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1. Cancel Help 120 Getting Started The imported data set is shown in the following figure Step 2 Focus on the Region of Interest ROT The region of interest is indicated with a dotted black line in the fol lowing figure A Select the A tool from the toolbar B Center the cursor over the ROI and click once as shown below 121 The result will look approximately like the following image H w XA Ba o eke a A A ae het KIA TA INE Nee g i 7 nae PDI aie eae Be Bani ae mee ee y EER aoM RH A 4 i k iP o intl is PSI bot y b g ae SAE e ET ie eee S a Dios ot A Mi C Select Translate Magnify from the View menu view Flot Insert Animate Dat Redraw Frame Ctrl F Redraw All Ctrl D zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Data Fit Center Translate Magnify 122 Getting Started 1 In the Translate Magnify dialog enter 30 in the Magnification Factor field Translate Magnify Es Up Al Left l aA Eadie Step Size Magnification Factor Step Size 2 10 00 ii Close the dialog You can continue zooming by any of the following N methods 1 With the Zoom tool still active continue clicking on the plot 11 With the Zoom tool still active clicking and dragging the cursor to create a zoom window Upon release the frame is zoomed to the rubber band box 111 Using the Translate Magnify dialog We
2. fecplot Enjoy the View TeocrlLorTr 360 l Getting Started Manual Tecplot Inc Bellevue WA 2006 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Tecplot 360 Getting Started Manual is for use with Tecplot 360 2006 Copyright 1988 2006 Tecplot Inc All rights reserved worldwide Except for personal use this manual may not be reproduced trans mitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated in any form in whole or in part without the express written permission of Tecplot Inc 3535 Factoria Blvd Ste 550 Bellevue Washington 98006 U S A The software discussed in this documentation and the documentation itself are furnished under license for utilization and duplication only according to the license terms The copyright for the software is held by Tecplot Inc Documentation is provided for information only It is subject to change without notice It should not be interpreted as a commitment by Tecplot Inc Tecplot Inc assumes no liabil ity or responsibility for documentation errors or inaccuracies Tecplot Inc PO Box 52708 Bellevue WA 98015 2708 U S A Tel 1 800 763 7005 within the U S or Canada 00 1 425 653 1200 internationally email sales tecplot com support tecplot com Questions comments or concerns regarding this documentation documentation tecplot com For more information visit http www tecplot com THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICES ENCSA Hierarchical Data Format HDF Software Li
3. i z l e Z axis Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the Z axis Once you have selected a rotation mouse mode you can quickly switch to any of the others using the following keyboard shortcuts Drag Alt Drag Middle Click CTRL right click right click C NK K BAAR OS Rotate about the defined rotation origin with your current Rotate tool Rotate about the viewer position using your cur rent Rotate tool smooth zoom in and out of the data translate the data Move rotation origin to probed point ignoring zones Move rotation origin to probed point of data Switch to Rollerball rotation Switch to Spherical rotation Switch to Twist rotation Switch to X axis rotation Switch to Y axis rotation Switch to Z axis rotation 17 Q Slice Tool FE Use the Slicing tool to control your slice rendering interactively The following keyboard mouse options are available when the slice tool is active Click Drag Alt click Alt drag Shift click Shift drag I J K ordered zones only X Y Z 1 4 Primary Slices Start End Slices Active Turn on inter mediate slices if not already active and adds a slice Primary Slices active ONLY Turns on Start End Slices and adds a slice Start End Slices active ONLY Turns on Start End Slices and adds a slice Primary Slices Start End Slices Active Removes start and end slices Primary Slices active ONLY removes the primar
4. 4 C Select the Copy Map button twice The Mapping Style dialog will look as follows xl Definitions Lines Curves Symbols ErorBars Bars Indices Close Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help y Step 25 Rename the Mappings To avoid confusion we will rename all of the mappings in the plot A Rename Map 1 1 Select Map 1 74 Q Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data ii Select Edit Name from the Map Name menu Mapping Style Definitions Lines Curves Symbols Em ERIS Varnable Enter Mapping Name xj Map Hame Simulated Data Inzerta Zone Mame Zone Hum Independent ar Independent Yar Num Dependent Var Dependent Var Hurm Map Hum Sais Num Asis Mum Cancel Help OF iv Select the OK button to apply the changes and close the dialog B Rename Maps 2 amp 3 1 Select Maps 2 amp 3 Q 75 ii Select Edit Name from the Map Name menu Mapping Style Definitions Lines Curves Symbols Err PE Varnable Funnnnsuunnnnnunnnnunnnnnnununnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn a Map Hame Experimental Data Inzerta Zone Name one Nur Independent Var Independent Yar Num Dependent Var Dependent Var Hurm Map Hum meas Num Asis Mum OF Cancel Help iv Select the OK button to apply the changes and close the dialog Step 26 Change the zone ass
5. Ez OF Cancel Help 69 C In the Load Data File Warning dialog select the Add to the current data set radio button and select the OK button Load Data File Warning x The current frame has a data set which is being used by other frames Create a new data set and reset the current plot style Create a new data set and retain the current plot style f Add to the current data set Completely replace the current data set with the new data set OF Cancel Help D In the Tecplot Data Loader dialog navigate to TEC360HOME demo tutorials external_flow data and select Onera_CP_Test_Span0 44 dat Tecplot Data Loader ed Ea EP Ez Look ir E data a fe BONER CP_Test_Span0 44 dat File name JONERA_CP_T est_Spanl 44 dat Files of type Data Files dat plt URL Open UAL Specify Options Multiple Files Help 2 Cancel 70 va G Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data E Select the Open button to load the file F Select OK in the Warning dialog Wain zi A 4 file that is being appended or replaced By Name does not have variable names which match those currently in Tecplot The Load Data File Options OK dialog will allow you to specify which variables to load G Go to the Vars page of the Load Data File Options dialog Load Data File Options x General Zones Wars Load Yariables ByName By Position
6. From jal DataFiles Variables to Load Move All gt gt Blank BHO Move gt gt RHO U RHO Remove O Pressure Coefficient El Remove All Select by Name Select by Name Select from both lists to combine non matching variable names This variable name or list of variable names i not matched in all files OF Cancel Help Variables listed on the left hand side of the dialog NX are from the new data file Variables listed on the right hand side of the dialog are already in the data set If a variable has an before its name it is not present in all files Because the pressure coefficient has a different variable name in the experimental and measured data sets we need to combine the two pres sure variables 71 GS 1 Select the Cp variable in the left hand column ii Select the Pressure Coefficient variable in the right hand col umn 11 Select Combine from the center column iv Select OK to apply your changes and close the dialog The combined variable name will be Pressure As Coefficient Cp Step 23 Change the variable name To simplify our axes labels we are going to change the combined vari able name A Go to Data gt Data Set Info Data Frame Options Alter i Create sone Delete i Extract Interpolate i Triangulate Gurve Info 72 x S Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data B Selec
7. Step 8 Change the Frame Background Color In order to contrast the bright tones of the image we would like to change the frame background color 105 A Go to Frame gt Edit Current Frame Edit Current Frame Frame Dimensions Paper Ruler Unita width 5 000000 Top side 0 250000 Height e o00000 Size and Position I Show Border Thickness 2 o l Show Header Color L_ Red I Show Background Color Co White Frame Name Frame O01 B Toggle on Show Background C Select the color box and select the black box in the top left corner of the Select Color dialog O 106 aC G Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings D Select Yes in the confirmation box Question ES P Modify other basic color styles that match the Frame background E Close the Edit Current Frame dialog The result should look as follows Step 9 Adjust the Lighting A Open the Light Source dialog by either 107 1 Selecting button to the right of Lighting in the Sidebar E Cartesian one Surtaces Layers Mesh Contour Vector Scatter IY Shade l Edge Effects MW Lighting Q i Going to Plot gt Lighting Source B In the Light Source dialog toggle on Include Specular Highlighting C Accept the remaining default settings and close the dialog Intensity 75 4 Background Light 0 W Surface Color Contrast 2 100 a lude Specular Highlights Intensi
8. For such difficult cases you may be able to organize your data as a patchwork of elements Each element can be independent of the other elements so you can group your elements to fit complex boundaries and leave voids within sets of elements Figure 2 2 shows how finite ele ment data can be used to model a complex boundary Heat Exchanger Fintte Element Mesh Structure Seite bo rd ym 4 Hepner I LS Ny a a I TA A POL EF AEA A LAELA E it eed jt ee rm ie i 1 fi i et r y L a fi dees ara Figure 2 2 Finite element data used to model a complex boundary 26 Q Creating Plots Finite element data defines a set of points nodes and the connected elements of these points The variables may be defined either at the nodes or at the cell element center Finite element data can be divided into three types e FE line A set of line segments defining a 2D or 3D line e FE surface A set of triangular or quadrilateral elements defining a 2D field or a 3D surface e FE volume A set of tetrahedral or brick elements defining a 3D volume field In Tecplot each FE data zone must be composed exclusively of one element type However you may use a different data point structure for each zone within a data set as long as the num ber of variables defined at each data point is the same You can simulate zones with mixed ele ment types by repeating nodes as neces sary For example a triangle element can
9. The features available in the Sidebar are dependent upon the plot type For 3D Cartesian plots you may add and subtract zone layers derived objects and effects for your plot You may also use the Placement Plane for positioning some 3D objects 3D plots only For 2D Cartesian plots not shown you may add and subtract zone layers and some derived objects for your plot For field plots 3D or 2D you may animate transient data directly from the Sidebar For Line plots you may add and subtract map layers NOTE XY Line plots have more available map layers than polar line plots Plot Types The Plot type combined with a frame s data set active layers and their associated attributes define a plot Each plot type represents one view of the data There are five plot types are avail able e 3D Cartesian 3D plots of surfaces and volumes e 2D Cartesian 2D plots of surfaces where the vertical and horizontal axis are both dependent variables i e x f A and y f A where A is another variable e XY Line line plots of independent and dependent variables on a Carte sian grid Typically the horizontal axis x is the independent variable and the y axis a dependent variable y f x e Polar Line line plots of independent and dependent variables on a polar grid e S Sketch Create plots without data such as drawings flow charts and viewgraphs Zone Layers Map Layers A layer is a way of represent
10. be included in a quadrilateral zone by repeating one node in the element s con nectivity list and tetrahedral pyramidal and pris matic elements can be included in a brick zone by repeating nodes appropriately 2 5 Creating Plots The basic steps for creating a plot in Tecplot are 1 Define your data set using one of the following methods a This is typically accomplished by using the Load Data File s command from the File menu b Use the Open Layout command from the File menu to load linked layout or layout package files c Use any combination of the options in the Create Zone sub menu of the Data menu or the Insert menu to create your data sets directly within Tecplot 2 Select the Plot Type 3D 2D XY Line Polar Line or Sketch from the Sidebar 27 Q 3 Toggle on any mapping or zone layers from the Sidebar e g contour zone layer or symbols mapping layer Use the details buttons fe to customize zone layers 4 OPTIONAL 3D only toggle on zone effects translucency and light ing 5 OPTIONAL Use the Zone Style or Mapping Style dialogs to opt zones in and out of plot layers or the entire plot 6 OPTIONAL 2D or 3D only add derived objects slices streamtraces or 1iso surfaces Use the details buttons a to customize any derived objects You are not limited to working with only one plot at a time in Tecplot You can create multiple files at one time using frames and fram
11. you to add a contour label interactively by clicking anywhere in the current data region Menubar A contour label is added to the plot at the specified location its level or value information is taken from the nearest contour line This allows you to place labels at a slight offset from the lines they label The Contour type must be lines or lines and AN flood in order for this tool to be active You can set the contour type on the Contour page of the Zone Style dialog Probe Tool thl Select the Probe At Tool to probe for values of the data set s variables at a particular point To obtain interpolated values of the data set variables at the specified location click at any point in the data region To obtain exact values for the data point nearest the specified location Ctrl click at the desired location For XY plots When you move into the axis o gt grid area the cursor cross hair is augmented ay by a vertical or horizontal line depending on whether you are probing along the X axis or the Y axis You can change the axis to probe simply by pressing X to probe the X axis or Y to probe the Y axis Insert Text AB Select the Add Text tool to add text to any frame Insert Geometries Use the corresponding geometry buttons in the toolbar to insert geometries into your plot L Polylines 21 Q Squares L Rectangles 2 Circle Ellipse Create New Frame cl Select the Create Fram
