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Comparison of Tecplot Data File Formats

Tecplot 360 performance has improved significantly in the last five years, however, the performance experienced by the user varies dramatically with the file format being read. Whenever we tell a developer that a customer is experiencing poor performance, their first question is always “What data format are they reading?”. I’m writing this blog to explain why. […]

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History Match Bubble Plots

Bursting the Bubble on Traditional History Matching Blog by Raja Olimuthu, Tecplot RS Product Manager The big problem with traditional history match workflows is that they are cumbersome. Doing a well by well analysis is time consuming, and it can be difficult to get a holistic view of your reservoir. A better way is to examine the history match spatially – that is in one view. I want to show […]

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Tecplot and Convergent Science Announce Partnership

CONVERGE licenses to include complimentary Tecplot 360 license, creating powerful and seamless CFD and visualization. BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON – May 31, 2018 – Tecplot is pleased to announce the formation of a new partnership with Convergent Science. As of June 1, each CONVERGE license will include a complimentary Tecplot license, giving CONVERGE users access to Tecplot 360’s powerful CFD visualization and analysis tools. “We are very excited to be partnering with […]

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Unsteady Data in Tecplot Files

Unsteady Data in Tecplot Files

What is the best way to represent unsteady data in Tecplot files? Tecplot divides datasets into zones. These zones may represent different areas of the physical domain, the same physical domain at different time steps, or different results that you may wish to compare. […]

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Sharing Data in Tecplot Files

Data Sharing in Tecplot Files

“Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.” –Richard Stallman. Tecplot divides datasets into zones. These zones may represent different areas of the physical domain, the same physical domain at different time steps, or different results that you may wish to compare. The zones may also have different dimensionality; for example there may be a mixture of 3D volume zones that contain field variables and 2D surface zones […]

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Tecplot 360 2018 R1 Released With Improved File Loaders

New Release Has Updated OpenFOAM, EnSight, VTK and SZL-Server File Loaders March 15, 2018, Bellevue, Washington: Tecplot, Inc. has announced the general availability of Tecplot 360 2018 Release 1. This release has many loader improvements, added capability for slicing and isosurfaces, extended XY curve fits and updates to PyTecplot, a Python API. Highlights include: Loading CONVERGE results with an updated EnSight loader. Improvements were also made to the OpenFOAM, VTK […]

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