Table Tasks

To work with tables, use the following techniques:

Action Instructions

Create an xyz internal table or a radial internal table and fill it with chosen simulation data

 To create a table:
  1. Right-click the Tools > Tables node, and select New Table > XYZ Internal Table or Radial Internal Table.
  2. Specify the parts from which the data are extracted, by setting the table node Parts property.
  3. Specify the scalar field function values to extract:
    1. Click (Custom Editor) next to the Scalars property.
    2. In the Scalars dialog, select the required scalars.
  4. Once the parts and the scalars are specified, right-click the table node and select Extract.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ fills the table with data. Reuse the Extract action any time you wish to update the table with the latest available data.

Read a table data file
  1. Right-click the Tools > Tables node and select New Table > File Table.
  2. In the Open dialog, select one or more tabular data files, then click Open.

    Simcenter STAR-CCM+ creates a table object for each selected table file. All the table files that you select must be in the same directory. For more table files in another directory, repeat this action.

If you modify a table file that has been already read into the simulation, you can reread the table file:
  1. Right-click its table node and select Reload File.

    Simcenter STAR-CCM+ updates the table data for this object in the simulation.

Display a table, plot, or data set as a table
  • Right-click the node of the table, plot, or data set and select Tabulate.
The data from the object is presented in the Tabular Data dialog:
  • If you right-clicked a plot, all data series in the plot appear in pairs of X and Y value columns.
  • If you right-clicked a data set, only the data contained by that object appears.

Units are displayed in the preferred unit for the selected scalar.

Resize column widths

To adjust columns to the exact width of their contents:

  1. Click the column control button () in the top right corner of the dialog.
  2. In the menu that appears, choose one of the following items:
    • Pack Selected Column—resizes widths of highlighted columns to maximize visibility of their contents. The overall dialog width remains unchanged.
    • Pack All Columns—distributes all columns evenly within the available space.

Hide or show columns
  1. Click the column control button () in the top right corner of the dialog.
  2. In the list of table columns that appears, toggle the visibility of columns using the checkboxes.

Export a table
  1. Right-click the node of the table, plot, or data set and select Export, or in the Tabular Data dialog, click Export.
  2. In the Save dialog, enter the file name (with the extension .csv) and click Save.

Update contents of internal tables automatically

For internal tables, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ can automatically refresh their contents with the latest solution data at chosen intervals.

To define table updates:

  1. Select the Tools > Tables > [internal table] > Update node and activate Auto Extract.
  2. Set Trigger to one of the following trigger types: Iteration, Time Step, Delta Time, or Update Event. For details, see Trigger Types.
  3. Expand the Update node, select its child node, and set the values required by the chosen trigger. See Trigger Properties.