format

data.format(p0: str) → int

Set the format type for the geometry and result files. (Note that for Server of Servers, the format of this line changes slightly. The term casesos is added before the format_type.)

Args:

p0:

‘format_type’

• The format type which must be one of the following (or the name of a user defined reader):

• ensight

• plot3d

• fidap

• n3s

• estet

• mpgs4

• movie

• fluent

• ansys

• abaqus

• case

• fast-unstructured

• overflow

• casesos

Examples:

#
# Read a datafile in case format and load a part from it.
#
ensight.data.binary_files_are("big_endian")
ensight.data.format("case")
ensight.data.path("/usr/tmp")
ensight.data.geometry("cube.case")
ensight.data.read()
ensight.data_partbuild.begin()
ensight.data_partbuild.data_type("unstructured")
ensight.data_partbuild.select_begin(1)
ensight.data_partbuild.create()
ensight.data_partbuild.end()

Returns:

zero on success, non-zero on error