Re: Exporting data from Elmer to Paraview
Posted: 22 Oct 2023, 17:27
Hi Peter,
Yes I will see a little more how SaveScalar works.
Say just that, as I told it in the former reply, when solving a multiphysics model (like in our case an electromagnetic processing problem with electromagnetics, heat transfer, moving mesh, fluid mechanics coupled physics), you have often to make some calculations like:
- local volume Joule losses or/and integration in a body,
- integration of the current density in the inductor section to get the total current,
- heat flow in a body or in a boundary (local and/or integrated),
- fluid flow rate in a boundary, etc......
All these indirect quantities are function of the basic dependant variables (vector potential, scalar electric potential, temperature, velocity, etc....) and of the physical material properties.
This is why it would be very convenient to be able to calculate all these quantities (which you need to know gradually when advancing in the results analysis) either by staying in Elmer, but rather in Paraview where you are already for the results graphical analysis, you see? This is why it would be very interesting to be able to export all the basic variables (this is the case, ok) and the physical material properties from Elmer to Paraview.
But say also that even if this is not possible, it is very exciting and interesting to discover all the data analysis possibilities of Paraview (like the different "extract selection", "extract block", "extract surface", etc...., which I am currently investigating)!
We keep us informed.
Roland
Yes I will see a little more how SaveScalar works.
Say just that, as I told it in the former reply, when solving a multiphysics model (like in our case an electromagnetic processing problem with electromagnetics, heat transfer, moving mesh, fluid mechanics coupled physics), you have often to make some calculations like:
- local volume Joule losses or/and integration in a body,
- integration of the current density in the inductor section to get the total current,
- heat flow in a body or in a boundary (local and/or integrated),
- fluid flow rate in a boundary, etc......
All these indirect quantities are function of the basic dependant variables (vector potential, scalar electric potential, temperature, velocity, etc....) and of the physical material properties.
This is why it would be very convenient to be able to calculate all these quantities (which you need to know gradually when advancing in the results analysis) either by staying in Elmer, but rather in Paraview where you are already for the results graphical analysis, you see? This is why it would be very interesting to be able to export all the basic variables (this is the case, ok) and the physical material properties from Elmer to Paraview.
But say also that even if this is not possible, it is very exciting and interesting to discover all the data analysis possibilities of Paraview (like the different "extract selection", "extract block", "extract surface", etc...., which I am currently investigating)!
We keep us informed.
Roland