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Tecplot is great to make nice looking graphs and animation but is not as nice a Rubens, the default visualisation software from the TELEMAC project to actually explore the data. Unfortunately, Rubens does not handle 3D data so for ESTEL-3D, there is not much choice.  
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Tecplot is great to make nice looking graphs and animations. However, to explore data, it is sometimes not as convenient as Rubens, the default visualisation software from the TELEMAC project to actually explore the data. Unfortunately, Rubens does not handle 3D data so for ESTEL-3D, there is not much choice. Below are a list of add-ons that make the Tecplot experience a bit nicer:
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= telconv =
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Regina Nebauer developed a fantastic add-on which can be used to load Serafin files from '''ESTEL-2D''' or TELEMAC-2D into directly from Tecplot. The <code>telconv</code> is hosted on the subversion repository, grab it with:
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<code><pre>
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$ svn co http://source.ggy.bris.ac.uk/subversion/estel-scripts/trunk/src/telconv telconv
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</pre></code>
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Compile the add-on. Drop it into the <tt>bin/</tt> folder and add "<tt>$!LoadAddOn "LinkTime"</tt>" to the tecplot.add file.
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* requires Tecplot 360
  
 
= LinkTime =
 
= LinkTime =
This Tecplot add-on allows the time record between separate frames to be kept in sync. That way you can look at different variables and scan through the time steps. To use it, tick the "Link Solutiontime" box in the "Animate" menu.  
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This Tecplot add-on allows the time record between separate frames to be kept in sync. That way you can look at different variables and scan through the time steps.
  
* requires Tecplot 360 r2
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Compile the add-on or download the binary. Drop it into the <tt>bin/</tt> folder and add "<tt>$!LoadAddOn "LinkTime"</tt>" to the tecplot.add file.
* source
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* 32 bit Linux binary
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To use it, tick the "Link Solution Time" box in the "Animate" menu.
* 64 bit Linux binary
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* Official Tecplot link:  
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* requires Tecplot 360
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* [http://source.ggy.bris.ac.uk/tecplot/src/LinkTime.tar.gz source]
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* Official Tecplot link: http://www.tecplottalk.com/addons/timelink/
  
= TimeSeriesPlot =
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= TimeSeries =
 
This Tecplot add-on allows a time profile to be generated at any location in the mesh.
 
This Tecplot add-on allows a time profile to be generated at any location in the mesh.
  
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Compile the add-on or download the binary. Drop it into the <tt>bin/</tt> folder and add "<tt>$!LoadAddOn "TimeSeries"</tt>" to the tecplot.add file.
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To use it, see the "Time Series Plot" sub-menu in the "Tools" menu.
 
* requires Tecplot 360 r2
 
* requires Tecplot 360 r2
* source
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* [http://source.ggy.bris.ac.uk/tecplot/src/TimeSeries.tar.gz source]
* 32 bit Linux binary
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* Official Tecplot link: http://www.tecplottalk.com/addons/timeseries/
* 64 bit Linux binary
 
* Official Tecplot link:  
 
  
 
= Converting serafin or volfin files to Tecplot format =
 
= Converting serafin or volfin files to Tecplot format =
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Back in the day, [[User:Jprenaud|JP Renaud]] created a little script to convert standard TELEMAC files (serafin or volfin) to Tecplot format. The script is available from the src/tel2tec folder in the estel-scripts directory on the subversion server:
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<code><pre>
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$ svn co http://source.ggy.bris.ac.uk/subversion/estel-scripts/trunk/src/tel2tec/ tel2tec
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</pre></code>
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It will probably require tweaking as it make use of the "iargc" extension of the Intel Fortran compiler to be able to use command line arguments in a Fortran90 binary. Just have a look at the source and modify it as needed. If there is a need, the script will be improved but this should not be necessary as the [[ Handy_Tecplot_Add-ons#telconv| <code>telconv</code> ]] Tecplot add-on is a better option.

Latest revision as of 18:51, 15 August 2007

Tecplot is great to make nice looking graphs and animations. However, to explore data, it is sometimes not as convenient as Rubens, the default visualisation software from the TELEMAC project to actually explore the data. Unfortunately, Rubens does not handle 3D data so for ESTEL-3D, there is not much choice. Below are a list of add-ons that make the Tecplot experience a bit nicer:

telconv

Regina Nebauer developed a fantastic add-on which can be used to load Serafin files from ESTEL-2D or TELEMAC-2D into directly from Tecplot. The telconv is hosted on the subversion repository, grab it with:

$ svn co http://source.ggy.bris.ac.uk/subversion/estel-scripts/trunk/src/telconv telconv

Compile the add-on. Drop it into the bin/ folder and add "$!LoadAddOn "LinkTime"" to the tecplot.add file.

  • requires Tecplot 360

LinkTime

This Tecplot add-on allows the time record between separate frames to be kept in sync. That way you can look at different variables and scan through the time steps.

Compile the add-on or download the binary. Drop it into the bin/ folder and add "$!LoadAddOn "LinkTime"" to the tecplot.add file.

To use it, tick the "Link Solution Time" box in the "Animate" menu.

TimeSeries

This Tecplot add-on allows a time profile to be generated at any location in the mesh.

Compile the add-on or download the binary. Drop it into the bin/ folder and add "$!LoadAddOn "TimeSeries"" to the tecplot.add file.

To use it, see the "Time Series Plot" sub-menu in the "Tools" menu.

Converting serafin or volfin files to Tecplot format

Back in the day, JP Renaud created a little script to convert standard TELEMAC files (serafin or volfin) to Tecplot format. The script is available from the src/tel2tec folder in the estel-scripts directory on the subversion server:

$ svn co http://source.ggy.bris.ac.uk/subversion/estel-scripts/trunk/src/tel2tec/ tel2tec

It will probably require tweaking as it make use of the "iargc" extension of the Intel Fortran compiler to be able to use command line arguments in a Fortran90 binary. Just have a look at the source and modify it as needed. If there is a need, the script will be improved but this should not be necessary as the telconv Tecplot add-on is a better option.