AVS Modules                                                      read_F3D
copyright  1992  Michael J. Rangitsch                          5 Oct 1992

NAME
      read_F3D  - read in an ascii FLOW3D data file from Harwell FLOW3D
                  version 3 (multiblock flow solver code)

SUMMARY
      Name        read_F3D

      Type        data

      Inputs      none

      Outputs     ucd (data at cells)

      Parameters  NAME                 TYPE
                  Read F3D Browser     file browser

DESCRIPTION
      This module reads an ascii formatted multiblock FLOW3D solution file 
      (from Harwell FLOW3D version 3) and stores the cfd data as a ucd 
      data set.  The dummy nodes stored at the edges of each computational 
      block are removed by the module.  The n-vector data at each 
      computational cell is stored as cell data, to use most of the ucd 
      modules, this must be converted to nodal data.  The cells of the
      ucd structure are all hexahedra.

      Version 1.1 of read_F3D sets the minimum and maximum of the cell data
      values.  This is is required for some of the other ucd routines to
      work correctly.

INPUT
      none

OUTPUT
      The output is a ucd data set with data stored at the cells

PARAMETERS
      Read F3D Browser - a file browser to choose the FLOW3D results file,
                         generally (xxx.dmp)

EXAMPLE
      The following network shows a typical usage of read_F3D:


                              read_F3D
                                  |
                |---------ucd cell to node      generate colormap
                |                 |                     |
                |        ucd extract scalars            |
                |                 |                     |
                |                 |   |-----------------|
                |              ucd contour
                |                 |
                |    |------------|
              ucd to geom
                  |
             geometry viewer


RELATED MODULES
      read ucd, write ucd, read_flow3d

AVS Module						         read_F3D
Michael J. Rangitsch          				      30 Sep 1992