Tecplot

Tecplot refers to a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and numerical simulation software package used in post-processing simulation results.

Common tasks associated with post-processing analysis of flow solver (e.g. Fluent, STAR-CD, OpenFOAM) can include such tasks as:

• Calculating grid quantities (e.g. aspect ratios, skewness, orthogonality and stretch factors)
• Normalizing data; Deriving flow field functions like pressure coefficient or vorticity magnitude
• Verifying solution convergence
• Estimating the order of accuracy of solutions
• Interactively exploring data through cut planes (a slice through a region), iso-surfaces (3-D maps of concentrations), particle paths (dropping an object in the "fluid" and watching where it goes).