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(adfedit) (b4wind) (cfappend) (cfaverage) (cfbeta) (cfcnvt) (cfcombine) (cflistnum) (cfnav) (cfpart) (cfreorder) (cfreset_iter) (cfrevert) (cfsequence) (cfspart) (cfsplit) (cfsubset) (cfunsequence) (cfview) (chmgr) (decompose) (fpro) (gpro) (gridvel) (jormak) (mpigetnzone) (recombine) (resplt) (resplt.pl) (thplt) (timplt) (tmptrn) (USintrpltQ) (usplit-hybrid) (windpar)

Wind-US Utilities

In addition to MADCAP, GMAN, and CFPOST, several pre- and post-processing utilities are supplied as part of the Wind-US tools distribution. None of these are required in order to run Wind-US, but may be useful when preparing input files and/or examining the results for a Wind-US run.

Another very useful utility is ADFviewer, developed as part of the CGNS project external link . ADFviewer is a viewer/editor for ADF files (which includes Wind-US's common files), and allows access to any node in the file using a Windows-like GUI with a collapsible node tree. Nodes and data may be added, deleted, and modified. ADFviewer is not part of the Wind-US tools distribution, but instead is part of the CGNStools package, available from SourceForge external link .

The PDF form of the Wind-US Utilities Guide (1.2M, 97 pages) was created using pdfTeX external link and the hyperref package, and is designed to be printed. The PDF file may be viewed and/or printed using a variety of freely available software packages, including Acrobat Reader , GhostScript , and xpdf .

The HTML form of the Wind-US Utilities Guide is designed for interactive use, and the contents are listed below.

adfedit View (as text) the structure and contents of ADF files.
b4wind Convert between various types of grid and solution files, and/or compute an initial flow field.
cfappend Append one common file to another.
cfaverage Average multiple common flow (.cfl) files.
cfbeta Add zones to a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file that are symmetric to existing zones.
cfcnvt Convert between common files and various other file types.
cfcombine Combine multiple zones in a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file into a single zone.
cflistnum List zone sizes and grid units in a common file.
cfnav Explore the contents of common files via textual output.
cfpart Partition a single-zone unstructured grid into multiple zones.
cfreorder Re-order and/or delete zones in a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file.
cfreset_iter Reset the iteration count in a common flow (.cfl) file to zero.
cfrevert Convert a common flow (.cfl) file created by Wind-US 2.0 to one that can be read by Wind-US 1.0.
cfsequence Remove grid points from a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file.
cfspart Re-partition unstructured common flow and boundary data files.
cfsplit Split a zone (or zones) in a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file into multiple zones.
cfsubset Remove specified grid points from a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file.
cfunsequence Add grid points to a common flow (.cfl) file.
cfview View (as text) the structure and contents of common files.
chmgr Create and manipulate chemistry (.chm) files.
decompose Split a Wind-US grid system and, optionally, the corresponding flow file, into smaller grid zones to improve the parallel processing efficiency.
fpro Operate on data in common flow (.cfl) files.
gpro Operate on data in common grid (.cgd) files.
gridvel Read the output from a 6DOF program and use that information to set grid velocities in a common grid (.cgd) file.
jormak Find boundary points in a common grid (.cgd) file, and create a journal file containing subset information for CFPOST or PLOT3D.
mpigetnzone Get number of zones in a common grid (.cgd) file.
recombine Convert a "split" common flow (.cfl) file, originally created by decompose, back to the original grid system.
resplt Create GENPLOT files containing convergence data from a list output (.lis) file.
resplt.pl Create GENPLOT files containing convergence data from a list output (.lis) file.
thplt Create GENPLOT files containing time history data from a time history (.cth) file. This utility must be used with .cth files created using the improved time history capability introduced in Wind alpha 5.52.
timplt Create GENPLOT files containing time history data from a time history (.cth) file. This utility must be used with .cth files created using Wind versions prior to alpha 5.52.
tmptrn Create a point-by-point wall temperature distribution and/or boundary layer transition data, and write it into the common flow (.cfl) file, for use with Wind-US's TTSPEC keyword.
USintrpltQ Interpolate solution from one unstructured grid to another.
usplit-hybrid Split a single-zone unstructured common grid (.cgd) file into multiple zones.
windpar Compute an estimate of the potential for parallel speed-up of a particular Wind-US case as a function of the number of processors, based on the likely number of grid points per processor.

