Tecplot 360

Learn how to import simulation data into Tecplot 360, export from Fluent in CG and plot formats, choose surfaces and quantities, and load data for 2d and 3d visualization.

Explore Tecplot 360's window layout and plot controls, switching between 2D and 3D results, with mesh, shade, vectors, and stream traces, plus zoom, pan, and page management.

Open data set info to view zones and solution quantities in the Cygnus file, then rename the legend and display the desired variable, such as pressure, velocity, or temperature.

Explore how to customize the legend in Tecplot 360, including showing or hiding the contour legend and moving it for clarity. Tune alignment, color, fonts, and box options for readability.

Explore levels and color in Tecplot 360 to visualize temperature with preloaded color maps, toggle banded or continuous distributions, and apply a uniform min–max scale (300–780 kelvin) across datasets.

Maintain a uniform legend in Tecplot 360 to ensure the color scale reflects the same values across comparisons, preventing misinterpretation of 1000 vs 1500 ppm.

Adjust the legend in Tecplot 360 by changing the level skip size. Choose integer or float formats to control decimals, reset min/max, and set levels for the color scale.

Learn to customize axis details in tecplot 360 by selecting each axis, modifying range, grid, text, and labels, and renaming axis titles such as length of the blunt body.

Explore how to customize axis details in Tecplot 360, including toggling axis lines, grid borders, tick placement (inside, outside, center), label positioning, fonts, and number formats.

Learn to use Tecplot 360's probe tool to evaluate exact data values at precise positions, see a probe window with x, y, pressure, stagnation pressure, and velocity.

Learn to add and customize shapes and text in Tecplot 360, including squares, ellipses, labeled regions, arrows, line styles, colors, and text boxes.

Use the insert image option to add external images to Tecplot 360 results, browse from Windows, and position, resize, and label them for 2D and isometric body visuals.

Save a frame style as a stylesheet and load it to apply consistent formatting across temperature, velocity, and pressure plots, saving time.

Explore contour types in Tecplot 360, including flood, lines, and lines and flood; learn to enable labels, adjust levels, and customize the color scale to visualize velocity fields.

Learn to measure distances and angles in Tecplot 360 using the measure distance and measure angle tools, with a plus cursor and three points of interest.

Import and visualize a three-dimensional room ventilation simulation by loading a 3D data file and exploring zones, walls, inlet, and outlet in Tecplot 360.

Learn to create and adjust contour slices in Tecplot 360, revealing domain features with translucency, lighting, and zone colors, using multiple slices in x, y, and z for flow visualization.

Explore using slices to visualize multiple fields in Tecplot 360, switching between temperature, velocity magnitude, and density across three planes, with flood or lines display and optional vector visualization.

Learn to animate slices in Tecplot 360 by configuring slice details, vectors, shading, and edge options, and export animations in different planes.

Learn to define and adjust field variables in Tecplot 360 by assigning velocity components to u, v, and w and matching them to pressure or temperature.

Learn to create and apply equations in Tecplot 360, converting Kelvin to Celsius, combining variables, and saving/loading custom data variables for plotting.

Explore three dimensional domains in Tecplot 360 by applying perspective view, adjusting the field of view, and repositioning slices and vectors for clearer three dimensional representations.

Use the interactive slicing tool to move and adjust slices in Tecplot 360 by clicking to place slices, toggling the slider, and letting slices auto-adjust when you select different groups.

Learn to extract slices in Tecplot 360 to convert 3d data into 2d representations by creating new zones, assigning axes, and plotting contours on z-y and x-z planes.

Save and reuse frame styles to replicate the same 3D frame and contour setups across different flow field variables, load the saved stylesheet, and apply velocity and temperature representations.

Explore frames in Tecplot 360, create and tile multiple frames, switch between 2D and 3D styles, and customize data with contours, slices, and legends.

Create iso surfaces in Tecplot 360 to visualize Mach number based flow features and shock waves in three-dimensional domains.

Learn to record and play macros in Tecplot 360 to automate repetitive plotting across multiple cases, ensuring consistent visuals by scripting contours, slices, and redraw steps.

Learn to perform integrations in Tecplot 360 to compute averages and totals, such as average velocity, temperature, and volume, by selecting zones or slices and using the integrate feature.

Tecplot 360: create stream traces to visualize velocity direction using velocity x and radial velocity, adjust seed points, and explore circulation zones with display options.

Export high quality images from Tecplot 360 by selecting PNG, JPEG, or PostScript formats and setting 300 dpi to support research articles and presentations.

Create and size planes in CFD Post for Tecplot 360, using rectangle or point-and-normal methods, then position and orient the plane along x, y, z for targeted visualization.