foamToVTK.C File Reference

Legacy VTK file format writer. More...

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Detailed Description

Legacy VTK file format writer.

Original source file foamToVTK.C

- Handles volFields, pointFields, surfaceScalarField, surfaceVectorField fields.

• Mesh topo changes.
• Both ascii and binary.
• Single time step writing.
• Write subset only.
• Automatic decomposition of cells; polygons on boundary undecomposed since handled by vtk.

Usage

foamToVTK [OPTION]

Options:

• -ascii

  Write VTK data in ASCII format instead of binary.

• -mesh <name>

  Use a different mesh name (instead of -region)

• -fields <fields>

  Convert selected fields only. For example,

        -fields "( p T U )"

  The quoting is required to avoid shell expansions and to pass the information as a single argument.

• -surfaceFields

  Write surfaceScalarFields (e.g., phi)

• -cellSet <name>

• -faceSet <name>

• -pointSet <name>

  Restrict conversion to the cellSet, faceSet or pointSet.

• -nearCellValue

  Output cell value on patches instead of patch value itself

• -noInternal

  Do not generate file for mesh, only for patches

• -noPointValues

  No pointFields

• -noFaceZones

  No faceZones

• -noLinks

  (in parallel) do not link processor files to master

• poly

  write polyhedral cells without tet/pyramid decomposition

• -allPatches

  Combine all patches into a single file

• -excludePatches <patchNames>

  Specify patches (wildcards) to exclude. For example,

        -excludePatches '( inlet_1 inlet_2 "proc.*")'

  The quoting is required to avoid shell expansions and to pass the information as a single argument. The double quotes denote a regular expression.

• -useTimeName

  use the time index in the VTK file name instead of the time index

  Note

  mesh subset is handled by vtkMesh. Slight inconsistency in interpolation: on the internal field it interpolates the whole volField to the whole-mesh pointField and then selects only those values it needs for the subMesh (using the fvMeshSubset cellMap(), pointMap() functions). For the patches however it uses the fvMeshSubset.interpolate function to directly interpolate the whole-mesh values onto the subset patch.

  new file format:

  no automatic timestep recognition. However can have .pvd file format which refers to time simulation if XML *.vtu files are available:

        <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <VTKFile type="Collection"
             version="0.1"
             byte_order="LittleEndian"
             compressor="vtkZLibDataCompressor">
          <Collection>
            <DataSet timestep="50" file="pitzDaily_2.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="100" file="pitzDaily_3.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="150" file="pitzDaily_4.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="200" file="pitzDaily_5.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="250" file="pitzDaily_6.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="300" file="pitzDaily_7.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="350" file="pitzDaily_8.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="400" file="pitzDaily_9.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="450" file="pitzDaily_10.vtu"/>
            <DataSet timestep="500" file="pitzDaily_11.vtu"/>
          </Collection>
        </VTKFile>

Definition in file foamToVTK.C.