12. 5 2 and at Current Solution Time equal to 1 Zones 10 18 are displayed in the Zone Style dialog Figure 5 3 Time 0 01 I Mesh Contour Vechor Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Volume E one One Group Zone Show Edge I lndex J Indes lndex Num Name Num Show Edges Type Border Border Border Time 0 1 5 Zone Style 7 z S Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Suraces Vo ld one one Group one Show Edge l Indes J Index Hum Mame Hum Show Edges Type Border Border 10 Fluid 01 3 01 1 Yes es Borders Both Both 11 i fluid 01 a 1 Yes fres Borders Both Both Figure 5 3 The Zone Style dialog at Current Solution Time 1 Changes made in the Zone Style dialog to any zone in a with a given StrandID are propagated to all zones with that StrandID 139 140
13. Blade A While still on the Shade page of the Zone Style dialog highlight zones 21 amp 22 using the SHIFT key or by clicking and dragging with your mouse 102 K Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings B Select the Shade Color button Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edga Points Surfaces Volume Effects inlet w outlet wall jacket x amp x interface wall e _ 103 Your plot should look as follows Step 7 Lighting Effect By default Tecplot sets the shading to be paneled a single shading value is used for each cell Tecplot also offers a continuous shading Gouraud which provides a cleaner image A Go to the Effects page of the Zone Style dialog B Click on the Zone Num column and select Select AI Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Surfaces Volume Effects Ze e Zone Zone Zone Use Value Use Surface Surface Lighting i Grp Show Blanking Translucency Translucency Effect Paneled Select One Select Range 104 Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings C Go to the Lighting Effect column and select Gouraud Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Volume Effects Use Value Use Surface Surface Blanking Translicency Translicency blade blade shadaw m T T T T m m m
14. Details dialog by selecting the button next to Iso surfaces in the Sidebar or by selecting Iso surface Details from the Plot menu B On the Definition page of the dialog select Draw Iso surfaces at 2 Specified Values C Set Value 1 8000 D Set Value 2 12000 ea 2 3 4 M Show lso Surfaces from Group 1 Definition Style Animate Define lso Surfaces using c1 Pressure ae Draw Iso Surfaces at 2 Specified Values s alue oUUU x T vaue2 12000 a ry v The Iso surfaces are defined using Contour Vari able C1 as indicated at the top of the dialog Contour Variable C1 is set to the Pressure variable from the data set via the Contour Details dialog 131 Q Step 10 Add translucency to the iso surfaces A Go to the Style page of the Iso surface Details dialog A Toggle on Show Shade B Toggle on Use Translucency C Increase the translucency from 50 to 60 Iso Surface Detail 5 x 1 2 3 4 F Shon lso Surfaces from Group 1 Definition style Animate T Show Mesh Color C Black Line Thickness r 0 1 MW Show Contour Contour Type Food Flood by C1 Pressure d Eontour Lines by C1 Pressure gt Bi Line Color LC Black Line Thickness 2 0 1 ka W Show Shade Color L White W Use Lighting Effect Gouraud F Obey Source Zone Blanking D Close the dialog 132 Animate Time Steps The plot should look as follows w
15. Include Depth Blanking C Enter 30 in Blank from Front field Depth Blank x V Include Depth Blanking Blank from Front 20 al Blank from Back 0 a Close Help NOTE Depth Blanking blanks whole N cells in your plot A D Close the dialog 100 70 Q Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings The plot should look as follows 4 4 Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings In the previous steps of this tutorial we were changing settings globally to all zones Now we will begin to fine tune the settings for individual zones in the data set In the Zone Surfaces block of the Sidebar select the Zone Style button Step 5 Turn off Shading for selected zones There is stair stepping in our current image due to whole cell blanking of the rotating fluid A On the Shade page of the Zone Style dialog select Zone 1 rotating fluid and Zone 5 fluid using the CTRL key Alternatively you can select the zones by name by choosing Select by Name from the Zone Name drop down and enter ing fluid in the Enter Text String dialog 101 Q B Select the Shade Show column label and Select No Zone Style x Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Volume Effects Group Zone f Shade Shade i Colo ex gt NER conica ski aa va 0 shadow Yes Yes Step 6 Accentuate the
16. Plot3DLoader from the Select Import Format dialog ANSYS CDWRITE Input FEA ANSYS Results FEA CGNS Loader DEM Loader DXF Loader ESI PAM CRASH DAISY FEA EnSight Loader Excel Loader FLUENT FIDAP Neutral FEA Fluent Data Loader General Text Loader Gridgen Loader HDF Loader HDF5 Loader Kiva Loader LSTC DYNA Input FEA LSTC DYNA Taurus State Database FEA MSC NASTRAN Bulk Data FEA MSC NASTRAN Output2 FEA MSC Patran Neutral FEA PLY Polygon File Loader PTC Mechanica Design Study FEA SDRAC IDEAS Universal FEA Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadsheet Loader Yv Cancel Help C In the Plot3D Loader dialog Plot3D Loader OR x File Selection File Structure Data Subset Transient Options C Leeland sot Append to Existing Data Set C Load Solution Function Fi f Load Grid and Solution Function File s Grid File SD Solution Files Name File Optional Cancel 33 1 Select the Load Grid and Solution Function File s radio but ton ii Select the button to the right of Grid File D In the Read Grid file dialog navigate to TEC360HOME demo tutorial external _flow data and select m6wing xyz Read Grid File Look ir o data amp fo HE ci E mowing x 2 m wing vz Fvbnd OMERA CP_Test_Spand 44 dat File name mEwing syz Files of type Grd Files Cancel 2 TEC360HOME is the
17. Size Ctrl F Center Translate Magnify Last CerI L As its name implies Data Fit resets the view so that the active zones fill the current frame The plot should look as follows Alternatively you may use the A and tools or the Translate Magnify dia log accessed via the View menu You can also use the middle mouse button to zoom your plot and the right mouse button to translate 42 m G Display Contour Map of the Pressure Coefficient 3 3 Display Contour Map of the Pressure Coefficient In order to have a more useful visualization of the wing we would like to turn off the Mesh layer and turn on the Contour layer using Pressure coefficient as the contour variable In this case the pressure data was not provided in the data file Tecplot can calculate the pressure coeffi cient for us Step 5 Calculate the Pressure Coefficient A Select Calculate Variables from the Analyze menu Analyze Help P Fluid Properties Reference Values Field Variables Geometry and Boundaries Unsteady Flow Options Copy Settings to File Paste Settings From File Calculate Variables h Perform Integration Calculate Turbulence Functions B In the Calculate dialog click on the Select button to change the vari able to be calculated Calculate i el x Name 2D Aspect Ratio Normalize with Respect To Mo Normalization Hew War Location Node W Calculate on Deman
18. all time steps included 5 1 2 Background Information The data set provided in this tutorial which presents simulations of the release of a store from an aircraft was presented by Snyder et al at the 33 Annual AIAA Fluid Dynamics Confer ence and Exhibit The wing is a 45 degree clipped delta with 25 foot root chord length and 21 67 foot semi span The store consists of a tangent octave forebody clipped tangent octave 117 Q afterbody and cylindrical centerbody of 1 67 foot diameter The store includes 4 fins each with a 45 degree sweep clipped delta wing 5 2 Getting Started Step 1 Load a Fluent Data File A Select Load Data Files from the File menu File Edit View Plot Insert Animate New Layout Open Layout Ctrl 0 Save Layout Ctrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl W Load Data File s A Write Data File B Select the Fluent Data Loader from the Select Import Format dialog 3D Systems STL FEA ABAQUS fil Data FEA ABAQUS Input FEA ABAQUS Output Database FEA ANSYS CDWARITE Input FEA ANSYS Results FEA CGNS Loader DEM Loader DXF Loader ESI PAM CRASH DAISY FEA EnSight Loader Excel Loader FLUENT FIDAP Neutral FEA General Text Loader Gridgen Loader HDF Loader HDF5 Loader Kiva Loader LSTC DYNA Input FEA LSTC DYNA Taurus State Database FEA MSC NASTRAN Bulk Data FEA MSC NASTRAN Output2 FEA MSC Patran Neutral FEA PLOT 3D Loader PLY
19. an auto redraw it can be interrupted with a mouse click or key press Sidebar Cache Graphics Tecplot uses OpenGL to render plots OpenGL provides for the ability to cache graphic instructions for rendering and can re render the cached graphics much faster than having Tec plot send the instructions again This is particularly true for interactive manipulation of a plot However this performance potential comes at the cost of using more memory If the memory need is too high the overall performance could be less Tecplot has three graphics cache modes cache all graphics cache only lightweight graphics objects and do not cache graphics When Cache Graphics is selected in the Sidebar Tecplot assumes there is enough memory to generate the graphics cache Assuming this is true Tecplot s rendering performance will be optimal for interactive manipulation of plots 11 Q When memory constraints are very limited consider toggling off Cache Graphics If you intend on interacting with the plot also consider setting the Plot Approximation mode set to All Frames Always Approximated See the Jecplot 360 User s Manual for more information Sidebar Plot Approximations When Plot Approximation is selected and if the number of data points is above the point threshold see below Tecplot will render the approximate plot for style data and interactive view changes followed immediately by the full plot This optio
20. installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Windows users this is typically C Pro gram Files Tecplot Tec360 34 va G Getting Started E In the Plot3D Loader dialog select the button to the right of Solution File s Plot3D Loader Ol x File Selection File Structure Data Subset Transient Options C Load Grid File Only T Append to Existing Data Set C Load Solution Function File s Only Load Grid and Solution Function File s Grid File Ic Program Files T ecplot T ec3604 D emo tutorials external_flow data mBwing x LJ Solution File s Name File Optional F In the Read Solution File dialog 1 Navigate to TEC360HOME demo utorial external _flow data 3 TEC360HOME is the installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Windows users this is typically C Pro gram Files Tecplot Tec360 35 36 ul Select m6wing g Read Solution File Wpen Files HeMmove ii Select the Add to List button iv Select the Open Files button Read Solution File mowing xyz mowing xyz Fybnd ONERA_CP_Test_Span0 44 dat Getting Started G Select OK after returning to the PLOT3D Loader dialog Plot3D Loader OR x File Selection File Structure Data Subset Transient Options eed eV Fle tee Append to Existing Data Set Load Solution Function File s Only f Load Grid and Solution Funct
21. region to anchor one corner of the zone e Drag the diagonal corner until the zone is the desired size and shape The new zone created is IJ ordered To specify the maximum I index and J index use the Create Rectangular Zone dialog accessed via Data gt Create Zone The current frame must have a data set AN attached to it in order for this tool to be A active 23 Create Circular Zone B Select the Create Circular Zone tool to add new 2D circular zones to the current Tec plot data set To create a circular zone e Click once in the current data region to specify the center of the zone e Drag until the zone has the desired radius The new zone created is IJ ordered To specify the maximum I index and J index use the Create Circular Zone dialog accessed via Data gt Create Zone The current frame must have a data set AN attached to it in order for this tool to be active 2 2 3 Status Line The status line running along the bottom of the Tecplot window gives hover help When you move the pointer over a tool in the toolbar a button on the Quick Edit dialog or a menu item a description of the control appears It also provides a progress bar and information dur ing long calculations 2 2 4 Tecplot Workspace The workspace is the portion of your screen in which you create sketches and plots Each sketch or plot is created within a subwindow called a frame The current state of the
22. using the Zone Style dialog 57 A Toggle on Edge in the Sidebar one Surbaces Layers Mesh W Contour Vector Scatter ede mie _ _ B Open the Zone Style dialog C On the Edge page of the Zone Style dialog perform the following Steps 1 Select Zone 7 the extracted slice Zone Style Xx Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Surfaces Volume Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Num Name Num Show Show Type By By Color Pttrn Lngth Thek Lighting li Select Yes from the Show Edge menu Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Point unnnnnnnnnnn Group one Show m wing q4 UppenwingSurace Yez Borders Lower ings urrace BS Borders Sle 0 5263 58 Q Create a 2D Projection Plane i Select zones 5 6 and select No from the Show Edge menu Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Point The image should look as follows Eressune Coeficient JI A ID De gz Dd mE DE When wingspan is not recorded you can approximate the 7 i wingspan using the probe Fa and a distance equation Step 13 Create a new frame A Select the new frame icon from the toolbar f 59 GS B Click and drag in the workspace C To associate the new frame with the existing data set go to th
