Convert existing ASCII case to binary?

hsnyder · April 27, 2020, 00:30

Hi everyone, is it possible to change the format of an existing case (all time steps) from ASCII format to binary format? If so, how?

Thanks.

clapointe · April 27, 2020, 00:53

There is a utlitiy -- foamFormatConvert -- that from the description can be used to convert from binary to ascii (https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...ormatConvert.C). It is worth checking if it works the other way too -- I've not tried to do so.

Caelan

hsnyder · April 27, 2020, 01:01

That worked! All I had to do was change writeFormat in the controlDict and run foamFormatConvert, and it converted the whole case to binary. Thank you!

SimonStar · April 27, 2020, 05:20

I also found a online service to do that if you are still interessted:
https://www.meshconvert.com/de.html

April 27, 2020, 00:30	Convert existing ASCII case to binary?	#1
hsnyder New Member Harris Snyder Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 7	Hi everyone, is it possible to change the format of an existing case (all time steps) from ASCII format to binary format? If so, how? Thanks.

April 27, 2020, 00:53		#2
clapointe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 494 Rep Power: 14	There is a utlitiy -- foamFormatConvert -- that from the description can be used to convert from binary to ascii (https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...ormatConvert.C). It is worth checking if it works the other way too -- I've not tried to do so. Caelan esma likes this.

April 27, 2020, 01:01		#3
hsnyder New Member Harris Snyder Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 7	That worked! All I had to do was change writeFormat in the controlDict and run foamFormatConvert, and it converted the whole case to binary. Thank you! esma likes this.

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April 27, 2020, 05:20		#4
SimonStar Member Simon Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Germany Posts: 51 Rep Power: 6	I also found a online service to do that if you are still interessted: https://www.meshconvert.com/de.html