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When creating pictures or animations in batch an error about the hardcopy-window is obtained.

Tagged: 18.2, fluent, fluent-post-processing, fluid-dynamics, post-processing
    • January 25, 2023 at 7:16 am
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      In a batch run a picture or animation shall be created, i.e. with the following command. > display savepic press_%f.png This might result in the following error: Error: hardcopy-window: No active window. Error Object: #f Output of graphics, i.e. pictures, does require an active window. This is not available when running a solver in batch mode. This situation can be handled by starting the solver with the following arguments as start options: -gu -driver null For example fluent 3ddp -gu -driver null -i journal_batch.jou >& outputfile &

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