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field2hdf5

convert a binary flowfield to HDF5 file format.

options

  -p           --padding               save full Nx x Ny x Nz grid rather eliminating padding
  <fieldname>  (trailing arg 2)        flowfield input file
  <hdf5file>   (trailing arg 1)        hdf5 output file

usage

   field2hdf5 u.ff u.h5

You can drop the file extensions if you like.

HDF5 format

The HDF5 file contains

  • the components of the field in the group /data
  • the values of Nx, Ny, Nz, Lx, a, and b as attributes of the root group
  • the gridpoint coordinates x,y,z in the group /geom
docs/utils/field2hdf5.txt · Last modified: 2010/02/02 07:55 (external edit)