[fds-smv] Problem with fds2ascii and BNDF files

[gui]

Hi all,

I want to visualize and process boundary data with Tecplot 360,
therefore I need to use fds2ascii to convert the .bf outputs from FDS
into text files to be read by Tecplot. However, whatever option I
choose in fds2ascii or domain I enter, it stops saying "There are no
boundary files to convert". I have tried with PL3D files and slices
files of the same CHID and it works! I have also checked that the .bf
files are present and are not corrupted by loading them in Smokeview.
I don't understand what I am doing wrong and looking at the Fortran
code didn't help me much.

I am using the fds2ascii version provided with the last bundled 5.5.0
FDS and 5.5.3 SMV for win32.

Thanks for your help.

Guillaume

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[Glenn Forney]

Try this:
make a copy of the .smv file for your case. In the following work
with the copy.

Look for BNDF entries in the .smv file.
Remove all leading blanks that occur before the boundary file name.
Try fds2ascii with your edited file.

Start an issue in the issue tracker. Include your unedited .smv
file. Let us know the results of the above experiment. (Note to
myself. Looked in fds2ascii source. We don't trim leading blanks for
either BNDF or SLCF file names. So, if change in .smv format is the
problem not sure why SLCF works and BNDF doesn't)

[gui]

Thanks for your idea. Indeed I haven't thought of looking in the .smv
file.
I tried to remove the blanks before the boundary file names but the
error in
fds2ascii still remained. But then I noticed something else:
My original .smv file was writing:

BNDC 1 1
SE_tall_TEST11_02.bf
NET HEAT FLUX
net
kW/m2

Note the "BNDC" instead of BNDF. And so by simply replacing by "BNDF"
I got
fds2ascii to find the files to convert. :)

What is that error in writing the .smv file due to?

Thanks anyways for your help.

Guillaume

[gui]

Just to add that I think the "BNDC" in the .smv comes from the fact
that I output cell centered quantities using the CELL_CENTERED=.TRUE.
in the .fds file. The problem is that fds2ascii doesn't recognise
"BNDC" type.

Guillaume