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This chapter describes some relevant aspects of the postprocessing step and the way to load results from a numerical analysis into GiD.
In GiD Postprocess you can study the results obtained from a solver program. GiD receives mesh and results information from the solver module, and if the solver module does not create any new mesh, the preprocess mesh is used.
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The solver and GiD Postprocess communicate through the transfer of files.
The solver program has to write the results in a file that must have the extension .post.res, or the old .flavia.res, and its name must be the project name. If the solver writes a mesh, the file must have the extension .post.msh, or the old .flavia.msh. ( see POSTPROCESS DATA FILES from Customization Manual).
The extensions .msh and .res are also allowed, but only files with the extensions .post.msh and .post.res (and the old ones .flavia.msh and .flavia.res) will automatically be read by GiD when postprocessing the GiD project.
There are two ways to postprocess inside GiD:
A list of the supported elements and results can be found on Postprocess mesh format: ProjectName.post.msh from Customization Manual.
Once inside the postprocessing component of GiD, all the visualization features and management options of the preprocessing section are available: Zoom, Rotate (Rotate screen/object axes, Rotate trackball,etc.), Pan, Redraw, Render, Label, Clip Planes, Perspective, etc.
Note: There is no need to load a project into GiD to use its postprocessing facility; you can open mesh and results information directly from GiD Postprocess ( see Files menu ).