PLOT3D_TO_AVS
Convert PLOT3D File to AVS Format

PLOT3D_TO_AVS is a FORTRAN90 program which converts a certain kind of PLOT3D file to a form suitable for use with the AVS graphics system.

PLOT3D is a program developed by Pieter Buning at the NASA Ames laboratory, that performs fluid flow calculations in one, two or three dimensions

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

PLOT3D_TO_AVS is available in a FORTRAN90 version.

Related Data and Programs:

PLOT3D, a data directory which contains a description and examples of PLOT3D data files.

PLOT3D_IO, a FORTRAN90 library which reads and writes certain kinds of PLOT3D data files.

Reference:

1. Pamela Walatka, Pieter Buning, Larry Pierce, Patricia Elson,
   PLOT3D User's Guide,
   Technical Report TM 101067,
   NASA, March 1990.

Source Code:

• plot3d_to_avs.f90, the source code;
• plot3d_to_avs.sh, commands to compile the source code;
• plot3d_to_avs.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for PLOT3D_TO_AVS.
• R4_B_3DM_DIM reads a binary 3D multiple grid file for the dimensions.
• R4_B_3DM_NGRID reads a binary 3D multiple grid file for the number of grids.
• R4_B_3DM_Q reads a binary 3D multiple grid Q file for the parameters and Q data.
• R4_B_3DM_QFILE reads a binary 3D multiple grid Q file.
• R4_B_3DM_XYZB reads a binary 3D multiple grid XYZB file for the XYZB data.
• R4_B_3DM_XYZBFILE reads a binary 3D multiple grid XYZB file.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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