Appending Results File

Simulation data is stored in the form of model and result files in any CAE software. For example, Fluent creates .cas.h5 and .dat.h5 files. The .cas.h5 file consists of the mesh, boundary conditions and initial conditions where as the .dat.h5 file contains the simulation results. For such files, VMoveXGUI supports appending results from the result file (.dat.h5 in Fluent) to the mesh in the corresponding model file (.cas.h5 in Fluent). This feature is available only for certain file types. Append Results icon is enabled only for file types for which appending results feature is supported.

Model File Extension

Appending Result Types

Fluent CAS files (*.cas.h5)

Fluent Data Files (*.dat.h5)

The following steps describe how to append results in VMoveXGUI for a .cas.h5 file.

  1. Start VMoveXGUI and load a Fluent .cas.h5 file

    • For a .cas.h5 file, only the parts are displayed since results are not available in this file type. The Append Results icon is enabled and indicates that results can be appended from the corresponding .dat.h5 file.

    Load Fluent cas file

  2. Click on Append Results icon. To append results from the .dat.h5 file, click on the Append Results Append Result Icon icon. This will open a file open browser. Select the corresponding .dat.h5 file and load it.

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  3. VMoveXGUI displays the appended results. VMoveXGUI displays the appended results as shown in the image below. These parts and results will be translated to a CAX file when saved

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  4. VmoveXGUI can load multiple .dat.h5 files at once. While appending .dat.h5 file we can select multiple files corressponding to that .cas.h5 file.

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