{"id":436027,"date":"2025-07-03T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/export-vorticity-as-a-vector-field-from-ansys-fluent\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:41:42","slug":"export-vorticity-as-a-vector-field-from-ansys-fluent","status":"answered","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/export-vorticity-as-a-vector-field-from-ansys-fluent\/","title":{"rendered":"Export vorticity as a vector field from Ansys Fluent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am running simulations in batch. I export the vorticity field for post-processing, but vorticity is not saved as a vector field, like velocity, but as a scalar field. I want to save it as a vector field&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The command I use to export the data file is:&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\/file\/export\/ensight-gold &#8220;.\/export\/ensight\/ensght&#8221; mean-y-velocity mean-y-velocity-dataset mean-z-velocity &nbsp;mean-x-vorticity-dataset mean-z-velocity-dataset mean-wall-shear mean-y-vorticity-dataset mean-z-vorticity-dataset mean-x-velocity-dataset rmse-x-velocity-dataset rmse-y-velocity-dataset rmse-z-velocity-dataset x-velocity y-velocity&nbsp; () yes * () () no&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But from the .encas file export, it is celar velocity is the only vector field saved.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FORMAT&lt;br&gt;type: &nbsp;ensight gold&lt;br&gt;GEOMETRY&lt;br&gt;model: &#8220;ensght.geo&#8221;&lt;br&gt;VARIABLE&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_y_velocity &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;ensght.scl9&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_y_velocity_dataset &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;ensght.scl10&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_z_velocity &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;ensght.scl11&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_z_velocity_dataset &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;ensght.scl12&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_x_vorticity_dataset &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;ensght.scl13&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_z_vorticity_dataset &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;ensght.scl14&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_y_vorticity_dataset &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;ensght.scl16&#8243;&lt;br&gt;scalar per node: mean_z_vorticity_dataset &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;ensght.scl17&#8243;&lt;br&gt;vector per node: velocity &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;ensght.vel&#8221;&lt;br&gt;SCRIPTS&lt;br&gt;metadata: &#8220;ensght.xml&#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-436027","topic","type-topic","status-answered","hentry","topic-tag-fluent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["436027"],"_bbp_author_ip":["147.188.251.161"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["437097"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["437097"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-07-17 11:50:07"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["304461","13988"],"_btv_view_count":["186"],"_bbp_topic_status":["answered"],"_bbp_subscription":["13988","5976"]},"test":"jma337student-bham-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/436027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/436027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437095,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/436027\/revisions\/437095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}