Tables Reference

Tables Action Menu

These pop-up menu items are available when you right-click the Tables manager node.


New Table	Creates a new tabular data set of the type that is selected in the submenu.
	Accumulated Force Table	Executes the Create Internal Tabular Data Set action and creates an empty accumulated force tabular data set.
	File Table	Executes the open file action and reads in an existing tabular data file.
	Histogram Table	Executes the Create Internal Tabular Data Set action and creates an empty histogram tabular data set.
	Radial Internal Table	Executes the Create Internal Tabular Data Set action and creates an empty radial tabular data set.
	Soot Sectional Particle Size Distribution Table - Boundaries / Regions (Available when using the Soot Sections model.)	Executes the Create Internal Tabular Data Set action and creates a tabular data set for: Section Number, Particle Size Distribution Function (/m^3), Normalized Particle Size Distribution Function, Mean Diameter (m).
	XYZ Internal Table	Executes the Create Internal Tabular Data Set action and creates an empty xyz tabular data set.

[Table] Action Menu

These pop-up menu items are available when you right-click a table node, Tables > [Table].


Export...	Saves the content of the table to a separate .tab file.
Extract	Fills a table with data extracted from specified scalar functions (not available for file tables).
Reload file	Updates the table data from a modified file (file tables only).
Tabulate...	Opens a dialog displaying tabular data.

Tabular Data Dialog Action Menu

These pop-up menu items are available when you right-click in the table cells of the Tabular Data dialog.


Show/Hide Columns	Opens a list of the table columns in the top right corner of the dialog. In this list you can toggle the visibility of columns using the checkboxes.
Go to Row	Opens a dialog in which you can enter the number of the table row that you want to view.

File Table Properties


Extracted	A read-only list of the names of the scalar field in the file. This property is blank if a new tabular data set has been created but no scalars have yet been selected.
File Path	The path to the table file from which this table object gets its data. This path is relative to the location of the simulation file.

Internal XYZ Table Properties


Extracted	A read-only list of the names of the scalar field in the file. This property is blank if a new tabular data set has been created but no scalars have yet been selected.
Scalars	The property customizer activates a list box functionally similar to the Select Objects dialog, with which you can select scalars.
Parts	Editing the property activates the Select Objects dialog for parts.
Coordinate System	Specifies the coordinate system (laboratory by default). The drop-down list of this property includes any local coordinate systems that exist in the simulation (xyz internal table only).
Data on Vertices	Controls whether to extract field data to cell centers or vertices. Depending on what field data you are using, use the appropriate option to facilitate direct mapping rather than interpolation or extrapolation.
	Activated	Extracts data at vertices. Fields associated with vertex coordinates will be mapped without interpolation and fields associated with cell centers will be interpolated (or extrapolated) to the vertex coordinates.
	Deactivated	Extracts data at cell centers. Fields associated with cell centers will be mapped without interpolation and fields associated with vertex coordinates will be interpolated (or extrapolated) to the cell centers.
Representation	Selects a representation from among the available ones in the simulation.

Radial Internal Table Properties


Number of Bins	Number of radial stations.
Parts	Editing the property activates the Select Objects dialog for parts.
Scalars	The property customizer activates a list box functionally similar to the Select Objects dialog, with which you can select scalars.
Extracted	A read-only list of the names of the scalar field in the file. This property is blank if a new tabular data set has been created but no scalars have yet been selected.

Soot Sectional Particle Size Distribution Table - Boundaries / Regions Properties


Extracted	A read-only list of the names of the scalar field in the file. This property is blank if a new tabular data set has been created but no scalars have yet been selected.
Parts	Editing the property activates the Select Objects dialog for parts.
Representation	Selects a representation from among the available ones in the simulation.

Histogram Table Properties


Parts	Parts from which the table data is extracted.
Extracted	A read-only list of the names of the data sets extracted for the table.
Representation	Selects a representation from among the available ones in the simulation.

