foamToTecplot360

anfho · June 20, 2013, 16:23

Hi,

I was running the damBreakFine tutorial (http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/da...x7-610002.3.11) of OF 2.1.1 and after reconstructPar, I am trying to load the results with the Tecplot native loader. I am loading the controlDict in the system directory, however it won't tread it:

Quote:

The FEA Loader encountered an internal error from reading the file which may affect loading.

Funktion: vdm_OpenFoamLibOpen
Error: SYS_ERROR_FORMAT Improper or incomplete file format
Message: Invalid points file

Attempting to continue...

write Format is "ascii" and writeComnpression is set to "compressed". How do I read OF data with the Tecplot FEA loader correctly?

Thank you!
Andreas

wyldckat · June 20, 2013, 18:23

Greetings to all!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kleiber

I'm new to both OF and Linux, I downloaded tecio from tecplot's official site, and put it in ThirdParty-2.2.0. then I encountered problem in run ./Allwmake in both the directory of ThirdParty-2.2.0 and openfoam220. The error was like this :

@Yang: and welcome to the forum!
Have you tried following these instructions: https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360

Quote:

Originally Posted by anfho

I was running the damBreakFine tutorial (http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/da...x7-610002.3.11) of OF 2.1.1 and after reconstructPar, I am trying to load the results with the Tecplot native loader. I am loading the controlDict in the system directory, however it won't tread it:

write Format is "ascii" and writeComnpression is set to "compressed". How do I read OF data with the Tecplot FEA loader correctly?

@Andreas: Does it give you any error messages?

Best regards,
Bruno

akidess · June 21, 2013, 04:36

Also, can you try setting it to ASCII uncompressed and then run [pre]foamFormatConvert -time 0[/pre]? I think the loader has problems if the mesh is compressed, but I can't properly remember

- Anton

Quote:

Originally Posted by anfho

Hi,

I was running the damBreakFine tutorial (http://www.openfoam.org/docs/user/da...x7-610002.3.11) of OF 2.1.1 and after reconstructPar, I am trying to load the results with the Tecplot native loader. I am loading the controlDict in the system directory, however it won't tread it:

write Format is "ascii" and writeComnpression is set to "compressed". How do I read OF data with the Tecplot FEA loader correctly?

Thank you!
Andreas

Kleiber · June 22, 2013, 10:50

I used the following command under root and then ./Allwmake and it worked.

Quote:

source opt/openfoam220/etc/bashrc

Anyway, thank your for your kind help.

Best wishes
Yang

Raymond.Leoi · October 24, 2013, 11:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by s.m

HI wyldckat
when i run the ""wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO"" command on (opt/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.x) it doesn't run and it tell "getTecIO: Permission denied"
what should i do?
Regards.

I wonder how to build foamToTecplot360 in OF 2.1.x?

I tried ./getTecIO, but get the error as
./getTecIO: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./getTecIO: line 1: `<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">'

How to solve it?

wyldckat · October 26, 2013, 06:43

Greetings Raymond,

Try these instructions: https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360

Best regards,
Bruno

babakflame · October 28, 2013, 08:22

Greetings all
I have done a simulation in O.F. 2.2.x and now want to post process my data in tecplot 360.
I executed the directive:

Code:

foamToTecplot360

Now I want to open my files. I should notice that I have retained my 0 and last time steps.
I have these files in Tecplot360 folder:
1- Flame_0.plt
2-Flame_1.plt
3-Flame_grid_0.plt
and a boundaryMesh subfolder.

Would somebody PLZ hint me how can I open my last step by tecplot360?
I mean first of all which file should be opened and then which files?
It seems that _0.plt is for initial (0) folder and _1.plt is for last time step.
Regards
Bobi

babakflame · October 29, 2013, 07:16

Greetings all
Maybe this directive i.e.

Code:

foamToTecplot360

in now useless.

The best thing that I got is if your O.F. is 2.2. just change themodynamic format to 2.0 and use tecplot with opening openfoam files directly. It is the best way to get rid of lots of .plt files.

Remember: Tecplot 2013 R1 still does not support O.F. 2.1. and 2.2 .
Change format to 2.0.

Regards
Bobi

s.m · November 4, 2013, 06:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by babakflame

Greetings all
Maybe this directive i.e.

Code:

foamToTecplot360

in now useless.

The best thing that I got is if your O.F. is 2.2. just change themodynamic format to 2.0 and use tecplot with opening openfoam files directly. It is the best way to get rid of lots of .plt files.

Remember: Tecplot 2013 R1 still does not support O.F. 2.1. and 2.2 .
Change format to 2.0.

Regards
Bobi

Hi Bobi
i didn't understand what should we do at last

would you please explain in more details?
Thank you very much

babakflame · November 4, 2013, 07:33

Hi Saeideh

Do not get confused.