23. visualize the pressure coefficient using contours A Toggle off Mesh and Edge layers in the Sidebar 45 B Toggle on the Contour layer 30 Cartesian g one Surfaces CD Vector Scatter Shade F FRerct NOTE Any combination of zone layers can be viewed at a time we are simply turning the mesh and edge layers off to create a more pleasing image C Open the Contour Details dialog by either i Selecting the button to right of Contour in the Sidebar Vector Scatter Shade Edge ii Selecting Contour Multi Coloring from the Plot menu 46 m S Modify the Contour layer D In the Contour Details dialog select the Pressure Coefficient as the contour variable Contour amp Multi Coloring Details fe c2 c3 cal Var RHO x More gt gt Pressure Coefficient The final image should look as follows 3 4 Modify the Contour layer Using the Contour and Multicoloring Details dialog box you can custom ize contour levels coloring and more The Contour Details dialog box can be accessed via Plot gt Contour Multi coloring or by selecting the l button to the right of Contour in the Sidebar 47 GS Step 7 Add a Contour Legend A Expand the Contour Details dialog by selecting the Me button B Go to the Legend page of the dialog C Toggle on Show Contour Legend cr c2 c3 cal Var Pressure Coefficient re Less lt lt
24. will use this dialog so that you are able to perfectly replicate our plots iv Using the middle mouse button and click ing and dragging 123 Q 124 The result should look as follows ana ri as ow ve es f SA R F AA A oe T AR BAN AL 7 fa AR PRAAN MN Step 3 Rotate the Plot In order to get a better view of the wing and store we will rotate the plot A Select Rotate from the View menu view Plot Insert Animate Dat Redraw Frame Ctrl F Redraw All Ctr O zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Data Fit Center Translate Magnify Last Cbrl L 30 View Details x ra Getting Started B In the 3D Rotate dialog enter the following coordinates for the Center of Rotation Rotation Step Size deg E 1 X 1 8 Center of Rotation JE n u Y 3 3 EE a z 23 ili Z 2 3 Sohercal Anales C Enter the following spherical angles ae E i Psi 75 Spherical Angles Psi 75 00 ii Theta 150 Theta E 50 00 Alpha 172 00 iii Alpha 172 Freehand spherical rotation can also be accomplished using the Spherical Rotation tool al D Close the dialog 125 The rotation results should look as follows aie Step 4 Translate the Data The rotation performed above moved part of the ROI outside of the frame This can be easily remedied using any of the following options te A Selecting the Translate tool B Right clicking a
25. workspace including the sizing and positioning of frames the location of the data files used by each frame and all current attributes for all frames makes up a layout By default the workspace displays a representation of the paper Tecplot is set up to draw on as well as a reference grid and rulers The active frame in which you are currently working is on top All modifications are made to the current frame 2 3 Data Hierarchy Tecplot structures data in two levels data sets and zones Data sets are contained within frames Each data set is composed of a zone or group of zones and each zone contains a vari able or group of variables All zones in a dataset contain the same set of variables 24 G Data Structure 2 3 1 Frames You can create multiple plots simultaneously in Tecplot using subwindows called frames By default one frame is open when you launch Tecplot You can add frames to the workspace using the Frame menu Data sets can be unique to the frame or shared between frames Link ing data between frames allows you generate unique plots of the same data For more informa tion on working with frames please refer to the User s Manual 2 3 2 Data Sets A data set is defined as all of the information data in a frame Starting with an empty frame a data set is created and assigned to the active frame when you read one or more data files into Tecplot or when you create a zone within Tecplot
26. 2 mBbwing g 3 mBwing g 4 UpperwingSurface I 1 73 J 1 1 K 1 3 LowerwingSurface I 1 73 J 1 1 K 1 3 Sle Z 0 526372 Lower Surface Upper Surface 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 iv Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog Step 27 Activate the new mappings The new mappings have not appeared in the plot yet because they have not been activated A Select Maps 2 amp 3 in the Mapping Style dialog B Select Activate from the Map Show menu Mapping Style Definitions Lines Curves Symbols ErorBars Bars Indices Pre Map Axis Y Axis Variable Variable Pressure Coeffie Sle Z 0 5263 Zone Pressure C Deactivate Show Selected Only Invert C Go to View gt Data Fit View Plot Insert Animate Date Redraw Frame Ctrl R Redraw All Ctrl D Zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Center Translate Magnify Last Ctrl L 78 Q Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data The plot should look as follows 0 5F xiC Step 28 Reverse the Y axes In aerodynamics it is customary to display the negative pressure increasing upwards so we will reverse the vertical axis A Go to Plot gt Axis Plot Insert Animate Data Assign ay N zone Style Q 79 B In the Axis Details dialog select the Y1 button ous Tere Pata Tue tre ae Reset Range C On the Range page of the Axis Details dia
27. 2 3 3 Zones Zones are a subset of data sets A data set can be composed of a single zone or several zones Zones are either defined in the data file or created directly in Tecplot The number of zones in a concatenated data set is the sum of the number of zones in each of the data files that are loaded Typically a data file is divided into zones based on its physical coordinates For example a data set of an airplane many consist of a zone for each wing each wheel the nose etc Alterna tively zones may be defined based on the material For example a data set of a fluid tank may have a zone for the tank itself and additional zones for each fluid therein 2 4 Data Structure Tecplot accommodates two different types of data ordered and finite element The data structure is defined within the data file Each zone is composed of one data type 2 4 1 Ordered Data Ordered data is a set of points logically stored in a one two or three dimensional array where I J and K are the index values within the array The number of data points is the product of all of the dimensions within the array e One dimensional array I ordered J ordered or K ordered A single dimensional array of data points where one dimension I J or K is greater than or equal to one and the other dimensions are equal to one In a one dimensional array the total number of data points is equal to the length of the single ordered array For example an I ordered d
28. 8 symmetry 7 are gt Zone Name Variable Name store x Zone Type FE Triangle Var Type Float Pts 3299 Var Location Nodal Elem 6574 Var Status Resident Var Range Selected Zone Min 1 6547832489 Max 1 35811698437 Solution Time 0 010000 Var Range Active Zones Time Strand 5 Min 181 462677002 Max 111 14531 7078 Load Variables Each strand contains the information for one physical region of the plot over time For exam ple strand3 contains information for the boattail over time strand4 contains information for part of the wing over time and strand5 contains the information for the store zone over time Legend trand Zone 13 Zone 22 h VERBENA Time n ID StrandiD Figure 5 1 A truncated depiction of the data set Time steps 2 4 for strandIDs 2 5 are displayed At Current Solution Time t 1 s Zones 3 4 and 5 are displayed in Tecplot At Current Solution Time t 19 s Zone 12 13 and 14 are displayed in Tecplot 138 va G Working with Transient Data in Tecplot The Data Set Info dialog allows you to view all of the zones in the data set regardless of the Current Solution Time The Zone Style dialog displays only the relevant zones for the Current Solution Time This is denoted by an after the Zone Num and Zone Name columns For example at Current Solution Time equal to 01 Zones 1 9 are displayed in the Zone Style dia log Figure
29. ERREI E TIO OE E A O E A S T 31 EEES A AN A E 32 Load a Plot3D file including a boundary file 32 Determine the Number of Zones and Variables 38 Isolate the Wing using the boundary file 39 Adjust the View ccccccccceecccceccecceccececcesseseenseeeeaeanaaanags 42 Display Contour Map of the Pressure Coefficient 00 43 Calculate the Pressure Coefficient ccccccccceeeceeeeees 43 Display COMlOUtS ssscsstecieccncscertessecenadeatenanreceetneaendicvedaes ee 45 Modify the Contour layt ssrin 47 Adda Contour Legend issssni dainn 48 Modify the Contour Legend neeseseseserreerrrereesseee 48 Add Contour Levels cccccccccccccceccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeees 51 Modify the Contour coloring ccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 54 Crealc a 2D Projection Plane scisiissssessseusassesanascasensacaacesuseenes 55 PSEA A SIC a 56 Activate the Edge Layer for Zone 7 onlly 0008 37 Create a NEW IPANIC 5 nccccdscc2iascassacdonsanaaese os senbaceenestaranaaese 59 Delete a group Of mappings essseresrererrrererrerreeseeee 61 Activate the mapping cceeeecceccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeaaeaes 62 Change the zone associated with the mapping 62 Go to View SData Fitcsccacicisnssasarasesanietesccsscocacassantaasasanene 63 Q Table of Contents Data Wan pul atl O Missense 63 Determine the maximum and minimum values of the x varia
30. Export dialog accept the default settings by pressing OK Export Export Format Flash IY Color f Use Width of Image on Screen C Enter width 300 Exported Image Dimensions 1019 x 906 Antialiasing Superamnple Factor 2 16 3 Image Type True Color Animation Speed frames sec f 0 Optimize for Speed i Optimize for File Size Cancel Help 135 GS E In the Select Movie File dialog navigate to the desired directory and press OK Select Movie File Save in E data e ea store_separation swf Save as type Flash Files swf Cancel URL Save URL A copy of our exported movie file is included with your Tecplot 360 installation at demo tutorials transient data The movie file can now be imported into a Power Point presentation or placed on a website The easiest way to insert and play SWF files into Microsoft Power Point presenta tions is to download the Swiff Point Player a free Microsoft Power Point Add In 136 va S Working with Transient Data in Tecplot 5 6 Working with Transient Data in Tecplot Field plots containing transient data are displayed slightly differently in the Zone Style dialog When transient data is loaded each transient zone is assigned to a given time strand and only the relevant zone for the current solution time is displayed see the definitions below e Transient zones Zones associated with tim
31. General Text Loader Bridgen Loader HOF Loader HOFS Loader E Kiva Loader LSTC D YNA Input FEA LSTC DYNA Taurus State Database FEA MSC NAS TRAN Bulk Data FEA MSCYNAS TRAN Outpute FEA MSC Patran Neutral FEA PLOT 3D Loader PLY Polygon File Loader PTCMechanica Design Study FEA SDARCAIDEAS Universal FEA Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadsheet Loader Cancel Help Getting Started B In the Fluent Data Loader dialog select the Add Files button Hemove fe Time Interval lV Assign Strand IDs for Zones Add Zones to Existing Strands E fe Arithmetic Laplacian C In the Read Case and Data File dialog i Navigate to TEC360HOME demo 360_tutorials internal_flow data E crutcher cas Case and Data casa d Wpen Files ii Highlight both files crutcher dat and crutcher cas and select the Add to List button 2 x Look in o data e ex Ea crutcher cas File name crutcher dat crutcher cas Add To List Files of type Case and Data cas dat 7 Cancel Selected File s Upen Files Remove iii Select the Open Files button Read Case and Data File i 2 x I Look in E data e amp ey Fa crutcher cas File name Add To List Files of type Case and Data cas dat x Cancel Selected File s C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorials internal_flow data c
32. Levels Colorif Bands Lines Labels Legend MV Show Contour Legend MV Show Header V Separate Color Bands Alignment Vertical x 95 Y e0 Anchor Increment fi l Resize Automatically Il Include Cutoff Levels Level Skip fi Line Spacing 1 2 Header Font Helv 2 5 E Text Color BE Black Number Font Helv 2 5 B Number Format aaa Line Thickness jo C No Box Box Color MMM Black Contour Levels Label at C Filled Fill f olor C White cy foot Margin fio a Step 8 Modify the Contour Legend A With the Legend page of the Contour Details dialog still open go to the Alignment region of the page perform the following steps Modify the Contour layer 1 Toggle off Separate Color Bands to remove the level lines from the legend W Show Header ooo EEN s a5 f FE feo Anchor ii Change the Alignment to Horizontal W Show Header Separate Color Bands Horizonte os 4 195 Y feo Anchor 111 Reposition the legend to 10 for Y W Show Header Separate Color Bands Alignment Horizontal s a5 tZ jig Anchor B In the Font region of the page perform the following steps 1 Select the Header Font button Header Font Hely 2 58 a Text Color B Black Number Font i IE Humber Format ii In the Select Font dialog change the header font size height to 2 and
33. Map button 61 D Select OK in the confirmation dialog Question x P j Are you sure you want to delete the selected mappings a Step 15 Activate the mapping A With the Mapping Style dialog still open highlight the remaining mapping B Select Activate from the Map Show button Mapping Style x Definitions Lines Curves Symbols ErorBars Bars Indices Map Map Axis Y Axis Zone Sort Which Which Show in Num Name Variable Variable Axis Y Axis Legend Deactivate Show Selected Only Invert Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help P Step 16 Change the zone associated with the mapping A With the Mapping Style dialog still open highlight the remaining mapping Mapping Style x Definitions Lines Curves Symbols EnorBars Bars Indices Axis Variable Y Axis Variable Map Pressure Coefficient Yes Close Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help F B Select the Zone button 62 R Data Manipulation C Select Zone 7 SLC z 526372 from the Select Mapping Zones dia log Select Mapping Zone Zone 1 mbuyirg g al m wing qg m wing g2 mbwing g 3 mbwing g 4 UpperwingSurtace 1 73 J0 11 6 33 Lowering urt q1 731J0 11K 33 r Sle 0 5265 2 eo on F bd hi D Close the dialog Step 17 Go to View gt Data Fit The plot will look as
