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2 Select CGNS file
In the Simulation Navigator, right-click the solution process and choose Add Load→Input File.
(Optional) In the Input File dialog box, in the Operation Name box, type the name that you want to appear in the Simulation Navigator for the input file.
Click Browse .
In the Input File dialog box, browse to and select the CGNS file that you want to use as the data source.
In the Options group, from the File Name Separator list, select the symbol that separates the file name from the iteration in the CGNS file.
In the Unit System group, from the Mass, Length, Delta Time, Temperature, and Angle lists, select the units that correspond to the data in the CGNS file.
In the Evaluation Nodes group, in the Pressure, Mass Density, Speed of Sound, and Temperature boxes, if the names of the data sets that you want to import from the CGNS file are different from the predefined names in these boxes, add the names that are used in the CGNS file.For example, if the name for the temperature data set in the CGNS file is ABSOLUTETEMPERATURE, in the Temperature box, type ABSOLUTETEMPERATURE. Use a comma to separate the names.Note: Because the name matching is not case sensitive, you could also type AbsoluteTemperature or absolutetemperature, and so on.
In the Data group, click Refresh .The types of data sets in the CGNS file are listed in the Data table. The table lists only the data sets in the CGNS file whose name matches one of those in the Evaluation Nodes group.
To exclude a data set from being mapped to the SCH5 file, in the Data table, in the row of the data set that you want to exclude, right-click and choose Flip Selection .
(Optional) To change the name under which a data set is stored in the SCH5 file, in the row of the data set that you want to change, right-click and choose Edit Target Storage Name .
Click OK.
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Define acoustic properties of fluids with CFD results
1 Create model and load pre-processing solution process
3 Map the CGNS data from the CFD mesh to the acoustic mesh
4 Create acoustic temperature mapping simulation object
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