starting_time_step

prefs.starting_time_step(p0: str) → int

Preference to set the default starting time step for transient data. When the data is read the first or the last step will be loaded as specified.

Args:

p0:

‘value’

• must be one of:

• first

• last

Examples:

ensight.prefs.starting_time_step("last")
ensight.data.binary_files_are("big_endian")
ensight.data.format("case")
ensight.data.path("/usr/tmp")
ensight.data.geometry("car_crash.case")
ensight.data.read()

Returns:

zero on success, non-zero on error