4.19.2 Format of the Interpolation File

An example of an interpolation file is shown below:

2
2
34800
3
x-velocity
pressure
y-velocity
-0.068062
-0.0680413
...

The format of the interpolation file is as follows:

• The first line is the interpolation file version. It is 1.0 for ANSYS FLUENT 5 and 2.0 for ANSYS FLUENT 6.

• The second line is the dimension ( 2 or 3).

• The third line is the total number of points.

• The fourth line is the total number of fields (temperature, pressure, etc.) included.

• Starting at the fifth line is a list of field names. To see a complete list of the field names used by ANSYS FLUENT, enter the display/contour text command and view the available choices by pressing <Enter> at the contours of> prompt. The list depends on the models turned on.

• After the field names is a list of $x$, $y$, and (in 3D) $z$ coordinates for all the data points.

• At the end is a list of the field values at all the points in the same order as their names. The number of coordinate and field points should match the number given in line 3.