ParaView output files

When you request output in ParaView format, the number and type of ParaView files that the software generates depends on the solver and the solution type.

In the file names:

• I is the total number of processors.

• J is the processor ID, starting from 0.

• K is the flow enclosure ID, starting from 0.

• M is the transient time step, starting from 0.

• N is the particle tracking time step, starting from 0 for the parallel flow solver and from 1 for the serial flow solver.

• SiteName is the name of the Particle Injection simulation object.

• TrackingName is the name of the Flow Surface or Screen simulation object from which you request the reports.

File name	Flow Solver	Solution type	Description
flow_element_IpeK_Ip_M.pvtu	Parallel	Steady state or transient	These files contain the elemental solution field for all processors at the output time M. For the steady state run, M=0.
flow_element_IpeK_IpJ_M.vtu	Parallel	Steady state or transient	These files contain the elemental solution field for each processor J at the output time M. For the steady state run, M=0.
flow_face_IpeK_Ip_M.pvtu	Parallel	Steady state or transient	These files contain the solution field on faces for all processors at the output time M. For the steady state run, M=0.
flow_face_IpeK_IpJ_M.vtu	Parallel	Steady state or transient	These files contain the solution field on faces for each processor J at the output time M. For the steady state run, M=0.
flow_solid.vtu	Serial	Steady state	This file contains the nodal solution field.
flow_solid_M.vtu	Serial	Transient	These files contain the nodal solution field at the output time M.
flow_solid_IpeK_Ip_M.pvtu	Parallel	Steady state or transient	These files contain the nodal solution field for all processors at the output time M. For the steady state run, M=0.
flow_solid_IpeK_IpJ_M.vtu	Parallel	Steady state or transient	These files contain the nodal solution field for each processor J at the output time M. For the steady state run, M=0.
Particle_N.vtp	Serial	Particle tracking	These files contain the coordinates of the particle positions and particle radius at the particle tracking output time N.
Particle_IpeK_Ip_N.pvtp	Parallel	Particle tracking	These files contain the coordinates of the particle positions and particle radius for all processors at the particle tracking output time N.
Particle_IpeK_IpJ_N.vtp	Parallel	Particle tracking	These files contain the coordinates of the particle positions and particle radius for each processor J at the particle tracking output time N.
SiteName_N.vtp	Serial	Particle tracking with requested particle impact or pass-through reports	These files contain the position coordinates of particles injected from the Particle Injection simulation object called SiteName at the particle tracking output time N.
SiteName_IpeK_Ip_N.pvtp	Parallel	Particle tracking with requested particle impact or pass-through reports	These files contain the position coordinates of particles injected from the Particle Injection simulation object called SiteName for all processors at the particle tracking output time N.
SiteName_IpeK_IpJ_N.vtp	Parallel	Particle tracking with requested particle impact or pass-through reports	These files contain the position coordinates of particles injected from the Particle Injection simulation object called SiteName for each processor J at the particle tracking output time N.
SiteName_TrackingName_N.vtp	Serial	Particle tracking with requested particle impact or pass-through reports	These files contain the position coordinates of particles injected from the Particle Injection simulation object called SiteName that contacts the tracking surface called TrackingName at the particle tracking output time N.
SiteName_TrackingName_IpeK_Ip_N.pvtp	Parallel	Particle tracking with requested particle impact or pass-through reports	These files contain the position coordinates of particles injected from the Particle Injection simulation object called SiteName that contacts the tracking surface called TrackingName for all processors at the particle tracking output time N.
SiteName_TrackingName_IpeK_IpJ_N.vtp	Parallel	Particle tracking with requested particle impact or pass-through reports	These files contain the position coordinates of particles injected from the Particle Injection simulation object called SiteName that contacts the tracking surface called TrackingName for each processor J at the particle tracking output time N.

Example:

For a simulation on 8 processors, a model with 3 flow enclosures generates 24 particle ParaView files for each particle tracking time step. One of the generated files has the following name: Particle_8pe1_8p4_20.vtp. This file contains particle coordinates from the second flow enclosure computed on the fifth processor for the twenty-first particle time step.

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