{"id":383732,"date":"2024-09-23T13:28:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/creating-custom-data-files-for-importing-initial-solutions\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:28:57","slug":"creating-custom-data-files-for-importing-initial-solutions","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/creating-custom-data-files-for-importing-initial-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Custom Data Files for Importing Initial Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;m using ANSYS 2022 R2, and I know it&#8217;s possible to import a data file in Fluentin from a previous calculation as an initial solution for a simulation. However, I would like to know if it&#8217;s possible to manually create my own data files to import as an initial solution instead. 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