Files

  • Used to specify the files that needs to be read or written.

  • This is a mandatory section and must be available in the arguments file.

  • Usage Example:

    * FILES, FOLDER="/home/vcollab/models"

- "FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5", TYPE=FLUENT_H5

  • The file path or file name for each of the input files should be provided in one data line as the name. This loads only mesh file.

  • In order to add/append results to the mesh file, one should provide the .dat.h5 file with TYPE as FLUENT_DAT_H5

  • Usage Example:

    * FILES, FOLDER="/home/vcollab/models"

- "FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5", TYPE=FLUENT_H5
- "FFF.1-5-6.0.dat.h5", TYPE=FLUENT_DAT_H5

  • To load multiple dat files * wild key can be used.

  • Usage Example:

    * FILES, FOLDER="/home/vcollab/models"

- "FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5", TYPE=FLUENT_H5
- "FFF.*.dat.h5", TYPE=FLUENT_DAT_H5

  • This command appends all dat files with FFF. in the start and .dat.h5 at the end.

Section Attributes

  • FOLDER: Base folder.

    • Both absolute and relative paths can be specified.

    • When a base folder is specified, all the relative paths are considered to be relative to the base folder.

    • Default value: Argument files folder path

Data Attributes

  • TYPE: File type.

    • Supported values are:

      • FLUENT_H5

      • FLUENT_DAT_H5

      • VCOLLAB_CAX

      • APPLICATION_LOG

    • If the TYPE is specified, the application tries to auto-detect the file type based on the file extension. The list of extensions is provided below.

      File extensions

      Extension

      Inferred file type

      .cas.h5

      FLUENT_H5

      .dat.h5

      FLUENT_DAT_H5

      .cax

      VCOLLAB_CAX

      .log

      APPLICATION_LOG

  • CONTENT: Tells the application what to read/write from/to specific file.

    • Supported file content types are:

      • MODEL

      • RESULTS

      • CAX

      • LOG

    • If not specified, applications tries to identify it automatically.

Examples

Create CAX file

* FILES

- in\FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5
- in\FFF.1-5-6.0.dat.h5
- out\FFF.1-5-6.0.cax

  • Reads the mesh and results from “FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5” and “FFF.1-5-6.0.dat.h5” located in the “in” folder.

  • Creates the “FFF.1-5-6.0.cax” file and writes it to the “out” folder.

  • The “in” and “out” folders are relative to the “arg_file.txt”.

Create CAX file with multiple dat files

* FILES

- in\FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5
- in\FFF.*.dat.h5
- out\FFF.1-5-6.0.cax

  • Reads the mesh and results from “FFF.1-5-6.0.cas.h5” and all results file with “FFF.*.dat.h5” located in the “in” folder.

  • Creates the “FFF.1-5-6.0.cax” file and writes it to the “out” folder.

  • The “in” and “out” folders are relative to the “arg_file.txt”.