First of all you should know that there is no need to use the directive

Code:

 foamToTecplot360

anymore
Since recent versions of Tecplot software have this ability to load openfoam datafiles (Open controlDict files).

However, there is another problem with the newest version 2013 R1 that it does not support the recent version of O.F. i.e. 2.2

The solution is rename your 0 folder header files to 2.0 and also change your thermodynamic format ( Combustion cases) to 2.0 format.

The best solution is just forget Tecplot and use Paraview which is a robust software.

Regards
Bobi

krishtej23 · January 30, 2014, 23:06

Dear Bruno,

I used the same commands as you said in post #17, #40 and #60 but I get this error when I execute the 'foamToTecplot360' command:
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time

fileName::stripInvalid() called for invalid fileName linedata
For debug level (= 2) > 1 this is considered fatal
Aborted (core dumped)

when I use 'foamToTecplot360 -help' ...it shows the the command usage too.
I am using OF 2.1.1
Please help me resolve this issue. Thanks in advance.

wyldckat · January 31, 2014, 17:12

Greetings krishtej23,

Quote:

Originally Posted by krishtej23

fileName::stripInvalid() called for invalid fileName linedata
For debug level (= 2) > 1 this is considered fatal
Aborted (core dumped)

That usually implies that a file or a path somewhere has spaces in their name. For example, if you have a file named "line data" somewhere, that's more than enough reason for OpenFOAM to give that error message.

Problem is that I cannot see what you're seeing, so I cannot tell you what reason for the error. You can ascertain what might be the source of the problem, by running these commands:

Code:

pwd
find . -name "line*"

If any of the two commands above give you any lines that have a space in the middle of the text, then that's the reason for the error message.

Best regards,
Bruno

krishtej23 · February 1, 2014, 01:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings krishtej23,

That usually implies that a file or a path somewhere has spaces in their name. For example, if you have a file named "line data" somewhere, that's more than enough reason for OpenFOAM to give that error message.

Problem is that I cannot see what you're seeing, so I cannot tell you what reason for the error. You can ascertain what might be the source of the problem, by running these commands:

Code:

pwd
find . -name "line*"

If any of the two commands above give you any lines that have a space in the middle of the text, then that's the reason for the error message.

Best regards,
Bruno

Thanks a lot sir. It was a silly mistake I did. I did not remember when a folder 'line data' was created nor I noticed it. There is a folder with space in its name. Thank you once again.

ahmmedshakil · June 1, 2014, 03:55

Hi All,
I have followed the similar steps as mentioned in post #17(http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...ecplot360.html). First two steps work well for me, but in the 3rd steps I'm seeing the following error:

Code:

g++ -m64 -Dlinux64 -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -Wnon-virtual-dtor -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100 -I/home/adminuser/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.1/tecio/tecsrc/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam210/src/lagrangian/basic/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam210/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam210/src/meshTools/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/opt/openfoam210/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/opt/openfoam210/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -Xlinker --add-needed -Xlinker --no-as-needed Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o Make/linux64GccDPOpt/vtkMesh.o Make/linux64GccDPOpt/foamToTecplot360.o -L/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib \
	     -llagrangian -lfiniteVolume -lgenericPatchFields -lmeshTools -L/home/adminuser/OpenFOAM/adminuser-2.1.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libtecio.so -lOpenFOAM -ldl   -lm -o /home/adminuser/OpenFOAM/adminuser-2.1.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/FoamToTecplot360
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/foamToTecplot360.o: In function `_ZNK4Foam13tecplotWriter10writeFieldIdEEvRKNS_5FieldIT_EE.constprop.815':
foamToTecplot360.C:(.text+0x1592): undefined reference to `tecdat112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/foamToTecplot360.o: In function `_ZNK4Foam13tecplotWriter10writeFieldINS_6TensorIdEEEEvRKNS_5FieldIT_EE.constprop.844':
foamToTecplot360.C:(.text+0x2707): undefined reference to `tecdat112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/foamToTecplot360.o: In function `_ZNK4Foam13tecplotWriter10writeFieldINS_10SymmTensorIdEEEEvRKNS_5FieldIT_EE.constprop.837':
foamToTecplot360.C:(.text+0x28b7): undefined reference to `tecdat112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/foamToTecplot360.o: In function `_ZNK4Foam13tecplotWriter10writeFieldINS_15SphericalTensorIdEEEEvRKNS_5FieldIT_EE.constprop.839':
foamToTecplot360.C:(.text+0x2a4a): undefined reference to `tecdat112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/foamToTecplot360.o: In function `_ZNK4Foam13tecplotWriter10writeFieldINS_6VectorIdEEEEvRKNS_5FieldIT_EE.constprop.818':
foamToTecplot360.C:(.text+0x2de7): undefined reference to `tecdat112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writeInit(Foam::word const&, Foam::string const&, Foam::fileName const&, int) const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0x149): undefined reference to `tecini112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writePolyhedralZone(Foam::word const&, int, Foam::fvMesh const&, Foam::List<int> const&, int) const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0x3d7): undefined reference to `teczne112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writeOrderedZone(Foam::word const&, int, int, Foam::List<int> const&) const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0x60f): undefined reference to `teczne112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writeConnectivity(Foam::fvMesh const&) const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0x83e): undefined reference to `tecpoly112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writeConnectivity(Foam::PrimitivePatch<Foam::face, Foam::IndirectList, Foam::Field<Foam::Vector<double> > const&, Foam::Vector<double> > const&) const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0xbf3): undefined reference to `tecpoly112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writePolygonalZone(Foam::word const&, int, Foam::PrimitivePatch<Foam::face, Foam::IndirectList, Foam::Field<Foam::Vector<double> > const&, Foam::Vector<double> > const&, Foam::List<int> const&) const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0x1061): undefined reference to `teczne112'
Make/linux64GccDPOpt/tecplotWriter.o: In function `Foam::tecplotWriter::writeEnd() const':
tecplotWriter.C:(.text+0x648): undefined reference to `tecend112'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/home/adminuser/OpenFOAM/adminuser-2.1.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/FoamToTecplot360] Error 1

