[OpenFOAM] Viewing forces output in Paraview

Boloar · August 12, 2013, 01:38

Hi OpenFOAMers,

Time for the stupid question of the day:
I have a file postProcessing/forces/0/forces.dat with forces / moment output from my pimpleDyMFoam simulation. How can I view this in ParaView?

Boloar · August 12, 2013, 04:11

I gather from what I've read so far it has to be done manually. I imported into a spreadsheet and separated out the values and copy/pasted into a new spreadsheet. It's a rather roundabout process isn't it?

Would it be possible to output directly into a spreadsheet/ParaView compatible format in future versions? Perhaps if someone could point me at the source code for the forces output I could make the changes for myself (hopefully without breaking OpenFOAM) ...

August 12, 2013, 01:38	Viewing forces output in Paraview	#1
Boloar Member Anand Lobo Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 13	Hi OpenFOAMers, Time for the stupid question of the day: I have a file postProcessing/forces/0/forces.dat with forces / moment output from my pimpleDyMFoam simulation. How can I view this in ParaView?

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August 12, 2013, 04:11		#2
Boloar Member Anand Lobo Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 13	I gather from what I've read so far it has to be done manually. I imported into a spreadsheet and separated out the values and copy/pasted into a new spreadsheet. It's a rather roundabout process isn't it? Would it be possible to output directly into a spreadsheet/ParaView compatible format in future versions? Perhaps if someone could point me at the source code for the forces output I could make the changes for myself (hopefully without breaking OpenFOAM) ...