34. Polygon File Loader PTC Mechanica Design Study FEA EJ Cancel Help Be sure to select Fluent Data Loader and not FLUENT FIDAP Neutral FEA 5 D Snyder E Koutsavdis and J Antonnen Transonic Store Separation Using Unstructured CFD with Dynamic Meshing 33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit Orlando FL June 23 26 2003 AIAA 2003 3919 118 va G Getting Started C In the Fluent Data Loader dialog select the Add Files button and navi gate to TEC360H OME demo tutorial transient data 15 x Load Case and Data Files C Load Case File Only C Load Residuals Only Load Multiple Case and Data Files File List ax b B Remove All Read Time from Data Files Apply Constant Time Interval Time Interval Z Assign Strand IDs for Zones Add Zones to Existing Strands Options Averaging Load Cells and Boundaries C Load Cells Only C Load Boundaries Only Arithmetic Select Zones and Variables to Load Laplacian I Average to Nodes Include Particle Data OK Cancel Help D In the Read Case and Data File dialog 1 Select all available files using the SHIFT key ul Select the Add Files Add button Windows Unix 6 TEC360HOME is the installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Windows users this is typically C Pro gram Files Tecplot Tec360 119 Q iii Select the Open Files OK butt
35. aaien aana anias 133 Animate the store separation on your screen 133 Save your animation to a file eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 133 Working with Transient Data in Tecplot ccccccscsscsees 137 jii Table of Contents Chapter I Introduction Tecplot allows you to interactively explore visualize and analyze your data and communicate the results with high quality plots for reports paper presentations or web sites The user documentation for Tecplot 360 is divided into 7 books Getting Started Manual This document User s Manual Data Format Guide Tecplot Reference Manual Quick Reference Manual Add on Developer s Kit User s Manual Add on Developer s Kit Getting Results Add on Developer s Kit Reference Manual Installation Instructions Release Notes The Getting Started Manual is intended for beginning Tecplot 360 users It provides a brief overview of the capabilities of Tecplot as well as a series of tutorials The User s Manual pro vides in depth descriptions of working with Tecplot s features The Add on Developer s Kit manuals and Reference Manual are recommended for advanced Tecplot users Each tutorial takes approximately 20 25 minutes to complete e External Flow Tutorial includes calculating the pressure coeffi cient using the contour layer extracting a slice and plotting data from multiple files in one frame e Internal Flow Tutorial includes value
36. are e Lines A pair of variables X and Y as a set of line segments or a fitted curve e Symbols A pair of variables X and Y as individual data points represented by a symbol you specify Zone Effects For 3D Cartesian plot types use the Sidebar to turn lighting and translucency on or off Only shaded and flooded contour surface plot types are affected Derived Objects For Cartesian plot types 2D and 3D Toggle on Iso surfaces Slices or Streamtraces from the Sidebar Their corresponding Details dialogs can be accessed via the browse button Transient Controls ae When working with transient data simply press the LA ime l E button in the Sidebar to animate over time The active frame il will be animated from the Current Solution Time circled in lq gt i red to the last time step You may also drag the slider to EEE Change the Current Solution Time of your plot The Animation Controls have the following function Q M Jumps to the Starting Value Jumps toward the Starting Value by one step La Runs the animation as specified by the Operation field of the Time Details dialog The Play button becomes a Stop button while the ani mation is playing Jumps toward the Ending Value by one step Lil Jumps to the Ending Value Use the al button to launch the Time Details dialog See the User s Manual for more information on Time contr
37. ata set with I 5 J K 1 has 5 data points 25 Q e Two dimensional array IJ ordered JK ordered IK ordered A two dimensional array of data points where two of the three dimensions I J K are greater than one and the other dimension is equal to one The number of data points in a two dimensional ordered data set is the product of the all of the dimensions For example in an IJ ordered data set the number of data points is equal to I x J where K 1 e JK ordered Three dimensional array of data points where all three of the I J and K dimensions are greater than one The number of data points is the product of the I J and K dimensions 2 4 2 Finite Element Data Finite element data is arranged in two arrays a variable array and a connectivity matrix The variable array is a collection of points in 2D or 3D space that are connected into polygonal or polyhedral units called elements The connections between the nodes are defined by the con nectivity matrix While finite element data is usually associated with numerical analysis for modeling complex problems in 3D structures heat transfer fluid dynamics and electromagnetics it also provides an effective approach for organizing data points in or around complex geometrical shapes For example you may not have the same number of data points on different lines there may be holes in the middle of the data set or the data points may be irregularly randomly positioned
38. blanking and streamtrace ani mation e Transient Data Tutorial includes animation working with multiple data files For in depth information on the topics covered in the Getting Started Manual please refer to the Tecplot Users Manual available on our website at www tecplot com sup port 360_documentation asp Q Chapter 2 Overview Tecplot 360 combines the following features to allow you to easily visualize complex physics and relationships e XY Polar 2D and 3D plotting and animation tools in one unified environ ment e Unique multi frame workspace allowing up to 128 drawing windows e Customize the independent axes for specialty plots e g Lift vs Angle of Attack or Cp vs Cord e Interactive slice iso surface and streamtrace tools e Detect vortex cores shock surfaces and separation and reattachment lines e Calculate critical flow functions and perform integrations e Integrate particle trajectories with support for massed particles and drag effects e Validate numerical models with test data in the same window e Compare multiple models simultaneously including visualization of fluid structures interaction e Support for 30 CFD FEA structural analysis and industry standard data formats After creating your plots you can communicate your results clearly and effectively by e Using the copy plot to clipboard command to paste directly into Power Point Word and Microsoft Office applications e Animatin
39. ble 64 Create a new variable cccceeeeseeseeennnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 65 Change the x axis variable cceccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 66 Go to View gt Data Fit 0 0 0 cceccccccceesessenntneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 68 Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data s000 68 Load the measured data file eee ccceeeeeeerenenteeeeees 68 Change the variable name cccccccecccceceeeceeeeeeeeeeees 12 Create New Mappings cccccceeseecceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess 73 Rename the Mappings ccccccceeccccececeececeeeeeeeeeeeeees 74 Change the zone assignments for the experimental data map D ee E E E 76 Activate the new MaPPINGS cccccccceccececeeeceeeeeeeeeeees 78 Reverse the Y AXES serslecarcscnasetsoutivadudoonensouseeteceelecantdemdd 79 Adjust the Mapping Style ceeccceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 81 Adda Line ee C0 ieseni 84 Export the frames to a file ceccecccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 86 Chapter 4 Internal Flow TUutOridl ccccsscccssccccssscceeee OL MAG OCUIC TION EPE A E A A EE 91 TCLS Sa E 92 Load Fluent File nsrecreresrena e 92 Use the Sidebar to activate and deactivate Plot Layers 96 Adustihe Plot VOW seciesusissasssasttctssicsustenasaebasventiecstaseuanveures 97 Rotate the Polseres ouie aredi 97 Use Depth Bai ogi cine tesxertercdusiceeavetienaitesddvaneiventeientes 99 Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings 000 101 Turn off Shading for selected zone
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41. d Calculate E 43 44 C In the Select Function dialog highlight Pressure Coefficient and select the OK button Select Function Grid Unit Norrnal vector Bridd Unit Noral vector Grid E Unit Normal vector Density Stagnation Density Pressure Stagnation Pressure i Pressure Coefficient Stagnation Pressure Coefficient Pitot Pressure Pitot Pressure A atio Dynamic Pressure Temperature Stagnation Temperature Enthalpy Stagnation Enthalpy Internal Energy Stagnation Energy me Cancel Help D Select the Calculate button Calculate lel X Mame Pressure Coefficient Normalize with Respect To No Normalization New Var Location Node W Calculate on Demand E Close Help Display Contour Map of the Pressure Coefficient E Press OK in the following Information dialog detailing the extrema for the Pressure Coefficient variable Minimum value 1 30651 in zone 3 atl 12 1 K 29 i Extrema For variable Pressure Coefficient i Maximum value 0 919619 in zone 2 at I 72 3 K 3 Ck F Press OK in the following Information dialog Information 1 The calculation was successful G Close the Calculate dialog NOTE While calculating variables you A may use any units However you must be consistent within your variable set Step 6 Display Contours We would now like to
42. dd a streamtrace termination line interactively To draw a Streamtrace Termination Line e Move the cursor into the data region e Click once at the desired starting point for the line e Click again at each desired break point e When the polyline is complete double click on the last point of the polyline or press Esc on your keyboard e The drawn polyline ends any streamtraces that pass through it 19 Q Add Contour Level Select the Add Contour Level tool to add a contour level interactively by clicking any where in the current data region A new contour level passing through the specified location is calculated and drawn The following keyboard and mouse shortcuts are related to the Add Contour Level tool Alt Click Place a contour line by probing on a streamtrace slice or iso surface Click Place a contour line CTRL Click Replace the nearest contour line with a new line Drag Move the new contour line Switch to the Delete Contour Level tool Delete Contour Level Select the Delete Contour Level tool to delete a contour level interactively by clicking anywhere in the current data region The contour line nearest the specified location is deleted S Use the key to switch to the Add Con ay tour Level tool and the key to switch back to the Delete Contour Level tool Add Contour Labels Ag Select the Add Contour Label tool to switch to the Contour Label mode enabling
43. e The transient zone s dis played in the current frame are dependent upon the current solution time All of the zones in this tutorial are transient zones e Static zones Zones not associated with time They are displayed regard less of the current solution time None of the zones in this tutorial are static zones e Current Solution Time The value which determines which transient zones are displayed in the current frame The value of Current Solution Time is specified on the Settings page of the Time Details dialog and the Sidebar e Strand A series of transient zones of that represent the same part of a data set at different times such as the Store This data set contains 9 strands 1 for each of physical regions of the data e StrandID An integer value defined for each transient zone The Stran dID of a given zone is determined by the data loader Zones 5 14 23 32 41 and 50 in are all have the same StrandID 5 and therefore the are part of the same strand 137 In this tutorial there are 6 time steps 9 strands and 54 zones The solution time and strand ID for a given zone can be viewed in the Data Set Info dialog accessed via the Data menu Data Set Information X Zone Variable Info DataSet Sharing Joumal AuxData Zonefs Variable s 1 fluid 013 011 2 fluid 013 2 7 3 wall 2 Iz 4 boattail 4 Pressure 5 x Velocity 6 wall 9 6 xX Velocity t 1 7 outflow 7 Velocity v
44. e Side bar and switch the plot type to XY Line Sketch 3D Cartesian 2D Cartesian Folar Line Sketch Prior to this point the newly created frame did not N have an associated data set Switching the plot type n for a new frame to a plot type that requires a data set will automatically attach the data set from another frame to the new frame When working with multiple frames use the Order Frames dialog accessed via the Frame menu to bring your frames backward and forward The plot will look as follows 60 a Q Create a 2D Projection Plane Step 14 Delete a group of mappings The new plot currently displays an XY plot of the first zone in the orig inal data set Ultimately we would like to plot Cp versus x c A With your new frame as the active frame open the Mapping Style dialog by either i Selecting the Mapping Style button from the Sidebar ul Selecting Plot gt Mapping Style B In the Mapping Style dialog select Maps 1 8 by any of the following methods 1 Selecting Map 1 holding down the SHIFT key and Selecting Map 8 ui Selecting Map 1 and clicking and dragging to Map 8 i Selecting Select Range from the Map Num button and using the Enter Range dialog to specify Maps 1 8 Mapping Style Xx Definitions Lines Curves Symbols ErorBars Bars Indices Which Which Show Axis Y Axis C With Maps 1 8 selected select the Delete