I don't have any idea how to resolve this. Please help me to get rid out of this problem.

Thanks
#shakil

wyldckat · June 1, 2014, 09:52

Greetings Shakil,

Please try the instructions provided here: https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360

Best regards,
Bruno

ahmmedshakil · June 2, 2014, 04:12

Thanks Bruno. It's working.

#shakil

ron_OFuser · October 15, 2014, 08:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Greetings Rodrigo,

The library for Tecplot file handling isn't licensed as GPL, the one used by OpenFOAM. Therefore, OpenCFD has set things right in OpenFOAM 2.0 and has moved this library outside of OpenFOAM's code.

Unfortunately, they left only a little information around for people to figure out for themselves what to do. They wrote on the files README.html and README.org at ThirdParty-2.0.0/x where one can find the tecio library. The idea is to download the given link and unpack it into the folder ThirdParty-2.0.0/x.

Then go back to the main OpenFOAM folder and run Allwmake again and things will get themselves straight.

On the other hand, if you are using the Debian packages of OpenFOAM for Ubuntu/Debian, then things get a bit more complicated. If this is the case, I can write instructions for building the tecio library and foamToTecplot360.

Now, if you built OpenFOAM yourself and if you are feeling a bit lazy, you can use the getter script from here... or better yet, here's what you can run:

Code:

foam3rdParty
wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
chmod +x getTecIO
./getTecIO
foam
./Allwmake

Best regards,
Bruno

Dear Bruno,

I am new to OF. I tried using command in the quoted post above. I am getting error message for this as:

Code:

@kcc-desktop:~$ wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
--2014-10-15 16:40:52--  http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug
Resolving www.openfoam.com (www.openfoam.com)... 82.71.205.33
Connecting to www.openfoam.com (www.openfoam.com)|82.71.205.33|:80... failed: Connection refused.
@kcc-desktop:~$ chmod +x getTecIO
@kcc-desktop:~$ ./getTecIO
@kcc-desktop:~$ ls -l /home/kcc/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.0/tecio/ls: cannot access /home/kcc/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.0/tecio/: No such file or directory
@kcc-desktop:~$ foam3rdParty
@kcc-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.1$ wget "http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug" -O getTecIO
--2014-10-15 17:17:57--  http://www.openfoam.com/mantisbt/file_download.php?file_id=108&type=bug
Resolving www.openfoam.com (www.openfoam.com)... 82.71.205.33
Connecting to www.openfoam.com (www.openfoam.com)|82.71.205.33|:80... failed: Connection refused.
@kcc-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.1$ chmod +x getTecIO
@kcc-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.1$ ./getTecIO
@kcc-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.1.1$ foam
@kcc-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1$ ./Allwmake

Please help!!!

ron_OFuser · October 18, 2014, 03:27

Dear Foamer's,

I am facing installation error, when I execute "./Allwmake" in folder $/Thirdparty_x/. The error is with TecIO file execution.

