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Chapter 6 Post-processing
This chapter describes options for post-processing with OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is supplied with a post-processing utility paraFoam that uses ParaView, an open source visualisation application described in section 6.1 .
Other methods of post-processing using third party products are offered, including EnSight, Fieldview and the post-processing supplied with Fluent.
6.1
ParaView/paraFoam graphical user interface
(GUI)
6.1.1 Overview of ParaView/paraFoam
6.1.2 The Parameters panel
6.1.3 The Display panel
6.1.4 The button toolbars
6.1.5 Manipulating the view
6.1.6 Contour plots
6.1.7 Vector plots
6.1.8 Streamlines
6.1.9 Image output
6.1.10 Animation output
6.2 Post-processing command line interface (CLI)
6.2.1 Post-processing functionality
6.2.2 Run-time data processing
6.2.3 The postProcess utility
6.2.4 Solver post-processing
6.3 Sampling and monitoring data
6.3.1 Probing data
6.3.2 Sampling for graphs
6.3.3 Sampling for visualisation
6.3.4 Live monitoring of data
6.4 Third-Party post-processing
6.4.1 Post-processing with Ensight
6.1.1 Overview of ParaView/paraFoam
6.1.2 The Parameters panel
6.1.3 The Display panel
6.1.4 The button toolbars
6.1.5 Manipulating the view
6.1.6 Contour plots
6.1.7 Vector plots
6.1.8 Streamlines
6.1.9 Image output
6.1.10 Animation output
6.2 Post-processing command line interface (CLI)
6.2.1 Post-processing functionality
6.2.2 Run-time data processing
6.2.3 The postProcess utility
6.2.4 Solver post-processing
6.3 Sampling and monitoring data
6.3.1 Probing data
6.3.2 Sampling for graphs
6.3.3 Sampling for visualisation
6.3.4 Live monitoring of data
6.4 Third-Party post-processing
6.4.1 Post-processing with Ensight
OpenFOAM v9 User Guide - Chapter 6 Post-processing
