[General] Fluent to Paraview

vmlxb6 · September 19, 2012, 14:15

I do realize this is the very basic and a lot of people have posted stuff on this but I am unable to get it. I have a 3-D steady state simulation in Fluent and would like to get pressure and mass flow contours using Paraview.
I first tried to read the fluent case file which only displays the surface and the contour button is inactive.
My second attempt was to use the .CGNS file which I used in techplot but that didnt work.
I then exported the file as ensight case gold and renamed the extension as .case but even that didnt work.

could someone please help me out. It should be a pretty easy thing but I am unable to get it.

Thank you very much.

NormalVector · September 20, 2012, 17:53

Check the other posts on this subject, you have to use the "cell data to point data" filter for the contours to show up.

vmlxb6 · September 21, 2012, 09:15

Thank you very much. Using the filter 'cell data to point data' worked !!!!

NormalVector · September 21, 2012, 11:45

That's good. Do you happen to know how to read in transient Fluent data? That's the problem I'm having now. I think it's a file naming problem; I can read in one timestep but it doesn't like reading multiple data files.

September 19, 2012, 14:15	Fluent to Paraview	#1
vmlxb6 Senior Member Ugly Kid Joe Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 193 Rep Power: 15	I do realize this is the very basic and a lot of people have posted stuff on this but I am unable to get it. I have a 3-D steady state simulation in Fluent and would like to get pressure and mass flow contours using Paraview. I first tried to read the fluent case file which only displays the surface and the contour button is inactive. My second attempt was to use the .CGNS file which I used in techplot but that didnt work. I then exported the file as ensight case gold and renamed the extension as .case but even that didnt work. could someone please help me out. It should be a pretty easy thing but I am unable to get it. Thank you very much.

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September 20, 2012, 17:53		#2
NormalVector Member NormalVector Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 71 Rep Power: 15	Check the other posts on this subject, you have to use the "cell data to point data" filter for the contours to show up.

September 21, 2012, 09:15		#3
vmlxb6 Senior Member Ugly Kid Joe Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 193 Rep Power: 15	Thank you very much. Using the filter 'cell data to point data' worked !!!!

September 21, 2012, 11:45		#4
NormalVector Member NormalVector Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 71 Rep Power: 15	That's good. Do you happen to know how to read in transient Fluent data? That's the problem I'm having now. I think it's a file naming problem; I can read in one timestep but it doesn't like reading multiple data files.