The properties of the Histogram Table > Histogram Base node, and its sub-nodes (some of which are optional) control the definition of the histogram table:

Table 1. Histogram Base
Bins	Number of discrete intervals in the histogram. Selects the scalar field function to split into separate intervals (or bins), using the Histogram Base > Bin node.
Smooth Values	When activated, instructs Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to use node values to populate the histogram, instead of cell values.
Generate Profile	When activated, Simcenter STAR-CCM+ evaluates a specified field function, for each set of points that is allocated to a bin, and returns the maximum and minimum values of the function. Specify the field function and its units using the Histogram Base > Profile node.
Weighting	Simcenter STAR-CCM+ weights the count of each point that is allocated to a bin by the amount that is selected here.
	Frequency	Equivalent to a weighting of one. The sum for each bin is the frequency with which points fall into the bin.
	Specified Scalar	Allows you to specify the field function that is used to weight each data point allocated to a bin. Specify the field function and its units using the Histogram Base > Weighting node.
	Specified Scalar with Accumulation	Same as Specified Scalar, but with the additional property that values for successive bins are summed cumulatively along the bin direction. Specify the field function and its units using the Histogram Base > Weighting node.
Range Mode	Specifies how to find the maximum and minimum range of bin values.
	Auto	Simcenter STAR-CCM+ automatically calculates the maximum and minimum range of values for the bin field function, and sets the range from this calculation.
	Manual	Allows you to manually specify the minimum and maximum values of the binning quantity. Specify the field function and its units using the Histogram Base > Range node.

Accumulated Force Table Properties


Parts	Editing the property activates the Select Objects dialog for parts.
Extracted	A read-only list of the names of the data sets extracted for the table.

Use the properties of the Accumulated Force Table > Force Histogram node to set the parameters that are required for building the histogram of forces and accumulated force across the chosen parts. The forces that are extracted are the same as the forces given for the Force. When force normalization is activated, the force coefficients, and accumulated force coefficients, are returned.

Table 2. Force Histogram

Bins

Number of discrete intervals (or bands) across the parts.

Coordinate System

Coordinate system in which the bin, force, and profile directions are defined. The drop-down list of this property includes any local coordinate systems that exist in the simulation. The default is laboratory.

This property does not control the Position values given in the displayed table. The Position values given in the table are always for the centroids of the bins, which are given in the laboratory coordinate system along the specified bin direction.

Bin Direction

Direction in which the intervals (or bands) are distributed.

Force Direction

Direction in which the force is computed

Profile Direction

Direction to use in extracting the profile from the parts.

Force Option

Choose which force components are included in the reported data.

Pressure

Only the force due to pressure,

f_{f}^{pressure}

is considered. See Eqn. (422) for the Force report.

Shear

Only the force due to shear,

f_{f}^{shear}

in Eqn. (422) is considered.

Pressure and Shear

Both pressure and shear forces,

f_{f}^{pressure}

and

f_{f}^{shear}

in Eqn. (422) is considered.

Normalization Mode

When activated, instructs Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to normalize the force as a force coefficient. See Eqn. (429).

Use the Force Histogram > Force Normalization node to specify the reference density, velocity, and area that are used to calculate the force coefficients (see Eqn. (429), Eqn. (429), and Eqn. (429)).

Range

Maximum and minimum band values (read only).

Reference Pressure

The reference pressure for the computation of Eqn. (423).

Range Mode

Sets how band positions are calculated.

Auto

Use this option if you want Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to calculate the start and end positions of the bands.

Manual

Use this option if you want to specify where the first band begins and the last band ends.

Note	When you specify limits manually, any data outside those limits is ignored.

Spacing

The width of the bands across the selected parts (read only)

[Table] Update Properties


Trigger	Determines how the table is updated. Select the desired trigger type from the drop-down list. See Trigger Types.
Auto Extract	When activated, controls automatic extraction.
Save to File	When activated, exports automatically.
Output Directory	Path to where the files specified in the Base Filename Append Tag property are saved.
Base Filename Append Tag	The prefix of the file name to use when saving tables to file.