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Post-processing

When the Tdyn calculation process is finished, the system displays the message Process…name…, started on…date…has finished. Then the results can be visualised by selecting Files>Postprocess (note that therefore the problem must still be loaded in the PREPOST module; should this not be the case we first have to open the problem files again). Note that the intermediate results can be shown at any moment of the process even if the calculations are not finished.

However, in the case of large simulations that require much computing time and RAM memory, it is advisable to quit the PREPOST module while the process is running. It is possible to close the program while having a Tdyn process running (before closing, a warning window asking whether running processes should be killed is displayed).

Once the problem is loaded into the PREPOST module and the Files>Postprocess option is selected, the results file will be loaded into the post-processing part of the module. The results it contains (basically, pressures and velocities for every time-step) can be visualised using the various post-processing options of the system, like turning on and off the element sets, using contour fills, contour lines, vectors, iso-surfaces, cuts, graphs, animations, etc.