Use case reader

The case reader provides a reader for Fluent case files.

Sample usage

You can use the case reader by importing it and passing a case file path. This example shows how to have case reader read a case file (.cas.h5) from the examples repository:

>>> from ansys.fluent.core import examples
>>> from ansys.fluent.core.filereader.casereader import CaseReader

>>> case_filepath = examples.download_file("Static_Mixer_Parameters.cas.h5", "pyfluent/static_mixer")
>>> reader = CaseReader(case_filepath=case_filepath)
>>> reader.precision()
2
>>> reader.num_dimensions()
3
>>> {p.name: p.value for p in reader.input_parameters()}
{'inlet1_vel': '1 [m/s]', 'inlet1_temp': '300 [K]', 'inlet2_vel': '1 [m/s]', 'inlet2_temp': '350 [K]'}
>>> {p.name: p.units for p in reader.output_parameters()}
{'outlet-temp-avg-op': 'K', 'outlet-vel-avg-op': 'm s^-1'}

Additional features

Along with the basic functionality, the case reader has many useful features:

Supports multiple file formats

The case reader can read fluent case files in .cas, .cas.h5 and .cas.gz in both text and binary formats.

Takes project path as argument

Case reader also has an option to take a fluent project path (.flprj) as argument and locate the case file path.

>>> reader = CaseReader(project_filepath="Dir1/Dir2/project.flprj")

Reads rp_vars and config_vars variables

Case reader can provide the rp_vars and config_vars:

>>> reader.rp_vars()
>>> reader.config_vars()