Hello all. I'm interested in using ParaView to view unstructured CFD solutions. I'm currently using a proprietary flow solver which outputs results in FieldView-Unstructured format. The nice thing about that format is that it allows the inclusion of not just the solution grid, but also all the boundary surface geometry.
However, I'm not crazy about being stuck with FieldView as my only option, so I'd like to write a translator to output an equivalent dataset in a more open format. I've looked at CGNS, but it expects the user to link to external CAD files to provide the surface geometry. Is there a recommended file format supported by VTK that is well-documented which includes the capability to include the surface geometry as a triangular surface mesh? The geometric body definitions in my existing FieldView-Unstructured files consist of triangular surface meshes, a la FACET or STL, and in fact starts out as a FACET input into the flow solver. Another question is if ParaView allows such a surface to clip the mesh such that it would be possible to view a coordinate plane, but only the portion contained within one of the boundary surfaces? Thank you. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
