7 Post-processing
This chapter describes options for post-processing with OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is supplied with a post-processing utility paraFoam that uses ParaView, an open source visualisation application described in section 7.1.
Other methods of post-processing using third party products are offered, including EnSight, Fieldview and the post-processing supplied with Fluent.
7.1 paraFoam
7.1.1 Overview of paraFoam
7.1.2 Converting to VTK format
7.1.3 Overview of ParaView
7.1.4 The Properties panel
7.1.5 The Display panel
7.1.6 The button toolbars
7.1.7 Manipulating the view
7.1.8 Contour plots
7.1.9 Vector plots
7.1.10 Streamlines
7.1.11 Image output
7.1.12 Animation output
7.2 Post-processing with Fluent
7.3 Post-processing with EnSight
7.3.1 Converting data to EnSight format
7.3.2 Converting data during the simulation
7.3.3 The ensightFoamReader reader module
7.4 Sampling data
A.1 Standard solvers
A.2 Standard utilities
A.3 Standard libraries
A.4 Standard boundary conditions
7.1.1 Overview of paraFoam
7.1.2 Converting to VTK format
7.1.3 Overview of ParaView
7.1.4 The Properties panel
7.1.5 The Display panel
7.1.6 The button toolbars
7.1.7 Manipulating the view
7.1.8 Contour plots
7.1.9 Vector plots
7.1.10 Streamlines
7.1.11 Image output
7.1.12 Animation output
7.2 Post-processing with Fluent
7.3 Post-processing with EnSight
7.3.1 Converting data to EnSight format
7.3.2 Converting data during the simulation
7.3.3 The ensightFoamReader reader module
7.4 Sampling data
A.1 Standard solvers
A.2 Standard utilities
A.3 Standard libraries
A.4 Standard boundary conditions