The Exodus file format is based on the netCDF file structure created by Sandia National labs. The Exodus library functions provide the mapping between FE data objects and netCDF dimensions, attributes, and variables. The accepted Exodus file extensions are *.e *.e.* *.exo *.exo.* *.exoII *.exoII.*, *.g, *.g.*, *.gen, and *.gen.*.
4 - 10.1 Macro Commands for the Exodus Loader
The syntax for loading Exodus data files with the Tecplot macro language is as follows:
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$!READDATASET ' "STANDARDSYNTAX" "1.0" "FILENAME_FILE" "filename"' DATASETREADER = 'Exodus File Loader' |
Each name/value pair should be in double quotes. Refer to the Scripting Guide for details on working with the Tecplot macro language.
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Keyword |
Available Value(s) |
Default |
Notes |
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STANDARDSYNTAX |
1.0 |
n/a |
Must be the first instruction. |
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FILENAME_FILE |
"filename" |
n/a |
The name of the file to load. |
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FILELIST_DATAFILES |
"n" "file-1" "file-2".... "file-n" |
n/a |
Specify the number of solution files, followed by each file name. |
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INCLUDESIDESETS |
"True", "False", "T", "F", "Yes", "No", "Y", "N" |
n/a |
If name value pair is not present, side sets are not included. |
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ELEMENTBLOCKGROUPING |
"ElementDimension" or "ElementBlock" |
n/a |
ElementDimension: All element blocks containing elements of the same dimension are grouped together into a single zone (one per time step) and, if transient, strand ID. For instance an Exodus dataset containing one or more Hex8 element blocks and one or more Shell4 element blocks is loaded into Tecplot as an FE-brick zone and a FE-quad zone. Element dimension grouping is the default loader behavior if the name/value command is not present in the loader instructions.
ElementBlock: All element blocks are assigned individual zones (one per time step) and, if transient, strand IDs. |