[pdp.aero]

Hello Pointwise folks,

I have been working on something very experimental and now I have to find a way to test it and for that reason I want to export a unique cae format from pointwise. Is there an easy way to do that?

Is there any API available for what I wanna do?

Appreciate your general recommendation on this.

Best,
Pay

[dgarlisch]

There is indeed...

Use the Pointwise Plugin SDK.

Example code for several of our production plugins can be found on the Pointwise github page.


The plugins provide support for:

• Both CAE solver exporters and grid importers
• 2-D and 3-D meshes (face-based or cell-based)
• Solver specific Boundary and Volume conditions (BCs and VCs)
• Numeric precision options (single or double)
• Encoding options (Binary, ASCII, Fortran unformatted)
• Byte endian options (big or little endian)
• Solver-defined global attributes or settings
• Fully integrates with Pointwise GUI and Glyph language.
• And so much more!

Good luck.

[pdp.aero]

Originally Posted by dgarlisch

There is indeed...

Use the Pointwise Plugin SDK.

Example code for several of our production plugins can be found on the Pointwise github page.


The plugins provide support for:

• Both CAE solver exporters and grid importers
• 2-D and 3-D meshes (face-based or cell-based)
• Solver specific Boundary and Volume conditions (BCs and VCs)
• Numeric precision options (single or double)
• Encoding options (Binary, ASCII, Fortran unformatted)
• Byte endian options (big or little endian)
• Solver-defined global attributes or settings
• Fully integrates with Pointwise GUI and Glyph language.
• And so much more!

Good luck.

Thanks a lot for this response. I most probably will get back to you with more issues on this. Not soon though!

[dgarlisch]

If you are comfortable with C++, I strongly suggest using the -cpp option when creating a new plugin project using mkplugin.

Be sure to review the Additional Reference Materials section. Especially the Understanding the Pointwise Grid Model API (Part 1) and Understanding the Pointwise Grid Model API (Part 2) blog posts.

Feel free to post questions here or contact Pointwise support for help with your plugin development.

[dgarlisch]

I should have mentioned this in my original post.

IF the export requirements are "simple enough" and the mesh sizes you will be generating are "not too large", you could use a Glyph script to export the mesh.

The Glyph approach will not be able to do things like publish solver attributes (CAE, Set Solver Attributes...). Dealing with binary data and big/little endian issues are also more difficult using Glyph.

[pdp.aero]

Originally Posted by dgarlisch

I should have mentioned this in my original post.

IF the export requirements are "simple enough" and the mesh sizes you will be generating are "not too large", you could use a Glyph script to export the mesh.

The Glyph approach will not be able to do things like publish solver attributes (CAE, Set Solver Attributes...). Dealing with binary data and big/little endian issues are also more difficult using Glyph.

Thanks a lot David.

I appreciate the links and your clarification.

Not very fancy at this point. It is just some simple test cases but the whole thing is very new and experimental. I have to go through a series of test cases. I have no problem with C++ though at the end when I am sure how to put the whole things together.

Thanks again.