26.16 Animating the Solution

During the calculation, you can have ANSYS FLUENT create an animation of contours, vectors, XY plots, monitor plots (residual, statistic, force, surface, or volume), or the mesh (useful primarily for moving mesh simulations). Before you begin the calculation, you will specify and display the variables and types of plots you want to animate, and how often you want plots to be saved. At the specified intervals, ANSYS FLUENT will display the requested plots, and store each one. When the calculation is complete, you can play back the animation sequence, modify the view (for mesh, contour, and vector plots), if desired, and save the animation to a series of picture files or an MPEG file

Instructions for defining a solution animation sequence are provided in
Section  26.16.1. Sections  26.16.2 describes how to play back and save the animation sequences you have created, and how to read a previously-saved animation sequence into ANSYS FLUENT.