45. e button and entering m6 in the Enter Name dialog C Select the Zone Show button and then select Deactivate Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge mBwing q1 Activate mowing q 2 ve ay eMe Show Selected veray mewn g4 UpperwingSurface Invert Lowering uace Alternatively you can select Zones 5 6 and select Show Selected Only from the Zone Show button D Close the dialog 40 m S Getting Started The plot should look as follows The specific zone s the wing is located in is a characteristic of the data file If you have a data file that is not arranged in this manner you may find the following methods helpful e For many viscous CFD data sets you can use Blanking to isolate regions where the absolute value of the velocity vector is zero e For preliminary visualization you may be able to isolate the region you re looking for by turning off the mesh turning on the contour and turning on translucency e Experiment with turning zones on and off and surfaces to plot in the Zone Style dialog In this particular exam ple if the boundary plot is not loaded you can view the wing by selecting J Planes as the surfaces to plot in the Surfaces page of the Zone Style dialog 41 Step 4 Adjust the View Select Data Fit from the View menu view Flok Insert Animate Date Redraw Frame Chri R Redraw All Chri D Zoom Fit bo Full
46. e linking Once you have loaded your data you can use the options in the Plot menu such as Blanking or Axis Details to customize how your data is displayed You can also use the options in the Data menu such as Specify Equations or Interpolation to alter the data set 2 6 Output Formats Once you have completed your plot s you can use any of the following media to distribute or publish your plots outside of Tecplot e Printing accessed via File gt Print e Exporting to an image file accessed via File gt Export and selecting the desired image format in the Export dialog e Exporting to an animation file accessed via any of the Animation dia logs by selecting To File as the animation destination or by selecting a movie file format from the Export dialog accessed via the File menu e Publishing Use the Publish option from the File menu to save your plots in html format 28 Q Output Formats e Copying the plot to a clipboard Windows amp Macintosh Only Use the Copy Plot to Clipboard option from the Edit menu to paste your plot into word processing software 29 30 Introduction Chamar External Flow Tutorial 3 1 Introduction 3 1 1 Tutorial Summary The tutorial should take approximately 30 40 minutes to complete and has the following steps Step 1 Load a Plot3D file including a boundary file Step 2 Determine the Number of Zones and Variables Step 3 Isolate the Wing us
47. e tool to create a new frame To add a frame e Click once in the workspace to anchor one corner of the frame e Drag the diagonal corner until the frame is the desired size and shape If you have data loaded into Tecplot and you AN create a new frame you can attach the exist ing data set to the new frame by changing the plot type Extract Discrete Points Select the Extract Discrete Points tool to extract selected points to a data file or a new zone To select points e Click your left hand mouse button at each location where you would like to extract a point e To end extraction either double click on the last point or press Esc 22 va G Menubar e The Extract Data Points dialog appears use it to specify how many points to extract and how to save the data Extract Points along Polyline s Select the Extract Line tool to extract points along a specified polyline to a data file or a new zone To select points e Click your left hand mouse button at each location where you would like to extract a point e To end extraction either double click on the last point or press Esc e The Extract Data Points dialog appears use it to specify how many points to extract and how to save the data Create Rectangular Zone HH Select the Create Rectangular Zone tool to add new 2D rectangular zones to the cur rent Tecplot data set To create a rectangular zone e Click once in the current data
48. e variable assigned to that axis then snaps the major tick marks to the ends of the axis If axis dependency is not indepen dent this may affect the range on another axis Data Fit fits the data points to the frame e Plot Use the Plot menu to control the style of your plots The menu items available are dependent upon the active plot type selected from the sidebar e Insert Use the Insert menu to add text geometries polylines circles squares ellipses and rectangles or image files e Animate Use the Animate menu to animate IJK Planes IJK Blanking Iso surfaces mappings slices streamtraces time and zones e Data Use the Data menu to create manipulate and examine data Types of data manipulation available in Tecplot include zone creation interpola tion triangulation as well as creation or alteration of variables e Frame Use the Frame menu to create edit and control frames e Options Use the Options menu to control the attributes of your work space including the color map paper grid display options and rulers e Tools Use the Tools menu to launch the Quick Macro Panel or an add on e Analyze Use the Analyze menu to examine grid quality perform inte grations calculate variables generate particle paths extract flow features and estimate numerical errors e Help Use the Help menu to get quick help on features By selecting About Tecplot you can obtain specific information about y
49. efinition to the plot 51 A Go to the Levels page of the Contour Details dialog Contour amp Multi Coloring Details x cr c2 c3 cal Var Pressure Coefficient x Less lt lt Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend New Levels Add Levels Add Levels Level To lt lt Add Level Contour Variable Min 1 30651 Max 0 913521 Remove Selected Levels B Select the Add Levels button C In the Enter Contour Level Range dialog make the following changes Enter Contour Level Range C Min Max and Number of Levels Min Max and Delta C Exponential Distribution Minimum Level 15 Maximum Level 15 Number of Leyels fi 1 Delta a Reset Range Cancel Help i Select the Min Max and Delta radio button 52 R Modify the Contour layer ii Enter 15 in the Minimum Level field i Enter 15 in the Maximum Level field iv Enter 1 in the Delta field v Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog Alternatively you can add contour levels to your plot using the tool or using the Level to Add field on the Levels page and add the levels 15 15 5 and 5 one at a time The Levels page will now look as follows Contour amp Multi Coloring Details cr c2 c3 ca Var Pressure Coefficient Less lt lt Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend Reset Levels New Le
50. features File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Data Frame Options Tools Analyze Help Tecplot s features are organized into the following menus e File Use the File menu to control reading and writing of data files and plot layouts printing and exporting of plots recording and playing macros setting and saving configuration preferences and exiting Tecplot e Edit Use the Edit menu for undo functions cutting copying pasting and clearing objects as well as pushing and popping changing the draw order for selected items Cut Copy and Paste work only within N Tecplot To place a graphics image of your layout into another program use Copy Plot to Clipboard in Windows and Mac intosh only e View Use the View menu to manipulate the point of view of your data including scale view range and 3D rotation You can also use the View menu to copy and paste views between frames The View menu includes sizing options for convenience Center moves the plot image so that the data points are centered within the frame Only the data is centered text geometries and the 3D axes are not considered Fit to Full Size fits the entire plot into the frame Nice Fit to Full Size sets the axis range to begin and end on major axis increments if axes are dependent Tecplot adjusts the vertical axis length to accommodate a major tick mark Make Current View Nice modifies the range on a specified axis to fit the minimum and maximum of th
51. follows Pre ssure Coefficient 3 6 Data Manipulation The simulated data Pressure Coefficient is currently plotted against the x variable The measured data that will be loaded in the next section 63 Q uses x c where c is the chord length In order to compare the data sets we will create a new variable x c that shifts the current x variable to Q and scales the value by c Step 18 Determine the maximum and minimum values of the x variable A Go to Data gt Data Set Info Data Frame Options Alter k Create sone Delete i Extract Interpolate j Trianguilate Gurve Info B Select Zone 7 in the Zone s area of the Data Set Info dialog Data Set Information Zone arable Info Data Set Sharing Joumal Aux Data Zonele Varable s 1 mbwirng g 1 12 2 mbwing g 2 ey 3 mbwing g 3 3i Z 4 mbwing g 4 4 Blank 5 UppenvingSurace 0 73 5 RAHO 6 LowerwingS urface 1 73 6 RHO U al BEREE E AHO m one Mame Sle 2 0 0263 2 Zone Type FE LineSeg Pts 146 144 Variable Name Ix Var Type Float Var Location Nodal Var Status Resident Elem Tal Range Min 0 302663092505 Max 0 821154155325 Min 0 302663892505 Max 0 821154155325 Load vanables Data Manipulation C Make note of the Min amp Max values listed in the Var Range Selected Zone region of the dialog We will
52. g to a file for use in PowerPoint Web and Framer AVI Flash Raster Metafile e Using the Publish command to share results directly on the Web Q e Exporting presentation quality vector and raster formats JPEG PNG TIFF BMP WMF PostScript EPS You may also save time and effort by automating routine analyses and plotting operations e Create macros by recording or writing scripts e Use the Quick Macro Panel for one click macro access e Batch process plotting and printing e Extend Tecplot functionality with the Add on Developer s Kit e Customize the interface to your workflow 2 1 Interface The Tecplot interface is divided into 5 major sections 5 x File Edit view Plot Insert Animate Data Frame Options Tools Analyze Help Dial B RA Ale Rol volo s lle e aaoo Oo 24 Ele 30 Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers A Menubar Toolbar I Contour T Vector IT Scatter I Shade IV Edge Effects IV Lighting E Site I Translucen as cy a4 Zone Style A 7 ESS eae X Ra Ra 4 Pencae ats ia ii Smi MATS T Iso Surfaces g z N KA LLIA Tse e X EA J Streamtraces Ne cK KK OK Time 0 ja ina PX i Sai r iM t 14 gt Dl N N WI F Snap to Paper J Snap to Grid Quick Edit Redraw Redraw All Frame IV Auto Redraw IV Cache Graphics IV Plot Approximations Lo Status Line S Menubar 2 2 Menubar The menu bar offers rapid access to most of Tecplot s
53. hade layer atter BI C Toggle off the Edge layer Effects F Lighting l D Toggle on the Translucency zone effect With a few clicks of the mouse we have transformed the appearance of our data set Adjust the Plot View 4 3 Adjust the Plot View Step 3 Rotate the plot We would like to have a better view of the mixer s interior without eliminating any zones Depth Blanking will allow us to remove a per centage of the physical data in the plot independently of the zones The percentage is calculated based upon the current position of the plot so we must rotate the image to avoid removing the spouts from the plot A Select Rotate from the View menu views Flok Insert Animate Dat Redraw Frame Ctrl F Redraw All ctrl E Zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Data Fit Center Translate MagniFy Last Ctrl L 3D view Details x B In the 3D Rotate dialog i Set Psi 90 Rotation Mode XYZ Axis lt l XAsis el 7 C Spheica lt YAris B u Set Theta 175 C RollerBall lt 4 ZAnis el Rotation Step Size deg 5 xl 11 Set Alpha 1 5 Center of Rotation a S iv Close the dialog y fo Z 06411118358 Reset Spherical Angles Psif 9000 Theta 175 00 Alpha 15 00 Sere xy YZ xz Defaut ico 97 98 Your plot should look as follows Adjust the Plot View You can also rotate your plot using the rotati
54. hange the spacing between an axis label and its associated axis 2D Cartesian and XY Line plot types only e Change the shape of a polyline e Except for the above actions the behavior of the Adjustor mode is identical to that of the Selector tool The Adjustor tool can alter your data Be sure A you want to use the Adjustor tool before drag ging points in the data region To select multiple points you can either Shift click after selecting your initial point to select additional points or you can draw a group select band to select the points within the band In line plots you can select points from only one mapping at a time Once you have selected all desired points move the Adjustor over the selection handles of one of the points then click and drag to the desired location of the chosen data point Other 13 Q selected points will move as a unit with the chosen data point maintaining their relative posi tions For XY Line plots if several mappings are T using the same data for one of the variables O adjusting one of the mappings will result in simultaneous adjustments to the others You can avoid this by pressing the H or V keys on your key board while adjusting the selected point The H and V keys restrict the adjustment to the horizontal and vertical direc tions respectively Group Select The Group Select dialog is opened when you select a group of objects with the Selector or Adjustor t
55. he pw DDD D 2 PD OO of PY rotweer St A 2a te j gt uA R DUY 115 116 Introduction Chapter 5 Transient Data Tutorial 5 1 Introduction 5 1 1 Tutorial Summary Tecplot is an extremely useful tool for comparing simulated and measured data sets In this tutorial we present how to load a Fluent data set generate iso surfaces and animate the time steps in a data file The tutorial takes approximately 15 20 minutes to complete and includes the following steps Step 1 Load a Fluent Data File Step 2 Focus on the Region of Interest ROT Step 3 Rotate the Plot Step 4 Translate the Data Step 5 Change the active plot layers Step 6 Turn off select zones Step 7 Change the Shade color for select zones Step 8 Toggle on Iso surfaces in the Sidebar Step 9 Define the Iso surface positions Step 10 Add translucency to the iso surfaces Step 11 Animate the store separation on your screen Step 12 Save your animation to a file All supporting data files for this tutorial can be found in TEC360HOME demo tutorial tran sient data where TEC360HOME is the installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Windows users this is typically C Program Files Tecplot Tec360 Additional time steps can be down loaded from our website at ftp ftp tecplot com pub tecplot training transient_data zip The steps in the tutorial can be completed without the additional time steps but the screenshots are taken with
