Fire dynamics simulator: user's guide

Original publisher: [Gaithersburg, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, [2001] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)50672409 Subject: Fire -- Mathematical models -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Excerpt: ... 4 Running Smokeview 3 Smokeview may be started almost immediately after an FDS calculation is started. It is strongly recom-mended that Smokeview be used as soon as possible after starting an FDS calculation to ensure that the geometry has been input correctly. There is a very useful Geometry Editor under Options that allows a user to make adjustments to the geometry from within the Smokeview window. Also, as data begins to pour into the various output files, Smokeview can be used to ensure that the sequence of events set down in the FDS input file is being followed. 4.1 Starting and Stopping Smokeview On the PC, Smokeview is started by double-clicking the file named casename.smv where casename is the name specified by the CHID keyword defined in the FDS input data file ( See Section 5.1.1 ). The Load / Unload menu may be used to read in the data files to be visualized. Show / Hide may be used to change how the visualizations are presented. For the most part, the menu choices are self explanatory. Menu items exist for showing and hiding various simulation elements, creating screen dumps, obtaining help, etc. To use Smokeview from a " command line ", open a DOS ( if running on a PC ) or UNIX shell, change to the directory containing the FDS case to be viewed and type: smokeview casename where casename is the name specified by the CHID keyword defined in the FDS input data file. Data files may be loaded and options may be selected by clicking the right mouse button and picking the appropriate menu item. Smokeview opens two windows, one displays the scene and the other displays status information. Clos-ing either window will end the Smokeview session. Multiple copies of Smokeview may be run simultane-ously if the computer has adequate resources. 4.2 ...