Solution Data Model

The Solution Data Model is a model that stores solution data alongside various attributes that describe the data.

Solution data comprises of a number of Solution Phases which in turn contain a number of Solution Variables.

Both a Solution Phase and a Solution Variable may provide attributes that help with processing of the data at a later stage.

Solution Phase

A Solution Phase will contain a number of Solution Variables.

A Solution Phase is described by a number of Phase Attributes.

Name	Value
Long Name	Meaningful name that uniquely identifies the phase
Type	Mixture, Solid, Fluid

Note: Some solvers may provide additional types. Refer to individual solver documentation for meanings of other types returned.

A Solution Variable contains both attrbutes describing its contents and the solution data that it represents.

Name	Value
Long Name	Meaningful name that uniquely identifies the variable
Type	Scalar, Vector or Tensor
Dimensions	Comma separated floating point numbers representing Mass, Length, Time, Temperature, Angle, Chemical Amount, Light, Current, Solid Angle and Spare e.g. Velocity may be specified as 0,1,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Quantity	Ansys standard quantity names e.g. Dimensionless, Density, Velocity etc
User Visible	True or False.
Level of Interest	1 being most important, higher numbers are of less importance
Component Names	Where a Vector variable is supplied, this attribute contains the suffices that are used for the components e.g. Velocity may have Component Names "u,v,w". The reader may refer to the components as Velocity u, Velocity v, Velocity w
Minimum	Minimum value of the variable
Maximum	Maximum value of the variable
Component Minimums	Minimum value of variable components (only for Vectors), comma separated
Component Maximums	Maximum value of variable components (only for Vectors), comma separated

Note: You should not use or display to a user any variable where the attribute "User Visible" is set to False. Variables set in this way have intentionally been marked by the application that wrote the data to indicate the variable is not suitable for use in another application.

Solution Variable Data may be provided on Elements of any Zone.

The data within a CFF Restart Data Model may be provided on Cell centers, Face centers, Edge centers or Nodes.

Note: Some data within a CFF Restart Data Model may not be accurate for Post Processing purposes and may require correction in line with how the solver that wrote the data would process the data itself. This is an application specific file and application documentation should be consulted to determine how data in a CFF Restart Data Model might need to be modified.

The data within a CFF Post Data Model requires that data is only provided on Nodes. Data in this model should be used without need for modification.