56. here the blue and yellow cloud regions are the two iso surfaces 5 5 Animate Time Steps Step 11 Animate the store separation on your screen gt Animate your plot by selecting the button in the Sidebar You can also animate the plot over time by selecting Time from the Animate menu Step 12 Save your animation to a file A Open the Animate page of the Time Details dialog by either 1 Selecting the button to the right of Time in the Sidebar 133 amp ii Selecting Time Details from the Plot menu and selecting the Ani mate page i Selecting Time from the Animate menu B On the Animate page of the Time Details dialog select To File from the Destination drop down menu Time Details Settings Animate Start Time o 010000001 Min 0 01 End Time 0 46000004 Max 0 46 Time Step Skip f Number of Time Steps 6 Destination On Screen On Screen Operation To File Animation Step f Curent Time 0 01 Goa Ta E lq Pj bl Limit Animation Speed Max Speed Frizer f 2 i Drop dialog during animation B4 E S Animate Time Steps C Accept the default format Flash and select the Generate Anima tion File button Time Details 7 x Settings Animate Start Time 0 010000001 Min 0 01 End Time 0 46000004 Max 0 46 Time Step Skip fi Number of Time Steps 6 Destination To File v File Format Flash m Generate Animation File D In the
57. ignments for the experimental data mappings A Map Num 2 1 In the Mapping Style dialog select Map Num 2 76 S Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data u Select the Zone button Mapping Style x Definitions Lines Curves Symbols ErorBars Bars i Map Map Map Axis Y Asis f Zone Sort Which Which Show in Num Name Show Variable Variable Axis Y Axis Legend Simulated Data ae 5 Slc Z 0 526372 Se A a T No None 3 No KC Auto im Experimental Data Cp Sle 2 0 526372 None x1 Y1 Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help e i Select Zone 8 from the Select Mapping Zone dialog Select Mapping Zone Zone T Sle 0 526372 z 2 m wing q 2 3 m wing q 3 4 mbuwing q 4 B UpperwingSurtace 0 73 J0 11EN 3 LowerwingSurtace 1 73 0 1 1 1 3 Sle Z 0 5263r 2 6 Lower Surface 3 Dpper Surface he M iv Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog B Map Num 3 1 In the Mapping Style dialog select Map Num 3 u Select the Zone button x Definitions Lines Curves Symbols ErorBars Bars Anis Y Axis Variable Variable Experimental Data w c Cp 8 Lower Surface None lt 1 yi Auto None Aut Close Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help 7 77 i Select Zone 9 from the Select Mapping Zone dialog Select Mapping Zone Zone Slc 2 0 526372 bd mbwing g
58. ing a frame s data set The complete plot is the sum of all the active layers axes text geometries and other elements added to the data plotted in the layers There are six zone layers for 2D and 3D Cartesian four map layers for XY Line two for Polar Line and none for Sketch The six zone layers for 2D and 3D Cartesian plot types are e Mesh Lines connecting the data points within each zone e Contour Lines having a constant value the region between these lines con tour flooding or both e Vector The direction and magnitude of physical quantities e Scatter Symbols at the location of each data point e Shade Used to tint each zone with a specified solid color or to add light source shading to a 3D surface plot Used in conjunction with the Lighting zone effect you may set Paneled or Gouraud shading Used in conjunction with the Translucency zone effect you may create a translucent surface for your plot Q Menubar e Edge Zone edges and creases for ordered data and creases for finite element data The four XY Line map layers are e Lines Plots a pair of variables X and Y as a set of line segments or a fit ted curve e Symbols A pair of variables e g X and Y as individual data points repre sented by a symbol you specify e Bars A pair of variables X and Y as a horizontal or vertical bar chart e Error Bars Allows you to add error bars to your plot The two map layers for Polar Line
59. ing the boundary file Step 4 Adjust the View Step 5 Calculate the Pressure Coefficient Step 6 Display Contours Step 7 Add a Contour Legend Step 8 Modify the Contour Legend Step 9 Add Contour Levels Step 10 Modify the Contour coloring Step 11 Extract a Slice Step 12 Activate the Edge Layer for Zone 7 only Step 13 Create a new frame Step 14 Delete a group of mappings Step 15 Activate the mapping Step 16 Change the zone associated with the mapping Step 17 Go to View gt Data Fit Step 18 Determine the maximum and minimum values of the x variable Step 19 Create a new variable Step 20 Change the x axis variable Step 21 Go to View gt Data Fit Step 22 Load the measured data file Step 23 Change the variable name Step 24 Create New Mappings Step 25 Rename the Mappings Step 26 Change the zone assignments for the experimental data mappings Step 27 Activate the new mappings Step 28 Reverse the Y axes Step 29 Adjust the Mapping Style Step 30 Add a Line Legend Step 31 Export the frames to a file 31 Q All supporting data files for this tutorial can be found in TEC360HOME demo tutorial external_flow where TEC360HOME is the installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Win dows users this is typically C Program Files Tecplot Tec360 3 1 2 Background Information In 1972 the ONERA Aerodynamics Department designed a swept semi span wing with no twist The wing was very well
60. instrumented to be used as an experimental support for basic studies of three dimensional flows at high Reynolds numbers from low to transonic speeds i e local supersonic flow shocks and turbulent boundary layer separation The following tutorial demonstrates how to display pressure on an airplane wing and compare measured and simu lated data on a two dimensional projection plane The simulated data set is a PLOT3D file with freestream conditions M 8395 Re 11 72 x 106 Angle of Attack 6 degrees and angle of side slip 0 0 degrees The measured data set was obtained in the ONERA S2MA wind tunnel by Schmitt and Charpin at Mach numbers of 0 7 0 84 0 88 and 0 92 for angles of attack up to 6 degrees and a Reynolds number of approx imately 12x 106 The measured data set is an ASCII file The tutorial compares the data sets at M 84 and y b 44 where b is the wingspan 3 2 Getting Started Step 1 Load a Plot3D file including a boundary file A Select Load Data File s from the File menu File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Mew Layout Open Layout Chrl 0 Save Layout Chrl 5 Save Layout as Cer Load Data File s Write Data File he 1 Schmitt V and F Charpin Pressure Distributions on the ONERA M6 Wing at Transonic Mach Numbers Experimental Data Base for Computer Program Assessment Report of the Fluid Dynamics Panel Working Group 04 AGARD AR 138 May 1979 Q Getting Started B Select
61. ion File s Grid File C Program Files Tecplot ect 0 Demo tutorials external flow data mbuing e Solution Fileja C Program Files T ecplot Tec 1 0 Demo tutorials external flow data mbuirn Name File Optional The initial plot will look as follows 37 You have now successfully loaded a PLOT3D data file into the Tecplot workspace NOTE The boundary file N mowing xyz fvbnd was automati cally included in the data set because its filename prefix m6wing xyz is identical to the grid file and the files are located in the same directory Step 2 Determine the Number of Zones and Variables In Tecplot the data can be subdivided into smaller regions called zones The zones can be defined in the data file itself or manually created by going to Data gt Create Zone In this case the zones were defined within the data file using the grid blocks established by the pre processor See also 2 3 3 Zones on page 25 A Go to Data gt Data Set Info and explore the dialog box Data Frame Options Alter Create sone Delete d Extract Interpolate i Triangulate Gurve Info 38 a G Getting Started In this data set there are six zones each of which contain nine vari ables The Aux Data tab details additional variables included in the data Set Data Set Information Zone arable Info Data Set gt m wing qe gt m wing g 3 m wing g4 U
62. ld es Yes If your zones are not numbered 9 press the i button in the Sidebar to go back to the first time step See 5 6 6 Working with Transient Data in Tecplot on page 137 Step 7 Change the Shade color for select zones A On the Shade page of the Zone Style dialog select Zone 8 Symme try set the Shade Color to light blue B Select Zones 3 6 and 7 using the CTRL key and set the Shade Color to light gray C Select Zone 4 and set the Shade Color to dark gray D Select Zone 5 and set the Shade Color to dark blue 129 The Shade page of the Zone Style dialog should look as follows Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Volume Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Shade Shade Use Num Name Num Show Show Color Lighting You can remove the 3D Orientation Axis by simply selecting it and then pressing the delete button Alternatively you select Plot gt 3D Orientation Axis and toggle off Show 3D Orientation Axis in the resulting dialog 130 Add Iso surfaces 5 4 Add Iso surfaces Although we could have animated the data at any time the plot is now ready to be animated Before we proceed to animation however we will enhance the plot by adding iso surfaces Step 8 Toggle on Iso surfaces in the Sidebar Aone Style Derived Objects IY so Subaces Slices l a Step 9 Define the Iso surface positions A Open the Iso surface
63. log toggle on Reverse Axis Direction a e oe v2 x3 v x4 v4 x5 5 1 18249384376 SOE 0 826782883094 80 Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data The plot will look as follows x c Step 29 Adjust the Mapping Style The current style of the plot makes it difficult to discriminate between the simulated and measured data As such we will change the measured data to a symbol plot A Toggle on the Symbol layer in the Sidebar Mapping Layers IY Lines MW Symbols Bars Eror Bars Mapping Style B On the Lines page of the Mapping Style dialog 81 Q 1 Select Maps 2 amp 3 u Select the No from the Line Show button Simulated Data Experimental Data Yes Experimental Data Yes y Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help J LA C On the Symbols page of the Mapping Style dialog 1 Select Map 1 ul Select No from the Symb Show button Definitions Lines Curves Symbols EnorBars Bars Indices 10 10 Draw Al Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help y i Select Maps 2 amp 3 iv Select the Outline Color button 82 Q Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data v Select Red from the Select Color dialog Select Color The Symbols page of the Mapping Style dialog will look as follows Mapping Style x Definitions Lines Curves Sy
64. mbols Eror Bars Ba Indices Map Map Map Symb Symb l Outline Fill Fill Symb Line Symb Color i Pressure Coefficient Yes No Square Pressure Coefficient Yes 5 Pressure Coefficient es Yes es Close Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help 83 The plot will look as follows Step 30 Add a Line Legend A Go to Plot gt Line Legend Plot Insert Animate fed Mapping Style Value Blanking 84 m S Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data B In the Line Legend dialog toggle on Show Line Legend Line Legend i Show Line Legend MW Show Mapping Names Text Color MBB Black Font Helv B 3 0 E Position 4nchor Line Spacing Ez Legend Box C NoBox Filed Plain Line Thickness 7 jo ki Box Color B Black Fill Color C White Margin ji a C Accept the remaining default settings by closing the dialog 85 The final plot will look as follows Simulated Data Experimental Data x c Step 31 Export the frames to a file A Go to File gt Export File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Mew Layout Open Layout Chrl 0 Save Layout Cbrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl uy Load Data Filefs write Data File Print Preview Print Ctrl P Paper Setup Publish Ctrl U acro 86 p S Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data B In the Export dialog selec
65. mes Interpolate i FE Boundary Trianguilate Tso0 Surfaces Gurrent Slices Data Set Info Sa ae Pea gical Streamtraces SnreaAcsheerr B Make the following adjustments in the Extract Slice From Plane dia log Extract Slice from Plane Slice Plane Position Position as of Range Arbitrary C Constant Contant Y booo Define Plane by Entering Three Points Origin and Hormal Show Trace M Force Extraction to Single Zone Create Slice From Surface Ones 56 va G Create a 2D Projection Plane 1 Select the Constant Z radio button ul Set the Z Position equal to 526372 111 Select the Extract button C Select OK on the successful extraction dialog Information P Slice extraction successful D Close the Extract Slice from Plane dialog E Go to the Zone Style dialog and verify that a new zone has been cre ated The new zone is named SLC Z 526372 Zone Style Xx Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Surfaces Volume Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Num Name Num Show Show Type By By Color Pttrn Lngth Thek Lighting No Step 12 Activate the Edge Layer for Zone 7 only We would like to show the slice in the Edge layer and also have the slice as the only zone visible in the Edge layer We can accomplish this
66. n be added to the plot interactively using either the tool or the Position page of the Streamtrace Details dialog accessed via Plot gt Streamtraces or the i button in the Sidebar A Select the a tool from the Toolbar NOTE The cursor has changed from an arrow to a sie a B Click and drag within your plot Streamtraces will automatically be added to your plot 110 va S Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings Step 12 OPTIONAL Position streamtraces using the Streamtrace Details dialog To precisely match our plot you can also place streamtraces using the Streamtrace Details dialog A Open the Streamtrace Details dialog by either selecting Plot gt Streamtraces or the a button to the right of Streamtraces in the Sidebar B Specify the following settings 1 Toggle on Create Rake A rake is a group of Streamtraces The number of streamtraces in the rake is specified at the bottom of the dialog iii Rake Start Position w 8 X 1 Y 2 Z2A25 Rake End Position NK XK ott sl it Nb 111 112 iv Streamtraces per Rake 5 Streamtrace Details Position Line Riod Ribbon Timing TetmLine Integration Create Streamtraces with Format Volume Line Direction Both Enter IJK Positions Zone i rotating fluid f Enteri Positions W Create Rake Rake Start Position Rake End Position a Number of Streamtraces 5 C Select
