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VMoveCAE provides the ability to create flow-lines. At present, two types of flow-lines, streamlines and path-lines are supported. This support is also limited to unsteady flows only. This tutorial describes the procedure for creating streamlines and path-lines.
Start VMoveCAE and Load a CFD file: Start VMoveCAE and load the a CFD file.
Select Velocity in the results list: Select a velocity result. This enables the flow-lines tool in the toolbar.
Click on the “Add Flow Lines” tool: Flow-lines can be created using “Flow Lines” window. To enable this window, click on the “Add Flow Lines” tool. This pops up the “Flow Lines” window.
Set flow-line parameters and click “Add”: User can provide various flow-line parameters in the “Flow Lines” window. User can select between “Streamlines” and “Path lines” Starting locations needs to be provided by the user for the streamline/path-line. User can either provide a single point, or select a part from the “Geometry and Features” tree. When a part is selected, VMoveCAE uses the centroids of the part's faces as flow-line starting points. Path-lines require addtional inputs such as time-step, number of steps in the animation and injection frequency (Ex. injection frequency of 10 means particles are injected at the starting points every 10 steps).
Set flow-line parameters and click “Add”: After providing the appropriate inputs, click the “Add” button in the “Flow Lines” window. This adds a new flow-line in the “Features” tree in “Geometry and Features” window.
Save CAx and open it in VCollab Professional: Translate and create a CAx file. Open it in Professional or Presenter to visualize the added flow-line. For a better flow-line visualization, user can make the parts transparent.