4 - 1   Loading XY Data

Tecplot RS allows you to load as many XY data sets as your computer’s memory will allow, and supports several different XY data set formats, including those used by Eclipse, Chears, VIP, Sensor, CMG, Landmark, and UTCHEM. The VIP .plt and VDB loaders include the capability to read compositional plot data.

You can use multiple data sets for comparison or to switch from one to another. For example, you can load Chears HIST files for comparison with Eclipse .unsmry files. For a complete description of the supported formats, reference Section K - 1 “XY Data Files”.

To start creating an XY plot in Tecplot RS, load a data set. Tecplot RS supports two methods of loading XY data. The first, and most comprehensive method, is the Load XY Data dialog, accessible by clicking the Load XY Data button in the toolbar or choosing “Load XY Data” from the Project menu.

In the Load XY Data dialog, choose Individual Files or VDB Folder from the File type menu to specify the type of XY data file to load. Use the Individual Files choice to load all types of XY Data Files except for VDB folders. In that case, use the VDB Folder choice.

The second method optimizes data loading if you wish to load a large number of XY data files. You can drag a folder containing XY data files onto the Tecplot RS icon on your desktop (Windows platforms) or drag the folder onto the Tecplot RS application window.

The following sections explain each method.

4 - 1.1   Loading a Folder of XY Data Files

To load multiple XY data files most efficiently, drag and drop a folder containing XY data files onto either the Tecplot RS icon or onto the Tecplot RS application window.

Tecplot RS loads the following recognized XY data files contained in the dragged folder:

• Eclipse (*.unsmry and *.uns),

• Chears HIST (*.hist),

• Intersect Observed History data (*.obsh)

• Eclipse/VIP RFT (*.rft, *.frft),

• Eclipse USER (*.user),

• VIP plt (*.plt),

• VIP Observed Data (*.obs),

• Log ASCII Std (*.las),

• CMG .irf, .mrf, .sr3 files

• Sensor well production data (*.*61)

• Landmark VDB cases (if the folder has “VDB” in its name)

• UTCHEM (*.OVERAL and *.HIST##)

This load operation adheres to the following rules:

• Loading the folder of data will not unload any loaded data; Tecplot RS adds the files to any already loaded data.

• If the current project has loaded data, the active data set does not change. If the current project has no loaded data, the first file loaded from the folder becomes the active file.

• If some files in the folder are already loaded into Tecplot RS, Tecplot RS will keep these files loaded and will load the remaining recognized files in the folder.

• If a file with an .rft, ,frft, .waf, or .rswaf extension has a base name matching the base name of another data file in the folder, Tecplot RS appends this file as secondary data (RFT or WAF, depending on the extension) to the data file with the matching name.

• If the folder name includes “VDB”, Tecplot RS loads all cases recognized in the file, as well as other XY data file types (VIP, Observed, and compositional).

• Tecplot RS does not load data from any folders contained within the dragged folder, except for VDB cases.

To stop loading a folder of XY data files, click the Stop button in the status line of Tecplot RS.

You can also load a folder of these XY data file types from the command line, by navigating to the bin folder of the installation and then using the following syntax:

tecplotrs %data%/folder-to-load

In this example, include the path to the bin folder of the Tecplot RS installation if you did not first navigate to that location via the command line. Typing tecplotrs will launch Tecplot RS, and including the folder that you wish to load, represented by folder-to-load (including its path, represented by %data%), will indicate to Tecplot RS the folder that you wish to load. If the path to the folder to load or the folder name itself contains any spaces, enclose the entire item in quotes.