67. n provides for good interactive performance with the final plot always displayed in the full representation See the Jecplot 360 User s Manual for more information 2 2 2 Toolbar Each of the tools represented in the toolbar changes the mouse mode and allows you to interac tively edit your plot PRA Ql velak ose rw fees aoao ol oH AE Double click on a tool to launch the Details dialog associated with the tool Selector Tool k Use the Selector tool to select objects in your workspace The selected objects can be modified using the Quick Edit Dialog and in some cases the Selector tool itself The following objects can be moved translated using the Selector tool e frames e axis grid area e text e geometries 12 Menubar e contour labels e streamtraces e streamtrace termination line e legends e 3D frame axis To select an object and open that object s attributes dialog either double click on any object or drag the cursor to select groups of objects calls up Group Select dialog Click OK then Object Details Adjustor Tool Fy Use the Adjustor tool to perform the following specific modifications to your plot and data e Change the location of individual or groups of data points in the grid e Modify the values of the data set variables at a particular point e Change the length or placement of individual axes 2D Cartesian and XY Line plot types only e C
68. nd dragging the data 126 Getting Started C Opening the Translate Magnify dialog accessed via the View menu To closely match our plot change the Step Size to 15 and hit the right arrow five times and the down arrow once Magnify Translate 5 E m Le 2 m 2 mh ia Be should look as follows The result 127 5 3 Customize the Plot Layers The ultimate goal of this tutorial is to view an animation of the store separation and two pressure iso surfaces As such the mesh and edge layers are more information than we need Step 5 Change the active plot layers A In the Sidebar toggle off Mesh and Edge layers B Toggle on the Shade layer one Surfaces Layers T Contour Bi Vector ects M Lighting Translucency The plot looks empty because the outer zone in the plot is no longer transparent Step 6 Turn off select zones A Open the Zone Style dialog accessed via the Sidebar or the Plot menu B Go to the Shade page of the dialog C Select Zones 1 2 4 amp 9 using the CTRL key 128 a G Customize the Plot Layers D Select No from the Shade Show menu Zone Style Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surl ae Fluid 01 3 i wall 2 4 boattail 1 prer 2s p shore es Pes E wall 9 es ites T outflow Yeg ites g symmetry Tes les i ES e farfie
69. ols and the Time Details dialog See the Tecplot 360 User s Manual for more information on Time controls and the Time Details dialog Placement Plane When you are using certain tools to add objects to your plot IY Use Placement Plane toggle on Use Placement Plane in the Sidebar to place them Direction y F along a given plane 3D Plots only Use the X Y and Z buttons to select the plane to use and use the slider to reposition the placement plane The placement plane will appear as a gray slice in your plot The Placement Plane is available for e Placing streamtraces using the Add Streamtrace Tool 4 e Placing slices using the Slice Tool ny 10 Q Menubar e Adding Contour Levels using the Add Contour Level Tool oe e Deleting Contour Levels using the Remove Contour Level Tool a e Probing using the Probing tool F Redraw Buttons The redraw buttons allow you to keep your plot up to date Redraw All CTRL D redraws all frames Shift Redraw All causes Tecplot to completely regenerate the workspace Redraw CTRL R redraws only the current frame Sidebar Auto Redraw Use Auto Redraw When selected Tecplot will automatically redraw the plot whenever style or data changes Some users prefer to turn this option off while setting multiple style settings and then manually pressing Tecplot s Redraw or Redraw All button on the sidebar to see a full plot NOTE Even if Tecplot is in the middle of
70. on Windows Unix Read Case and Data File E store0140 cas E store0005 dat E store0140 dat l store0050 cas E store0185 cas E storeo050 dat E store0185 dat E store0095 cas E store0230 cas E store0095 dat E store0230 dat File name Files of type Case and Data cas dat Cancel Selected File s C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorial transient data store0230 cag C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorial transient data store0230 dat bai of Coperti Renove E Select the OK button to finish the loading process Load Case and Data Files Load Case File Only C Load Residuals Only Load Multiple Case and Data Files C Program Files T ecplot Tec110 Demo tutorial transit a Add Files C Program Files T ecplot T ec1104 Demo tutorial transit C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorial transi C Program Files T ecplotT ec110 Demo tutorial transi C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorial transit y b Remove Remove All Read Time from Data Files C Apply Constant Time Interval Time Interval MV Assign Strand IDs for Zones Add Zones to Existing Strands CA Drea Dilanat Taanlath TanT 1 MN arant hakari alh be ant Options Averaging Load Cells and Boundaries C Load Cells Only Load Boundaries Only Arithmetic Average to Nodes C Select Zones and Variables to Load Laplacian Tl Include Particle Data
71. on tools from the sidebar e Spherical a Drag the mouse horizontally to rotate about the Z axis drag the mouse verti cally to control the tilt of the Z axis e Rollerball Drag the mouse in the direc tion to move with respect to the current orienta tion on the screen In this mode your mouse acts much like a rollerball en e Twist Drag the mouse clockwise around the image to rotate the image clockwise Drag the mouse counterclockwise around the image to rotate the image counterclockwise e X axis A Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the X axis e Y axis Sy Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the Y axis Fi e Z axis SP Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the Z axis You can change the center of rotation in any rotation mode by selecting a point with your mouse and hitting o on the keyboard Step 4 Use Depth Blanking The rotation settings used in Step 3 A were selected in anticipation of depth blanking 99 A Go to the Plot menu and select Blanking gt Depth Blanking Plot Insert Animate Data Frame Options Tools Axis s w es E Assign Ave Reset 3D Axes 30 Axis Limits SD Orientation Axis Fone Style Streamtraces Slices Iso Surfaces Contour Multi Coloring Vector Scatter d FSB Coloring i Edge Details MEE o Tk Blanking Time Details Light Source B In the Depth Blanking dialog toggle on
72. ools Use the Group Select dialog to specify which types of objects within the specified selection region should be selected The Group Select dialog allows you to specify the following object types if the selection rect angle does not include a specific object its associated check box is inactive e Text e Geometries e Frames e Zones e Axis Grid Area e Contour Labels e Streamtraces The Group Select dialog offers the following attribute filters e Geoms of Type Choose geometries of a particular type from the drop down menu e Geoms with Line Pattern Choose all geometries having a particular line pat tern e Text with Font Choose all text displayed in a particular font Moo Q Menubar e Objects with Color Choose all objects of a particular color You choose the appropriate color from the Select Color dialog Zoom Tool A Zoom into or away from the plot When a mouse click occurs without dragging the zooming is centered at the location of your click There are two zoom modes plot zooming and paper zooming For plot zooming drag the magnifying glass cursor to draw a box about the region that you want to fit into the frame The box may be larger than the frame Making the box larger than the frame zooms away from the plot The region within the view box will be resized to fit into the frame If Snap to Grid is selected you cannot A make the zoom box larger than the grid area To re
73. or the paper within the workspace While in Translate Magnify mode drag the cursor to move the data with respect to the frame or Shift drag to move the paper with respect to the workspace Use the right mouse button to interactively O translate objects You can rescale your image by pressing to magnify to shrink If you are Shift dragging to move the paper the rescale buttons and will magnify or shrink the paper so long as you have the mouse button depressed Three Dimensional Rotation Tecplot allows you to rotate your data in a variety of different ways Choose one of the six 3D rotation mouse modes then drag the pointer in the workspace to rotate your 3D image The six rotation mouse modes can be entered by selecting the appropriate tools as follows e Spherical Ea Drag the mouse horizontally to rotate about the Z axis drag the mouse vertically to control the tilt of the Z axis 16 a Q Menubar e Rollerball Drag the mouse in the direction to move with respect to the current orientation on the screen In this mode your mouse acts much like a rollerball e Twist a Drag the mouse clockwise around the image to rotate the image clockwise Drag the mouse counterclockwise around the image to rotate the image counterclockwise e X axis W Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the X axis e Y axis Oy Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the Y axis
74. our license 2 2 1 Sidebar The sidebar provides easy access for frequently used plot controls The functions available in the Sidebar are dependent upon the plot type of the active frame For 2D or 3D Cartesian plot types you can add or subtract zone layers zone effects and derived objects from your plot using the Sidebar For line plots XY and polar you can add or subtract mapping layers using the Sidebar To customize your plot simply e Select the desired Plot Types Menubar e Use the toggle switches to add and subtract Zone Layers Map Layers Zone Effects or Derived Objects Use the Zone Style Mapping Style dia logs to further customize your plot by adding or subtracting zones from specific plot layers mappings changing the way a zone or group of zones is displayed or changing various plot settings E Cartesian Plot Ty pes Menu A Kr Line one Surfaces Scatter Shade Iv Edge Effects I Lighting oy Effects uiro Din Only Zone Style Derived Objects lso Surfaces 2 Derived Objects Slices i Iso surfaces Strearntraces By aA d OE Time oo p jl Transient Controls idj iP DI W Use Placement Plane Placement Plane Direct x Y z rection x GD Only Layers M Lines IY Mesh Zone Layers Map Layers Symbols T Contour Bi D Bars Vector Eror Bars Mapping Layers Mapping Style Figure 2 1 The Tecplot sidebar for a field plot left and a line plot right
75. pper ings urace Imin 11 gt Lowering urface Imin 1IM El Zone Mame Zone Type Ordered IMax 25 JMax 49 khas 33 B Close the dialog x Sharing Joumal Aux Data Variable Hame pae Var Type Float Yar Location Nodal Var Statue Mem Mapped Var Range Selected one Min 0 612447936325 Man 4107003212 Var Range Active ones Min 5 372999668172 Man 4107003212 Load Warables Step 3 Isolate the Wing using the boundary file This data set contains information for a very large volume and it is dif ficult to visualize the wing In this particular case there is a simple solution to isolating the wing boundaries A Select the Zone Style button from the Sidebar The Zone Style dialog allows you to customize display settings for each of the zones in your data file In this case we would like to limit the number of zones that are displayed The first four columns of the Zone GS 39 Style dialog are independent of the active page Changes made in any of those columns apply to the entire plot B In the Zone Style dialog select zones 1 4 by either i Selecting Zone 1 holding the SHIFT key and selecting Zone 4 ii Selecting Zone 1 and clicking and dragging down to Zone 4 i Selecting Select Range from the Zone Num button and enter ing 1 in the Begin field and 4 in the End field of the Enter Range dia log iv Selecting Select by Name from the Zone Nam
76. press OK to close the dialog Font Helvetica Size by Points Frame Height v 49 111 Select the Number Font button Header Font Hely 2 0 E Text Color B Black Number Font Helv 2 5 n Humber Format iv Change the number font size to 1 5 and press OK to close the dialog Select Font Font Helvetica Size by Points Frame Height After completing this step the Legend page of the Contour Details dialog should look as follows Contour amp Multi Coloring Details X cr c2 c3 c4 var Pressure Coefficient v _Les Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend MV Show Contour Legend MV Show Header Separate Color Bands Alignment Horizontal x 2 95 Y fia Anchor Increment fi l Resize Automatically T Include Cutoff Levels Level Skip fi Line Spacing fi 2 Header Font Helv 2 0 E Text Color ME Black Number Font Helv 1 5 a Number Format Line Thickness 0 1 C No Box Box Color MMM Black Filled Fill Color 2 White Plain Ha m Label at Contour Levels 50 GS Modify the Contour layer The plot will look as follows Pressure Coefficient 12 1 08060402 0 02 04 06 08 Step 9 Add Contour Levels Judging from the legend the bulk of the data values are between 2 and 4 We would like to add more levels in that range to add d
