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In RWIND, you can define zones and thus obtain a drag force for these zones. The information is available graphically and for each individual zone. This way you simply keep track of everything.
For complex structures, it can be helpful to quickly evaluate the results in a table.
You can evaluate the results in ParaView. For this, unzip the RWIND file and open the Sim001_V01_Surface.vtp file in ParaView in the RWIND_Simulations archive folder.
Since the zones are defined in the RWIND file, you can generate a .csv file, including the information of the cells.
This .csv file contains the information about the forces in the cells (front and back), related to the global axes. You can add up the forces of the zones with Excel and also create a vector. The data in ParaView are in SI units (for the forces [N]).
RWIND Simulation results are stored as a VTK format (.vtp and .vtu files) located in the working directory of the project.
The files can be opened in ParaView which is an open source software available at https://www.paraview.org. The data can be further exported to many other formats. Because ParaView is an open source software and allows the use of custom plugins, it is possible to export data to any custom format.
For more information on ParaView, refer to FAQ 4825.
The RWIND Simulation program organizes the data internally in the ParaView format. Since RWIND Simulation displays the results separately, the ParaView data are only stored in the working directory of the currently open RWIND Simulation entry.
The current working directory for temporary files is specified in the program options under the "Files and Directories" tab.
In the subfolder\~ RWIND_Simulation\Project\RF_Simul, the program saves the corresponding ParaView files with the results on the model and in the volume space around the model.