Probe - [source code]
Sample fields at points on a solved case, post-hoc. With Run it writes a probes function and runs postProcess on the requested Time (latest by default), then reads the results; without Run it reads existing results. Works on a wind case (one sub-result per direction) or a loaded case.
Input
| Name | Nickname | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | What to probe: a solved case (wind / loaded / UMF / indoor), or either Folder/Case output of FluidX3D Run. The component resolves its VTK directory automatically. | Generic Data | |
| Points | Pts | Probe points in model space. Required when Run is true. | Point |
| Field | Field to sample, from the dropdown of common OpenFOAM fields (U, p, k, epsilon, …). Type or wire any other field name for a custom quantity. For a FluidX3D VTK directory: "rho"/"density" → density, otherwise velocity. | Text | |
| Region | Region to probe; leave empty for single-region (wind) cases. | Text | |
| Probe Name | Name | Name of the probe set. Optional — if left blank, a unique name is generated automatically (adjective-animal-place-noun, e.g. swift-otter-fjord-lantern). | Text |
| Time | Result time to probe: empty = latest written time, a number = that written time, all = every written time still on disk. Times that were purged (Keep Time Steps) cannot be probed. FluidX3D results also accept avg (mean over every written time) and avg:START-END (mean over a window in seconds, e.g. avg:120-360 to skip the spin-up transient). | Text | |
| Run | True: run postProcess to sample the requested time (Time input), then read. False: read existing results only. | Boolean |
Output
| Name | Nickname | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Values | Probe values (numbers or vectors); branch = {sub-result, field, time}, items = one per point. | Generic Data | |
| Time Steps | Times | Sampled time steps; branch = {sub-result, field}. | Text |
| Sub-Results | Subs | Sub-result labels matching the first branch index (e.g. wind direction case names). | Text |