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* [[Ensight_Animation | Creating an Animation]]
== Loading Data ==
Run the TUFLOW utility RES_to_RES.exe to create the Ensight input data files from TUFLOW xmdf output.<br>
Open the case file (*.case) in Ensight.
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This will load the 'Part' titled: ''2D TUFLOW Elements'' as Case Item 1.
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Select the "Variables" tab within the data management window (bottom left) to view the model result scalar and vector datasets that were loaded.<br>
Activate the relevant dataset that you would like to work with. In this example we have selected, Depth, Unit Flow, Velocity and Water Level.
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These results can be viewed by creating an isosurface of the dataset within the ''2D TUFLOW Elements'' Case Item.
Right Click ''2D TUFLOW Elements''
Select >> Create >> Isosurfaces
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Within the isosurfaces window:
# Select 'Advance' (top right)
# Enter a unique name for the dataset. This will become the child Part name. (''2D TUFLOW Elements'' is the parent Part title)
# Select the ''Variable'' you would like to visualize (e.g. Depth)
# Set ''Creation Type'' = Isovolume
# Set ''Constraint'' = Banded
# Define the isovolume range. The upper and lower extreme values for the datasets are listed within the variables table (bottom left of the interface)
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Update the variable display contouring:
# Select the newly created Part (right click)
# Select ''Color by >> Select Variable''
# When contouring, select the relevant maximum dataset. For example, for time varying ''Depth'' data, select ''Max_Depth''. This will lock the contouring to the range of the maximum dataset. Block colors and transparencies can also be defined using this selection.
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The colour palette can be modified by selecting the defining dataset within the variable list: <br>
Right Click >> Edit Palette <br>
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The final visualization step requires that the parent Part, ''2D TUFLOW Elements'' be flattened. Ensight is a 3D computational fluid dynamics viewing software. Flattening the parent Part locks the TUFLOW dataset to a fixed horizontal plan (2D space).
# Select the parent Part, ''2D TUFLOW Elements'' (right click)
# Select Edit
# Set the Coordinates scale factor = <b>-1</b> *variable
# Set the Z variable = <b>''Fixed_Bathymetry''</b>. For this option to be available, the model result data type ''ZH'' must be defined as a TUFLOW output (eg. ''Map Output Data Types == h v q d <b>ZH </b>
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Time series controls are located above the Parts window (top left).<br>
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