Description

The PLOT3D file type refers to a format for structured grid data that was popularized by NASA's CFD visualization software of the same name (Ref. 40).

Import of 1D, 2D, and 3D single and multiblock meshes is supported. ASCII, Binary, and Unformatted file formats can be imported into Fidelity Pointwise in either Single or Double precision.

Note that Fidelity Pointwise can import PLOT3D files containing i-blank data, but that data will be discarded. Also, the import of unstructured grids is not supported.

PLOT3D file types will default to the endian value the file was written in since the swap bytes attribute is available for this format.