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Export results for another tool

What can leave the application, from where, and in what format.

Runs on the free tier; reports are watermarked. Settings → Licence lists what yours allows.

Numbers

Section titled “Numbers”
What Where Format
Statistics over one patch — area, mean, integral, extremes, flow rate Boundary values → Export as CSV CSV
A field sampled along a line Post-processing → Sample along a line → Export CSV CSV
Field values at one point Post-processing → Probe a point → Export probe as CSV CSV

The path written is shown under the button after each export.

Pictures

Section titled “Pictures”
What Where Format
The current view Post-processing → Save image PNG
Every time step Post-processing → Save animation PNG frames

Save animation is only available when the case has more than one time step; press it again to stop.

Documents

Section titled “Documents”
  • Report → Export PDF (A4). The Sections toggles decide what goes in it — key results and verification, where the design loses, boundary patch data, field ranges, convergence charts and the rest. Open the report opens the file that was written.
  • Comparison → Export comparison report. One PDF covering every study in the case. Needs more than one simulation.

Report branding — organisation, logo and footer — is set once per installation under Settings → Reporting.

The case itself

Section titled “The case itself”
  • Case files in the bottom dock → Write case to disk… writes the generated OpenFOAM case, and Open folder shows it. The file list beside it lets you read any dictionary before you export it.
  • Post-processing → Open in ParaView writes a .foam stub next to the results and opens it. If nothing is registered for .foam, the pane tells you where the file is so you can open it from ParaView directly.
  • On the home screen, Export… on a case writes the whole case — settings, geometry, mesh and results — as a single .zip. Show in folder opens the case directory instead.
  • Log in the bottom dock → Copy log.

Check it worked

Section titled “Check it worked”
  • The path shown under the export button exists and is not an error message.
  • For CSV, open it and confirm the header row names the fields you expected.
  • For the report, check the page count reported after Export PDF (A4) and open it.