Multiple Moving Meshes Animation

Tristan · March 18, 2009, 21:30

I have a moving mesh simulation that is made up of a sequence of meshes. I run them one after the other (using separate .def files) in order to study a piston-cylinder problem so that I don't end up with really small cells during compression or really large cells during expansion. Does anyone know how I can combine the different meshes and their associated transient result files into a single animation?

Thanks,

Tristan

mvoss · March 19, 2009, 04:54

hey!

you could save the single frames for each .res file and simply copypaste them in one folder and make an new animation out of them.Should be possible with ... maybe...Irfanview.
If there are many .res-files you should think about batchprocessing via sessionfiles.

neewbie

Tristan · March 19, 2009, 13:45

I only have 3 .res files but each of them has around 10 .trn files so I was hoping CFX Post would allow me to bring them all in at once and create one animation. Apparently that's not possible?

Thanks,

Tristan

ghorrocks · March 19, 2009, 20:14

Hi,

Yes, it is possible. You can use the CFX-Post scripting to get it to load the 3 results files sequentially. Don't use the animation gizmo in CFX, use a script file to load a timestep, write a frame, load the next timestep, write a frame, load the next res file... etc.

To get you started in CFX-Post session files, record a session doing a frame or two of the sequence and edit it from there.

Glenn Horrocks

March 18, 2009, 21:30	Multiple Moving Meshes Animation	#1
Tristan Member Tristan Burton Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 43 Rep Power: 17	I have a moving mesh simulation that is made up of a sequence of meshes. I run them one after the other (using separate .def files) in order to study a piston-cylinder problem so that I don't end up with really small cells during compression or really large cells during expansion. Does anyone know how I can combine the different meshes and their associated transient result files into a single animation? Thanks, Tristan

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March 19, 2009, 04:54		#2
mvoss Senior Member Matthias Voß Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 449 Rep Power: 20	hey! you could save the single frames for each .res file and simply copypaste them in one folder and make an new animation out of them.Should be possible with ... maybe...Irfanview. If there are many .res-files you should think about batchprocessing via sessionfiles. neewbie

March 19, 2009, 13:45		#3
Tristan Member Tristan Burton Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 43 Rep Power: 17	I only have 3 .res files but each of them has around 10 .trn files so I was hoping CFX Post would allow me to bring them all in at once and create one animation. Apparently that's not possible? Thanks, Tristan

March 19, 2009, 20:14		#4
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,871 Rep Power: 144	Hi, Yes, it is possible. You can use the CFX-Post scripting to get it to load the 3 results files sequentially. Don't use the animation gizmo in CFX, use a script file to load a timestep, write a frame, load the next timestep, write a frame, load the next res file... etc. To get you started in CFX-Post session files, record a session doing a frame or two of the sequence and edit it from there. Glenn Horrocks