToTecplo360 it gave me the following error: "command not found". In the others versions I didn't have problems using it. Somebody knows how to solve this problem ? Cheers.

July 21, 2011, 16:22		#10
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings Rodrigo, The library for Tecplot file handling isn't licensed as GPL, the one used by OpenFOAM. Therefore, OpenCFD has set things right in OpenFOAM 2.0 and has moved this library outside of OpenFOAM's code. Unfortunately, they left only a little information around for people to figure out for themselves what to do. They wrote on the files README.html and README.org at ThirdParty-2.0.0/x where one can find the tecio library. The idea is to download the given link and unpack it into the folder ThirdParty-2.0.0/x. Then go back to the main OpenFOAM folder and run Allwmake again and things will get themselves straight. On the other hand, if you are using the Debian packages of OpenFOAM for Ubuntu/Debian, then things get a bit more complicated. If this is the case, I can write instructions for building the tecio library and foamToTecplot360. Now, if you built OpenFOAM yourself and if you are feeling a bit lazy, you can use the getter script from here... or better yet, here's what you can run: Code: foam3rdParty wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO chmod +x getTecIO ./getTecIO foam ./Allwmake Best regards, Bruno solefire, Elham, aerothermal and 5 others like this. __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

July 22, 2011, 06:54	Thanks	#11
Rophys Member R. P. Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 15	Hi Bruno, Thank you very much for your information. It was very helpful. If somebody have the same problem, not forget to execute the command ./Allwmake in the thirdPart and in the openFoam folders. Cheers

August 20, 2011, 03:39		#12
jignesh_thaker2007 Member Jignesh Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: India Posts: 68 Rep Power: 14	Hi ! everyone I m using openfoam2.0.0. so plz tel me how to install techplot for converting data of openfoam

August 21, 2011, 15:26		#13
Rophys Member R. P. Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 15	Hi... So, are you using the openFoam 2.0 and you wish convert your results to use the Tecplot ? I this way, use the command foamToTecplot360 after finish your simulation. Obs.: Tecplot is not free. You need to buy or use one that is available in yoir university or campany. Cheers.

August 23, 2011, 05:15		#16
Rophys Member R. P. Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 15	Hi, Now I understand your problem. So, follow the steps that Bruno sad and you will fix the problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The library for Tecplot file handling isn't licensed as GPL, the one used by OpenFOAM. Therefore, OpenCFD has set things right in OpenFOAM 2.0 and has moved this library outside of OpenFOAM's code. Unfortunately, they left only a little information around for people to figure out for themselves what to do. They wrote on the files README.html and README.org at ThirdParty-2.0.0/x where one can find the tecio library. The idea is to download the given link and unpack it into the folder ThirdParty-2.0.0/x. Then go back to the main OpenFOAM folder and run Allwmake again and things will get themselves straight. On the other hand, if you are using the Debian packages of OpenFOAM for Ubuntu/Debian, then things get a bit more complicated. If this is the case, I can write instructions for building the tecio library and foamToTecplot360. Now, if you built OpenFOAM yourself and if you are feeling a bit lazy, you can use the getter script from here... or better yet, here's what you can run:" Code: foam3rdParty wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO chmod +x getTecIO ./getTecIO foam ./Allwmake

August 23, 2011, 05:48		#17
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings to all! OOooohhh... now I get it @jignesh_thaker2007, you could have been more specific with your question on the other threads where you posted... Here's what you need to do first and follow this to the letter! Code: mkdir -p $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.0.1 mkdir -p $HOME/OpenFOAM cd $HOME/OpenFOAM #wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/foam/ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz?use_mirror=mesh" -O ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz #old version #tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.0.1.gtgz #old version mkdir ThirdParty-2.0.1 wget "https://github.com/OpenCFD/ThirdParty-2.0.x/tarball/master" -O ThirdParty-2.0.x.tar.gz tar -xzf ThirdParty-2.0.x.tar.gz -C ThirdParty-2.0.1 --strip-components=1 echo export WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR=$HOME/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.1 > $HOME/.OpenFOAM/2.0.1/prefs.sh wmSET Now for the second part, which is what Rophys was talking about: Code: foam3rdParty wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO chmod +x getTecIO ./getTecIO ./Allwmake Do Allwmake here. Sorry about this... doing more than one thing at a time leads to these kinds of errors Third part: Code: mkdir -p $FOAM_RUN cd $FOAM_RUN/.. cp -r $WM_PROJECT_DIR/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToTecplot360 foamToTecplot360 cd foamToTecplot360 sed -i -e 's=FOAM_APPBIN=FOAM_USER_APPBIN=' Make/files ./Allwmake OK, now it should work! Best regards, Bruno anishtain4, solefire, kiddmax and 10 others like this. __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM Last edited by wyldckat; August 23, 2011 at 11:49. Reason: added a third part

August 23, 2011, 07:21		#19
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	I forgot about a detail on the previous post, which I've edited and added now. See the new third part, as well as the end of the second part which I've edited. Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

August 23, 2011, 09:54		#20
jignesh_thaker2007 Member Jignesh Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: India Posts: 68 Rep Power: 14	hiiiiiiiiii sir sir this process takes long time may be 4 hour because downloading speed is very slow sir i used openfoam version 2.0.0. & i think above details is for foam2.0.1 so is there any trouble arise? Last edited by jignesh_thaker2007; August 23, 2011 at 10:14.