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79. reamtraces using the Streamtrace Details dialog All supporting data files for this tutorial can be found in TEC360HOME demo stutorial internal_flow where TEC360HOME is the installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Win dows users this is typically C Program Files Tecplot Tec360 4 1 2 Background information There are four primary steps for manufacturing soap and detergent mixing heat transfer dry ing and separation In both liquid and powder detergent manufacturing dry and liquid ingredi ents are blended in a uniform mixture using static mixers called crutchers Location of the dry and liquid inlets internal temperature and the velocity of the particles leaving the crutcher play an important role in optimizing the manufacturing process 91 4 2 Getting Started Step 1 Load a Fluent File The Fluent Data Loader allows you to load case and or data files For this tutorial we will load one set of case and data files A Go to File gt Load Data File s File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Mew Layout Open Layout Chrl 0 Save Layout Cbrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl yy Load Data Filefs be write Data File A Select Fluent Data Loader from the Select Import Format dialog Select Import Format X ABAQUS Output Database FEA ANSYS COWRITE Input FEA ANSYS Results FEA CONS Loader DEM Loader DF Loader ESI7PAM CRASH DAISY FEA EnSight Loader Excel Loader FLUENT FIDAP Neutral FEA
80. rutcher cas C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorials internal_flow data crutcher dat 7 4 TEC360HOME is the installation directory for Tecplot 360 For Windows users this is typically C Pro gram Files Tecplot Tec360 Q Getting Started D In the Fluent Data Loader dialog accept the remaining default set tings and select OK to close the dialog iojxi C Load Case and Data Files Load Case File Only C Load Residuals Only Load Multiple Case and Data Files File Lis C Program Files T ecplot T ec110 Demo tutorials internal_ Add Files C Program Files T ecplot Tec110 Demo tutorials internal_ Remove b xl Remove All Read Time from Data Files Apply Constant Time Interval Time Interval l IV Assign Strand IDs for Zones F Add Zones to Existing Strands Option Averagin Load Cells and Boundaries ma EEE C Load Cells Only Naas Load Boundaries Only Arithmetic Select Zones and Variables to Load Laplacian Include Particle Data 95 Step 2 Use the Sidebar to activate and deactivate Plot Layers By default the Mesh and Edge layers are toggled on when a data file is first loaded into Tecplot In this case the number of zones in the data indicated by the different mesh colors make it difficult to discern the objects in the plot Boers User A Using the Sidebar toggle off the Mesh layer Contour E Vector B Toggle on the S
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82. t Pressure Coefficient Cp in the Variable s region of the dialog i x Zone Variable Info DataSet Sharing Joumal AuxData Zonefs Variable s 2 mbwing g 2 3 m6wing g 3 4 m6wing g 4 5 6 7 UpperwingSurface I 1 74 LowerwingSurface I 1 7 Sle Z 0 526372 v b Zone Name Variable Name m6wing q 1 Pressure Coefficient Cp Zone Type Ordered Var Type Double IMax 25 Yar Location Nodal tfar Chabiun hiara hd annad C Enter Cp in the Variable Name field Data Set Information x Zone arable Info DataSet Sharing Joumal Aux Data Zonels m wing g2 m wing qg 3 mbwing g 4 UpperwingSurtace 1 7 LowervingSurace 1 7 Slc Z 0 526372 X d one Hame m wing g fone Type Ordered 1 00 On Fe oo hd arable Hame Cp Var Type Double The name change will be applied to all zones D Close the dialog Step 24 Create New Mappings We now need to add mappings of the measured data set to our plot 73 Q A Open the Mapping Style dialog by either i Selecting the Mapping Style button from the Sidebar ul Selecting Plot gt Mapping Style B Select the existing mapping Mapping Style B pe xj Definitions Lines Curves Symbols EnorBars Bars Indices Anis Variable Y Axis Variable Close Create Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help
83. t TIF from the Export Format menu Raster Metafile Sun Raster E WMF a irdons E Depth z C Accept the remaining default settings by pressing the OK button SUpersample Factor 2 16 E 87 D In the Select Export File dialog navigate to the desired directory and specify a file name Select Export File E Save Ire E external_flow a fe data File name frame2 Save Save as hype TIFF Files tif Cancel URL Save UAL Help i E Press the Save button to export the image The image file is now ready to be imported into your presentation soft ware Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data 89 90 Introduction Chapter 4 Internal Flow Tutorial 4 1 Introduction 4 1 1 Tutorial Summary The following tutorial demonstrates how to visualize the internal flow during the mixing pro cess The tutorial should take approximately 20 minutes to complete and includes the follow ing topics Step 1 Load a Fluent File Step 2 Use the Sidebar to activate and deactivate Plot Layers Step 3 Rotate the plot Step 4 Use Depth Blanking Step 5 Turn off Shading for selected zones Step 6 Accentuate the Blade Step 7 Lighting Effect Step 8 Change the Frame Background Color Step 9 Adjust the Lighting Step 10 Activate Streamtraces Step 11 Position streamtraces using the Add Streamtraces tool Step 12 OPTIONAL Position st
84. the Create Stream s button D Close the dialog Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings Your final plot should look as follows Step 13 Copy Plot to Clipboard Now that your plot is complete you can copy it to the Tecplot clipboard to be pasted into other software such as Power Point A Go to Edit gt Copy Plot to Clipboard Edit View Plot Insert Data Fran Unda art Select All Quick Edit Push Pop Gut erts Copy bree Paste Gtr Glear Copy Plot to Clipboard 113 B In the Copy Plot to Clipboard dialog select Current Frame from the Region drop down menu Copy Plot to Clipboard All Frames 7 Current Frame he All Frames OY Work rea Mr L D Force Extra S arimia for All alt arames Convert to 256 Colors Use Width of mage on Screen Enter wiati EepoTLed Image Dimensions TAS a 11a El Anbaiasmg SUpETSample Bacto 2 16 C Select the Image BMP radio button Current Frame Y Ly oO Force Extra Sarma for An SL Eames e Color E S o Supertample Bacto 2 16 114 Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings D Select the OK button The plot can now be pasted into other soft ware such as Microsoft Word ad Document i Microsoft Word a lB x Eb Get Yew jeet Format Jools Tabe ieddow tip Adobe POF Acrobat Comments p x Dew GAY t MAC HO o OHOEAA AM tom GB A Trestewioren i2 BJU MIS Se O Z A PralshowngNe
85. turn to the previous view choose Last from the View menu Ctrl L To restore the orig inal 2D view choose Fit to Full Size Ctrl F The results of plot zooming for the 2D plot type are dependent upon the axis mode selected in the Axis Details dialog accessed via the Plot menu e 2D Independent Axis Mode Allows the selected region to expand to exactly fit in the frame The axes are rescaled independently to fit the zoom box e 2D Dependent Axis Mode In dependent mode the axes are not fit per fectly to the zoom box The longest dimension from the zoom box is applied to associated axis and the other axis is resized according to the dependency relation For paper zooming Shift drag the magnifying glass cursor to draw a box about the region that you want to magnify The plot is resized such that the longest dimension of the zoom box fits into the workspace You can fit one or all frames to the workspace by using the Fit Selected Frames to Workspace or Fit All Frames to Workspace options from the View gt Workspace 15 Q menu To return to the default paper view choose Fit Paper to Workspace from the View gt Workspace menu Use the center mouse button or CTRL O right click to interactively zoom into or out of the plot Clicking anywhere in your plot while the zoom tool is active centers the zoom around your click Translate Tool Use the Translate Magnify tool to translate or magnify data within a frame
86. ty 50 5 Shininess 50 a Optimizations V Force Gouraud Effects when Plotting Light Source Shaded Continuous Flooded Contours IV Force Paneled Effects when Plotting Light Source Shaded Cell Flooding Help You can interactively move the light source position by click ing and dragging the circle within the Light Source Position region of the dialog 108 va G Use the Zone Style dialog to customize settings The result should look as follows Step 10 Activate Streamtraces We would like to visualize the internal flow of the mixer using streamtraces Streamtrace controls are located in the Sidebar and in the Streamtrace Details dialog accessed via Plot gt Streamtraces A Toggle on the Streamtraces button in the Sidebar 3D Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers Mesh Contour T Vector Scatter V Shade Edge Effects I Lighting El V Translucency Zone Style Derived Objects so Surfaces ea Slices 109 B Accept the default vector variables in the Select Variables dialog by selecting OK Select Variables The vector variables are not defined Choose the vector variables mes velocity wt Iv Velocity Wwe z Velocity Cancel Help After the vector variables have been defined you can change them by going to Plot gt Vector gt Vari ables Step 11 Position streamtraces using the Add Streamtraces tool Streamtraces ca
87. use these values in the next Step 1 Min 0 3027 ii Max 0 8212 i Range 5185 not listed D Close the dialog Step 19 Create a new variable A Go to Data gt Alter gt Specify Equations Data Frame Options Tools Analyze Help Create Zone Smooth B Enter the following equation in the Specify Equations dialog x c x 3027 5185 Specify Equations aea Data Set Info Remove lt gt s Save Equations an Load Equations Default Equation Modifiers ones to Alter m 1 r ving a Indes Ranges Start End Index i Mx f J lndex ho a i K Index f Mx New Var Data Type Auto All Active Range None New War Location Auto coe 65 C Select the Compute button D Select OK in the Information dialog a i 1 Data alteration successful Ok Data set variables that are identified by name are N denoted with curly braces in the Specify Equa tions dialog New variables can be created simply by placing the new variable name within curly braces at the left hand side of the equation New variables must be applied to all zones In the above dialog a new variable x c was created using shifted and scaled values of the existing x variable E Close the dialog Step 20 Change the x axis variable A With the Mapping Style dialog still open highlight the remaining mapping B Select the X axis Variable b
88. utton xj Definitions Lines Curves AMT Bab ars Bars Indices ap Axis Axi d Variable i ressure Coeffic 7 Sle Z2 0 526372 None Pressure Coefficient Yes fx Close Create Map Copy Map Delete Map To Top To Bottom Help y 66 a G Data Manipulation C In the Select Variable dialog select x c Choose the variable D Press OK to assign the variable and close the dialog The plot will look as follows Pressure Coefficient Q 67 Step 21 Go to View gt Data Fit view Plot Insert Animate Date Redraw Frame Ctrl R Redraw All Ctrl D zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Center Translate Magnify Last Cbrl L The plot will look as follows x c 3 7 Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data Step 22 Load the measured data file Compare Simulation Data with Measured Data A Go to File gt Load Data File File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Mew Layout Open Layout Chrl 0 Save Layout Cbrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl yy Load Data Filefs write Data File he B In the Select Import Format dialog select the Tecplot Data Loader Select Import Forma x CGMS Loader m DEM Loader DF Loader Excel Loader Fluent Data Loader General Text Loader Gridgen Loader HOF Loader HOFS Loader Kiva Loader PLOT 30 Loader PLY Polygon File Loader Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadsheet Loader
89. vels Add Levels Levels Level To dd lt lt Add Level Contour Yariable Min 1 30651 Max 0 913521 Remove Selected Levels 53 The plot containing a legend will look as follows Step 10 Modify the Contour coloring A Go to the Coloring page of the Contour Details dialog B Select the Continuous radio button a orin x El c2 c3 ca Var Pressure Coefficient Less lt lt Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend Color Distribution Method C B andeg ontour Values at Color Map Endpoints 54 a G Create a 2D Projection Plane C Close the dialog You can adjust the color map and its con trol points by going to Options gt Color Map The plot should look as follows 3 5 Create a 2D Projection Plane During the original ONERA wing study the researchers compared sim ulation and measured data at y b equal to 2 44 65 8 9 95 and 99 where b is the wingspan The following steps will recreate the comparison plots for y b equal to 44 55 Q Step 11 Extract a Slice The y axis from the data 1s equivalent to the z axis in Tecplot From the ONERA study we know that b wingspan is 1 1963 m As such we would like to extract a slice at z 44 b or z 526372 A Go to Data gt Extract gt Slice from Plane Data Frame Options Tools Analyze Help Alber k Create Zone Delete d Extract Gonbour Li
90. y slice Start End Slices active ONLY removes the Start and End Slices Updates the position of the primary slice if active If only start and end slices are visible click updates the position of the slice closest to the click Determine the X YZ location by ignoring zones and looking only at derived volume objects streamtraces slices 1so surfaces slices Place the start or end slice whichever is closest to the initial click location Show Start End Slices is acti vated if necessary Move the start or end slice whichever is closest to the initial click location Show Start End Slices is acti vated if necessary Switch to slicing constant I J or K planes respec tively Switch to slicing constant X Y or Z planes respec tively Numbers one through four switch to the corresponding slice group 18 Q Menubar Add Streamtrace sa Select the Add Streamtrace tool to add a streamtrace interactively by clicking any where in your plot Select the number of streamtraces to include with each click rake using 1 9 on the keyboard Refer to the Tecplot 360 User s Manual for on more information D Switch to streamrods R Switch to streamribbons S Switch to surface lines V Switch to volume lines 1 9 Change the number of streamtraces to be added when placing a rake of streamtraces Streamtrace Termination Line gt Select the Add Streamtrace Termination Line tool to a

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