This section describe procedural changes (actions that have to be done differently in this release to get an outcome available in previous releases) as well as support changes (functionality that is no longer supported) in 13.0 of CFD-Post.

Procedural Changes

When CFX-Solver Manager is opened from ANSYS Workbench, the Custom Executable and Arguments fields are no longer present on the Solver Tab of the CFX-Solver Manager Define Run dialog (although these fields remain available in the Standalone version of CFX-Solver Manager). You can set those properties via the Solution cell Properties view (this capability is a Beta feature).

Listing Files from a Transient Simulation

In Release 12.0, the files present in the working directory were checked first and all the files with same base name were listed in CFD-Post. If the base name of none of the files matched, CFD-Post listed any appropriate files found in 'autosave/solution-points'.

In Release 13.0, CFD-Post lists any appropriate files found in 'autosave/solution-points'. If no appropriate file is found, the working directory is checked and files with same base name are listed. The new sequence gives higher priority to the files from the chosen DAT/CDAT file.

Chart Legends

A Release 12.0 chart that has its legend on the inside of the chart area may display with the legend in a slightly different position in Release in 13.0.

Display of Mean Molecular Weight Values from FLUENT Files

In Release 12.0, CFD-Post showed incorrect units for Mean Molecular Weight in results files exported from FLUENT; for example, a value that should have appeared as 23.1577 kg/kmol would display as 23157.7 kg/kmol. In Release 13.0, the same case will display a Mean Molecular Weight of 23.1577 kg/mol.

Maximum Temperature Limit of Zero Pressure Polynomials

In Release 12.0, the maximum temperature limit of zero pressure polynomials was 1000 [K] for the CFX-Solver, 3000 [K] in the RULES file, and 5000 [K] for CFX-Pre.

In Release 13.0, maximum temperature limits for zero pressure polynomials are now consistent in RULES, CFX-Pre, and the CFX-Solver (= 1000 K). Temperature limits for table generation are set by CFX-Pre: 5000 K for ideal gases, 1000 K for real gases.

Support Changes

There are no support changes in this release.