OpenFOAM Documentation - ensightWrite

Overview🔗

The ensightWrite function object writes OpenFOAM fields in EnSight format.

Usage🔗

Example of function object specification:

ensightWrite1
{
    // Mandatory entries
    type            ensightWrite;
    libs            (utilityFunctionObjects);
    fields          (<wordRes>);

    // Optional entries
    blockFields     (<wordRes>);
    boundary        <bool>;
    internal        <bool>;
    nodeValues      <bool>;

    format          <word>;
    width           <label>;
    directory       <fileName>;
    overwrite       <bool>;
    consecutive     <bool>;

    faceZones       (<wordRes>);
    patches         (<wordRes>);
    excludePatches  (<wordRes>);

    selection
    {
        <selection-1>
        {
            action          <action-type>;
            source          <source-type>;
            <source-entries>
        }
        <selection-2>
        {
            action          <action-type>;
            source          <source-type>;
            <source-entries>
        }
        ...
        <selection-3>
        {
            action          <action-type>;
            source          <source-type>;
            <source-entries>
        }
    }

    // Inherited entries
    ...
}

Property	Description	Type	Required	Default
`type`	Type name: `ensightWrite`	word	yes	-
`libs`	Library name: fieldFunctionObjects	word	yes	-
`fields`	Names of operand fields	wordRes	yes	-
`blockFields`	Excluded fields from output	wordRes	no	-
`boundary`	Convert boundary fields	bool	no	true
`internal`	Convert internal fields	bool	no	true
`nodeValues`	Write values at nodes	bool	no	false
`format`	ascii or binary format	word	no	same as simulation
`width`	Mask width for \c data/XXXX	label	no	8
`directory`	The output directory name	word	no	postProcessing/NAME
`overwrite`	Remove existing directory	bool	no	false
`consecutive`	Consecutive output numbering	bool	no	false
`faceZones`	Names of operand face zones	wordRes	no	-
`patches`	Names of operand patches	wordRes	no	-
`excludePatches`	Names of excluded patches	wordRes	no	-