{"id":178850,"date":"2023-08-25T12:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-export-data-from-cfd-post-to-create-a-profile-definition-in-cfx-pre\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:15:30","slug":"how-to-export-data-from-cfd-post-to-create-a-profile-definition-in-cfx-pre","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-export-data-from-cfd-post-to-create-a-profile-definition-in-cfx-pre\/","title":{"rendered":"How to export data from CFD-Post to create a profile definition in CFX-Pre?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the File > Export menu of CFD-Post, choose &#8220;BC Profile&#8221; type, then &#8220;Custom&#8221; as &#8220;Profile Type&#8221;, and select the variables you would like to define as an input profile.  Edit the .csv file and remove all headings (first line should be filled with values, please see the attached example)  Once in CFX-Pre, create an additional user function, select the &#8220;Three dimensional&#8221; option, RMB in the &#8220;Value&#8221; tab, and select the .csv file just modified. Define the units for each field and validate.  Create an expression based on this function, and hook it where needed<\/p>\n<p>Attachments:<br \/>\n1. <a href=https:\/\/ansys13.ansys.com\/KnowledgeArticles\/Phase-3\/2042452\/2042452.pdf>2042452.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-178850","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-4431","topic-tag-cfd-post","topic-tag-cfx","topic-tag-cfx-pre","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-general-cfx","topic-tag-profile-definition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"siebel_km_number":["2042452"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["8\/25\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.56.168.180"],"application_name":["CFX"],"family":["Fluid Dynamics"],"km_published_date":["2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z"],"product_version":["17"],"_btv_view_count":["6678"],"_edit_lock":["1704986677:2"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/178850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/178850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}