{"id":15229,"date":"2018-07-09T07:56:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T07:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/?page_id=15229"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:54:38","slug":"post-processing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/post-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several ways for post-processing the resulting data from a SimScale simulation run, to analyze and extract the relevant information. Among them we can find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plots generated from result control items<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tables and plots for specific result outputs, such as frequency analysis or wind comfort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graphical post-processing for 3D visualization of simulation results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Downloading of result database for local post-processing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result data from a simulation can be accessed by expanding the tree item for the simulation run. The available data differs from case to case and depends on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/analysis-types\/\">type of simulation<\/a> and the specified result control items. Here is an example tree:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-9.png\" alt=\"simulation tree post-processing location\" class=\"wp-image-47298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-9.png 444w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-9-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1: Simulation tree showing the portions relevant to accessing results for post-processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Root of the simulation, in this case called analysis type <em>Static<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simulation runs, in this case a successful computation <em>Run 1<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 3D graphical post-processor is accessed with the <em>Solution Fields<\/em> item.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A result control item is identified by its type, for example, <em>Face calculation<\/em>, then by <em>Sum 1<\/em> and finally <em>reaction force<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='result-control-items' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"result-control-items\">Result Control Items<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the simulation setup includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/simulation-setup\/result-control\/\">Result Control Items<\/a>, corresponding tree items will be included under the simulation run. Such items allow visualization and download of the data sets. Here is an example with a <em>Face calculation<\/em> and the correspondingly generated plot (refer to Figure 1):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1501\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-5.png\" alt=\"simscale post-processor result plot\" class=\"wp-image-47227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-5.png 1501w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-5-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-5-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-5-768x467.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2: Force sum result control over a face, result line plot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data plot can be seen in Figure 2, with functionality such as curve hover to probe. Also, the menu button highlighted at the top-right allows downloading the data in different formats, for local plotting and processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='tables-and-plots' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tables-and-plots\">Tables and Plots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some types of simulations, special result data is presented to the user. Especially, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/analysis-types\/frequency-analysis\/\">Frequency Analysis<\/a> simulations, table and plot results can be found:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"simscale post-processor tables and plots results\" class=\"wp-image-47222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image.png 451w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-368x250.png 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 3: Tables and Plots for outputs results for a Frequency Analysis simulation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By opening the corresponding items, we can retrieve, visualize and download the resulting data. For instance, here is the resulting table with the frequency data:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-8.png\" alt=\"simscale post-processor table results\" class=\"wp-image-47278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-8.png 1125w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-8-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-8-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-8-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 4: Statistical data table for frequency analysis. Notice the download button at the top left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='3d-online-post-processing-in-simscale' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"d-online-post-processing-in-simscale\">3D Online Post-Processing in SimScale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6.png\" alt=\"simscale post-processor online aerodynamics visualization\" class=\"wp-image-47237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6.png 1920w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/frontend-assets.simscale.com\/media\/2021\/09\/image-6-1536x743.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 5: External aerodynamics simulation of solar panels being visualized in SimScale&#8217;s online post-processor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SimScale has its own integrated post-processor.&nbsp;This stellar post-processing tool offers 3D visualization of the result fields. With it, the data requested in the Result Fields, can be plotted in different ways over the geometrical model. Some example possibilities are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deformation shape for structural simulations,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pressure contour plots coloring parts and flow regions for CFD simulations,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Velocity vectors over cut planes,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flow particle tracing,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temperature contour for thermal simulations,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animations of different types of results,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and many other possibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get a hold of the features of this integrated platform, please visit the following page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-simscale wp-block-embed-simscale\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JG3rSaJECA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/post-processing\/new-integrated-post-processor\/\">Integrated Post-Processor<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Integrated Post-Processor&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/post-processing\/new-integrated-post-processor\/embed\/#?secret=WGvst8xuAA#?secret=JG3rSaJECA\" data-secret=\"JG3rSaJECA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For reference, SimScale&#8217;s integrated Post-processor is based on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ceetron.com\/developer-zone\/products-2\/ceetron-cloud-components\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ceetron\u2019s technology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='local-post-processing' class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"local-post-processing\">Local Post-Processing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you need to perform post-processing with a specific software, the database from the simulation run results can be exported and downloaded. The files obtained this way can be opened in a program such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paraview.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ParaView<\/a> (a step-by-step procedure be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/docs\/post-processing\/post-processing-via-3rd-party-solution\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The formats for the result files depend on the type of simulation and the physics of simulation used, as specified in the table below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Physics<\/th><th>Analysis Type<\/th><th>Result Format<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Fluid Mechanics and Heat transfer<\/td><td>Incompressible<br>Compressible<br>Convective Heat Transfer<br>Conjugate Heat Transfer<br>Conjugate Heat Transfer (IBM)<br>Multiphase<br><\/td><td>.foam folder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Structural Mechanics<\/td><td>Static<br>Dynamic<br>Frequency Analysis<br>Harmonic<br>Heat Transfer<br>Thermomechanical<br>Nonlinear Mechanical (Marc)<\/td><td>VTM folder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer<\/td><td>Incompressible LBM<\/td><td>EnsightGold .case<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Pedestrian Wind Comfort<\/td><td>VTM folder<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electromagnetics<\/td><td>Electromagnetics<\/td><td>VTM folder<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Table 1: Solver, analysis types, and format of downloaded result database for local post-processing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways for post-processing the resulting data from a SimScale simulation run, to analyze and extract the...","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":55032,"parent":14048,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-documentation.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15229","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15229\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}