PLOT3D reader (P3DReader)
Read ASCII or binary PLOT3D files.
PLOT3D is a plotting package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear (structured grid) datasets.

PropertyDescriptionDefault Value(s)Restrictions
Binary File
(BinaryFile)
This property indicates whether the data files are binary. 1

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
Byte Order
(ByteOrder)
This property specifies the byte order of any binary file(s). 0

The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1).

 
File Name
(FileName)
This property specifies the .xyz (geometry) file name for the PLOT3D reader.    
Force Read
(ForceRead)
This property indicates whether to attempt to read the file even if it appears corrupt 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
Functions
(Functions)
This property lists which functions (point-centered arrays) to compute.  

The value must be one of the following: Scalar - Pressure (110), Scalar - Temperature (120), Scalar - Enthalpy (130), Scalar - Internal energy (140), Scalar - Kinetic energy (144), Scalar - Velocity magnitude (153), Scalar - Entropy (170), Scalar - Swirl. (184), Vector - Velocity (200), Vector - Vorticity (201), Vector - Pressure gradient (210).

 
Has Byte Count
(HasByteCount)
This property indicates whether this file uses Fortran leading-trailing byte counts. 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
I Blanking
(IBlanking)
This property indicates whether this dataset has visibility information. 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
Multi Grid
(MultiGrid)
This property indicates whether these files have multiple-block information. 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
Q File Name
(QFileName)
This property specifies the .q (solution) file name for the PLOT3D reader.    
Two Dimensional Geometry
(TwoDimensionalGeometry)
This property indicates whether the data is two- or three-dimensional. 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.