ParaView/VisIt

[studio-a-int]

Hello - is there a way to export the results from Simulation CFD to visualize/analyze them using ParaView or VisIt?

Thanks!

[ryan.arnaudin]

I haven't tried myself, but you may have luck with Tecplot of FieldView formats, which are available from the Simulation CFD Export menu. I believe ParaView can consume these formats.

Let us know how it goes!

[ryan.arnaudin]

Also, curious why you want to view them in another app? Is there something in particular those do well for your application? 

[studio-a-int]

Hi Ryan -

thanks for reply and apologize I did not post sooner my comments, as I had a very busy period:

1. I'm familiar with ParaView as I'm using in in combination with NG Solve, SALOME, OpenFOAM & ELMER. At this moment I'm doing a

benchmark to see what are the pluses/minuses of using Revit+Simulation CFD for architectural projects.

The only format that I managed to open in ParaView was Techplot, but I cannot visualize the streams for airflow and there are other odd things I'm investigating

right now.

2. To answer your other queston, why I like to use ParaView, the answer is: from what I have seen so far in Sim CFD + Sim CFD Viewer, I have limited options to create

animations, extract data, etc. - tools that are already available in ParaView. I hope Sim CFD + Sim CFD Viewer will evolve more and offer more tools.

On the other hand ParaView is Open Source and the speed is developing is quite impressive.