The complete Wind-US Utilities Guide in HTML form is also available for installation on a local system. This is a gzip'ed tar file (748K, 1.2M gunzip'ed), and may be downloaded by clicking on the link while holding down the shift key, assuming your browser supports this capability. A dialogue box will appear for you to specify the directory and file name. To unpack the contents, do

   gunzip -c utilities.tar.gz | tar xvf -

The files will be extracted and stored in the directory utilities. Point your browser to the local file utilities/index.html to display the Wind-US Utilities Guide home page. Note that this does not include the PDF form of the manual. Note also that some links, to other manuals, etc., may not work.

	adfedit		View (as text) the structure and contents of ADF files.
	b4wind		Convert between various types of grid and solution files, and/or compute an initial flow field.
	cfappend		Append one common file to another.
	cfaverage		Average multiple common flow (.cfl) files.
	cfbeta		Add zones to a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file that are symmetric to existing zones.
	cfcnvt		Convert between common files and various other file types.
	cfcombine		Combine multiple zones in a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file into a single zone.
	cflistnum		List zone sizes and grid units in a common file.
	cfnav		Explore the contents of common files via textual output.
	cfpart		Partition a single-zone unstructured grid into multiple zones.
	cfreorder		Re-order and/or delete zones in a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file.
	cfreset_iter		Reset the iteration count in a common flow (.cfl) file to zero.
	cfrevert		Convert a common flow (.cfl) file created by Wind-US 2.0 to one that can be read by Wind-US 1.0.
	cfsequence		Remove grid points from a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file.
	cfspart		Re-partition unstructured common flow and boundary data files.
	cfsplit		Split a zone (or zones) in a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file into multiple zones.
	cfsubset		Remove specified grid points from a common grid (.cgd) or common flow (.cfl) file.
	cfunsequence		Add grid points to a common flow (.cfl) file.
	cfview		View (as text) the structure and contents of common files.
	chmgr		Create and manipulate chemistry (.chm) files.
	decompose		Split a Wind-US grid system and, optionally, the corresponding flow file, into smaller grid zones to improve the parallel processing efficiency.
	fpro		Operate on data in common flow (.cfl) files.
	gpro		Operate on data in common grid (.cgd) files.
	gridvel		Read the output from a 6DOF program and use that information to set grid velocities in a common grid (.cgd) file.
	jormak		Find boundary points in a common grid (.cgd) file, and create a journal file containing subset information for CFPOST or PLOT3D.
	mpigetnzone		Get number of zones in a common grid (.cgd) file.
	recombine		Convert a "split" common flow (.cfl) file, originally created by decompose, back to the original grid system.
	resplt		Create GENPLOT files containing convergence data from a list output (.lis) file.
	resplt.pl		Create GENPLOT files containing convergence data from a list output (.lis) file.
	thplt		Create GENPLOT files containing time history data from a time history (.cth) file. This utility must be used with .cth files created using the improved time history capability introduced in Wind alpha 5.52.
	timplt		Create GENPLOT files containing time history data from a time history (.cth) file. This utility must be used with .cth files created using Wind versions prior to alpha 5.52.
	tmptrn		Create a point-by-point wall temperature distribution and/or boundary layer transition data, and write it into the common flow (.cfl) file, for use with Wind-US's `TTSPEC` keyword.
	USintrpltQ		Interpolate solution from one unstructured grid to another.
	usplit-hybrid		Split a single-zone unstructured common grid (.cgd) file into multiple zones.
	windpar		Compute an estimate of the potential for parallel speed-up of a particular Wind-US case as a function of the number of processors, based on the likely number of grid points per processor.