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However, you have to load which time step you want first. Additionally, I know that you can set a transient export every n timestep. However, this has to be set-up before the calculation. In my case, the calculation have already been completed. I don&#8217;t really want to re-run my calculation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have looked into TUI option and managed to only found this https:\/\/www.cfd-online.com\/Forums\/fluent\/230855-fluent-export-ascii-option-journal-file.html. But I&#8217;m not really sure what should be the command?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Basically I want to export a solution variable named scalar-1 (a uds) and velocity magnitutde at the outlet locations every 20 timestep into an ascii file.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-381582","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-export-data","topic-tag-export-file"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to export solution data every n timestep of a transient fluent simulation that has completed its calculation into ASCII file?I know that in the GUI you can go file&gt;export solution data and pick what solution to export there. However, you have to load which time step you want first. 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