how to read some message from phi files

October 26, 2001, 11:16

Dear all, I want to get some message e.g. velocity, density from the phi file,can I do so? the message on the phi structure posted before only give me a little help, I found a lot of people in this forum have the same trouble with me, could anyone give some help? thanks.

November 6, 2001, 09:22

To get data from a PHI file, the options are:

(1) use Ground. (2) write coding to read the file - but you need to know the exact format, or (3) use Autoplot.

We use Autoplot a lot at Flowsolve, and it is probably the simplest way to extract specific data from PHI files. It plots the variation of a variable along a line of cells through the grid. This data can be saved ("ELEMENT SAVE" command) as a file containing a table of numbers (i.e. variable value against distance). Such files can then be read into spreadsheets such as Excel.

You can read how to use Autoplot in the Encyclopaedia in POLIS.

November 9, 2001, 03:29

December 19, 2001, 06:05

Dear David, Thank you for your kind help

October 26, 2001, 11:16	how to read some message from phi files	#1
pangpang Guest Posts: n/a	Dear all, I want to get some message e.g. velocity, density from the phi file,can I do so? the message on the phi structure posted before only give me a little help, I found a lot of people in this forum have the same trouble with me, could anyone give some help? thanks.

November 6, 2001, 09:22	Re: how to read some message from phi files	#2
David Glynn Guest Posts: n/a	To get data from a PHI file, the options are: (1) use Ground. (2) write coding to read the file - but you need to know the exact format, or (3) use Autoplot. We use Autoplot a lot at Flowsolve, and it is probably the simplest way to extract specific data from PHI files. It plots the variation of a variable along a line of cells through the grid. This data can be saved ("ELEMENT SAVE" command) as a file containing a table of numbers (i.e. variable value against distance). Such files can then be read into spreadsheets such as Excel. You can read how to use Autoplot in the Encyclopaedia in POLIS.

November 9, 2001, 03:29	Re: how to read some message from phi files	#3
pangpang Guest Posts: n/a

December 19, 2001, 06:05	Re: how to read some message from phi files	#4
pangpang Guest Posts: n/a	Dear David, Thank you for your kind help

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