MENUTecplot interfaces with CFD solvers and analysis tools that export in Tecplot readable format. Direct loaders for many of the most common CFD code file formats are listed below. (The list is by no means complete). Exports may be in CGNS, Plot3D or other Tecplot readable format, not necessarily Tecplot .dat, .plt or .szplt.
If you have a question about your solver’s compatibility or about Tecplot data formats, please contact Tecplot Support. To build your own interface with Tecplot see our Data Format Guide.
| Name (Link to more info) |
Link to Organization | Type | Tecplot-Compatible Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFD Codes that Output SZL (.szplt) File Format | |||
| Aether | Dassault Aviation (internal code) | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| COSA | COSA Code | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| Eilmer4 | University of Queensland | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| Flow3D | FlexCompute | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| FUN3D | NASA Langley | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| Loci/CHEM | Tetra Research | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| SU2 | Stanford University | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| Tau | DLR | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| UCNS3D | Cranfield University | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| VizGlow | Esgee Technologies | CFD | SZL/PVTU |
| VULCAN-CFD | NASA Langley | CFD | SZL/PLT |
| Ask your code developer to output SZL (.szplt) file format – Learn more » | |||
| Abaqus | Dassaut Systemes | FEA | PLT |
| Barracuda Virtual Reactor | CPFD Software | CFD | PLT |
| CAMRAD II | Johnson Aeronautics | CFD | PLT |
| CFD++ | Metacomp Technologies | CFD | PLT |
| CFX | ANSYS | CFD | PLT, CFX |
| Chemkin-Pro | Reaction Design (ANSYS) | CFD | CGNS, EnSight |
| COBALT | Cobalt Solutions | CFD | PLT |
| COMSOL | COMSOL, Inc | Multiphysics | VTU |
| CONVERGE | Convergent Science | CFD | PLT, .h5 |
| CRAFT CFD | Combustion Research and Flow Technology | CFD | PLT |
| DPLR | NASA Ames | CFD | PLT, Plot3D |
| DUST | Dust Project | CFD | PLT |
| elsA | Onera | CFD | PLT |
| Excel | Microsoft | Other | XLS |
| Exodus II | Sandia National Laboratory | CFD | Exodus II format (direct reader) |
| FINE/Turbo | Numeca | CFD | CGNS |
| FIRE | AVL | CFD | PLT |
| FLOW-3D | Flow Science, Inc. | CFD | Flow-3D (.flsgrf) |
| FLUENT | ANSYS | CFD | Fluent CFF (HDF5) .cas, .dat |
| Forte | Ansys | CFD | CGNS, EnSight |
| FVCOM | Finite-Volume Community Ocean Model | CFD | netCDF |
| GoCart | Desktop Aeronautics | CFD | PLT, TRIX |
| KARALIT CFD | KARALIT | CFD | PLT |
| Kestrel | CREATE-AV | CFD | PLT, Ensight |
| KIVA4 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | CFD | PLT |
| LAURA | NASA Langley | CFD | PLT, Plot3D |
| LEWICE | NASA Glenn | CFD | PLT, Plot3D |
| LS-DYNA | Ansys LS-DYNA | CFD | PLT |
| MCNPX | Los Alamos National Laboratory | RAD | PLT (using GRID CONV) |
| MSC.NASTRAN | MSC Software | FEA | PLT |
| MSC.PATRAN | MSC Software (Hexagon) | FEA | PLT |
| M-STAR | M-STAR Simulations | CFD | PVD, VTP, VTI, TXT |
| NX Flow | Siemens | FEA | PLT, CGNS |
| OpenFOAM | OpenCFD | CFD | OpenFOAM |
| OVERFLOW | NASA Langley | CFD | Plot3D |
| ROMS | Regional Ocean Modeling System | CFD | netCDF |
| SimVascular | SimVascular | CFD | VTU |
| STAR-CCM+ | Siemens | CFD | PLT, EnSight |
| Telemac | Telemac | CFD | Telemac format |
| TOUGH2 | LBNL | CFD | PLT |
| US3D | University of Minnesota | CFD | PLT |
| UTCHEM | University of Texas | CFD | PLT |
| Visual Modflow | Waterloo Hydrogeologic | CFD | DAT |
| VSAERO | Analytical Methods | CFD | PLT |
| Wind-US | NPARC | CFD | Plot3D, Wind-US format |
| WRF | Weather Research Forecasting Model | CFD | netCDF |