Ensight Tips

Introduction

Ensight is 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) result viewing software developed by CEI Inc. The software can be downloaded from the CEI website.

This page contains a brief introduction to the software for the purpose of viewing and analyzing TUFLOW results. More advanced user tutorials are available via the CEI website. Ensight Tutorials.

If you have any suggestions to be included in these pages, please add them to the discussion page: Ensight Suggestions

Basics

• Data Preprocessing
• Data Loading
• Navigation Tips and Shortcut Keys
• Point Time Series Plot
• Line Longsection Plot
• Loading a Background Image
• Creating an Animation

Result Long-section Plot

Create a clip line in the location where you would like to extract results.

• Select the clip line icon
  

• Relocate the clip line. Selecting the centre is used to shift the location of the clip line. Selecting the start or end of the line can be used to alter the line extent.
  

• Select the parent Part 2D TUFLOW Elements
• Right Click >> Create >> Clips
• Name the Clip
• Select Tool = Line
• Select Extents = Finite

• Deselect the clip line tool.
  

• The clip should now remain within the view window and also show in the list of Parts
  

Variables need to be associated with the clip:

• Select the clip part (left click the Part)
• Select query
  
• Select Sample = 1D part over distance
• Select the desired variable. For example Depth or Water_Level
  

• This dataset will be added to the Plots/Queries window, and also to the display window as a graph. Double click the graph in the display window to update the graph display options (colors, labels, titles etc.).

• Alternatively, unique graphs an be created for each dataset can be created. Right Click the query dataset>> Add to Plot
  

Creating an Animation

Ensight can be used to present spatial and time series datasets dynamically within the same animation.

1. Select File>>Export>>Animations
2. Select Set format
3. Select MPEG Movie
4. Adjust the frame rate as appropriate
5. Select Play and Reset
6. Within Advanced Options, set the window type to Normal
7. Select an appropriate output location and filename