4.14.4 ASCII Files

Select ASCII from the File Type drop-down list and choose the surface(s) for which you want to write data in the Surfaces list. If no surfaces are selected, the entire domain is exported. Also select the variable(s) for which data is to be saved in the Quantities list.

When exporting ASCII files, you have the following options:

• Select the Location from which the values of scalar functions are to be taken. If you specify the data Location as Node, then the data values at the node points are exported. If you choose Cell Center, then the data values from the cell centers are exported. For boundary faces, it is the face center values that are exported when the Cell Center option is selected.

• Select the Delimiter separating the fields ( Comma or Space).

Click the Write... button to save the file, using the Select File dialog box. ANSYS FLUENT will export a single ASCII file containing coordinates, optional loads, and specified scalar function data.

ANSYS FLUENT supports exporting polyhedral data to ASCII.

You have the option of exporting data at specified intervals during a transient calculation through the Automatic Export dialog box. See Section  4.16 for the complete details.