Code:

Build Tecio
+ cd tecio
+ cpMakeFiles tecio
+ set +x
cpMakeFiles tecio .
+ wmake libso tecsrc
SOURCE=alloc.cpp ;  g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100 -DMAKEARCHIVE -DLINUX -DUSEENUM -DTHREED -U_WIN32  -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linuxGccDPOpt/alloc.o
SOURCE=arrlist.cpp ;  g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100 -DMAKEARCHIVE -DLINUX -DUSEENUM -DTHREED -U_WIN32  -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linuxGccDPOpt/arrlist.o
SOURCE=auxdata.cpp ;  g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100 -DMAKEARCHIVE -DLINUX -DUSEENUM -DTHREED -U_WIN32  -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linuxGccDPOpt/auxdata.o
SOURCE=dataio4.cpp ;  g++ -m32 -Dlinux -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100 -DMAKEARCHIVE -DLINUX -DUSEENUM -DTHREED -U_WIN32  -IlnInclude -I. -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/home/kcc/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.1.1/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linuxGccDPOpt/dataio4.o
In file included from alloc.cpp:25:0:
MASTER.h:527:31: fatal error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
In file included from arrlist.cpp:25:0:
MASTER.h:527:31: fatal error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
In file included from auxdata.cpp:25:0:
MASTER.h:527:31: fatal error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
In file included from dataio4.cpp:25:0:
MASTER.h:527:31: fatal error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Make/linuxGccDPOpt/alloc.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [Make/linuxGccDPOpt/auxdata.o] Error 1
make: *** [Make/linuxGccDPOpt/arrlist.o] Error 1
make: *** [Make/linuxGccDPOpt/dataio4.o] Error 1

Please help!

wyldckat · October 18, 2014, 16:43

Greetings Ron,

How did you not find the post I made 2-3 posts before your question? Namely this one:

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyldckat

Please try the instructions provided here: https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360

If you follow the instructions from that page, it should work properly!

Best regards,
Bruno

Laouche · February 1, 2016, 08:19

Hi,
I want to install localtecplotToFoam for OpenFOAM version 3.0
please help me
thanks

October 26, 2013, 06:43		#86
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,981 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings Raymond, Try these instructions: https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360 Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

October 28, 2013, 08:22		#87
babakflame Senior Member Bobby Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 454 Rep Power: 16	Greetings all I have done a simulation in O.F. 2.2.x and now want to post process my data in tecplot 360. I executed the directive: Code: foamToTecplot360 Now I want to open my files. I should notice that I have retained my 0 and last time steps. I have these files in Tecplot360 folder: 1- Flame_0.plt 2-Flame_1.plt 3-Flame_grid_0.plt and a boundaryMesh subfolder. Would somebody PLZ hint me how can I open my last step by tecplot360? I mean first of all which file should be opened and then which files? It seems that _0.plt is for initial (0) folder and _1.plt is for last time step. Regards Bobi

October 29, 2013, 07:16		#88
babakflame Senior Member Bobby Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 454 Rep Power: 16	Greetings all Maybe this directive i.e. Code: foamToTecplot360 in now useless. The best thing that I got is if your O.F. is 2.2. just change themodynamic format to 2.0 and use tecplot with opening openfoam files directly. It is the best way to get rid of lots of .plt files. Remember: Tecplot 2013 R1 still does not support O.F. 2.1. and 2.2 . Change format to 2.0. Regards Bobi

November 4, 2013, 07:33		#90
babakflame Senior Member Bobby Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 454 Rep Power: 16	Hi Saeideh Do not get confused. First of all you should know that there is no need to use the directive Code: foamToTecplot360 anymore Since recent versions of Tecplot software have this ability to load openfoam datafiles (Open controlDict files). However, there is another problem with the newest version 2013 R1 that it does not support the recent version of O.F. i.e. 2.2 The solution is rename your 0 folder header files to 2.0 and also change your thermodynamic format ( Combustion cases) to 2.0 format. The best solution is just forget Tecplot and use Paraview which is a robust software. Regards Bobi

January 30, 2014, 23:06	error when executing foamToTecplot360	#91
krishtej23 New Member krishh Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 16 Rep Power: 14	Dear Bruno, I used the same commands as you said in post #17, #40 and #60 but I get this error when I execute the 'foamToTecplot360' command: // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // Create time fileName::stripInvalid() called for invalid fileName linedata For debug level (= 2) > 1 this is considered fatal Aborted (core dumped) when I use 'foamToTecplot360 -help' ...it shows the the command usage too. I am using OF 2.1.1 Please help me resolve this issue. Thanks in advance.

June 1, 2014, 09:52		#95
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,981 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings Shakil, Please try the instructions provided here: https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360 Best regards, Bruno krishtej23 likes this. __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

June 2, 2014, 04:12		#96
ahmmedshakil Senior Member Mohammad Shakil Ahmmed Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: AUS Posts: 137 Rep Power: 15	Thanks Bruno. It's working. #shakil

February 1, 2016, 08:19	tecplottofoam360	#100
Laouche New Member laouche nassim Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 10	Hi, I want to install localtecplotToFoam for OpenFOAM version 3.0 please help me thanks