Import options for Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Electronic Systems Cooling, and Space Systems Thermal

File Type	File type description	File name or extension	Supported entities and objects	Not supported
I-DEAS Universal	Exported by NX I-deas Electronic Systems Cooling (ESC) or NX I-deas TMG Thermal Analysis	Extension: ***.unv**	Nodes, elements and their propertiesFlow and thermal boundary conditionsGroups containing elements and nodesFunction based material properties with up to one variable	Geometry Permanent groupsInterpolation RelationshipsText Entities TMG Printout Options Element Merge Sets
TMG/ESC Scratch File	Created during an analysis by NX I-deas Electronic Systems Cooling (ESC), NX I-deas TMG Thermal Analysis, or Femap TMG Thermal/Flow	File name for NX I-deas TMG or Femap Thermal and Flow: tmgmdl.datFile name for NX I-deas ESC: escmdl.dat
TMG INPF	Created during a thermal analysis by NX I-deas TMG Thermal Analysis, Femap TMG Thermal and Flow, Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Simcenter 3D Electronic Systems Cooling, or Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal	File name: INPF
Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow Solver Input	Created by the Write Solver Input File command or the Solve command	File name format: [simulation_name]-[solution_name].xml	All objects except the ones listed in Not supported column	Named curves
Solution Error/Warning Groups	Groups created by Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Simcenter 3D Electronic Systems Cooling, and Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal during a solution.	File name: groups.unv	All output groups	Assembly FEMs
CGNS1	CFD General Notation System file exported by a CFD program	Extension: ***.cgns**	Nodes and elements	GeometryBoundary conditionsElement properties
PLOT3D1	Generic 3D representation format exported by a CFD or FEM program	N.A.
Radiation Model: TSS2	Standards for space thermal analysis models and results	Extension of Geometry File: ***.tssgm**Extension of Material File: ***.tssma**Extension of Optical File: ***.tssop**	Primitives with their properties3	Assembly FEMs
Radiation Model: ESARAD2	Extension: ***.erg**
Radiation Model: Thermica2	Extension: ***.SYSBAS**
Radiation Model: Step-Tas2	Extension: ***.stp**	All primitives with their propertiesShell and solid elements

Note:

1. CGNS and PLOT3D models can only be imported into Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow and Simcenter 3D Electronic Systems Cooling.

2. Radiation models can only be imported into Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal.

3. See Supported features for importing radiation models for more information.

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Import options for Simcenter 3D Thermal/Flow, Electronic Systems Cooling, and Space Systems Thermal, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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