6.3.14 ANSYS FIDAP Neutral Files

If you have an ANSYS FIDAP Neutral file and you want to run an ANSYS FLUENT simulation using the same mesh, import it using the File/Import/FIDAP... menu item, as described in Section  4.12.6. ANSYS FLUENT will read mesh information and zone types from the ANSYS FIDAP file.

To manually convert an input file in ANSYS FIDAP format to an output file in ANSYS FLUENT format, enter the following command:

utility fe2ram [ dimension] -tFIDAP7 input_file output_file

The item in square brackets is optional. Do not type the square brackets. For a 2D file, replace dimension with -d2. For a 3D file, do not enter anything for dimension, because 3D is the default.

After the output file has been written, read it into ANSYS FLUENT using the File/Read/Case... menu item, as described in Section  4.2.