<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
visualization	O
&	O
analysis	O
software	O
tools	O
developed	O
by	O
American	O
company	O
Tecplot	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Bellevue	O
,	O
Washington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
360	O
is	O
a	O
Computational	O
Fluid	O
Dynamics	O
(	O
CFD	O
)	O
and	O
numerical	O
simulation	O
software	O
package	O
used	O
in	O
post-processing	O
simulation	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
360	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
chemistry	O
applications	O
to	O
visualize	O
molecule	O
structure	O
by	O
post-processing	O
charge	O
density	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fluent	B-Application
,	O
OpenFOAM	B-Application
)	O
data	O
include	O
calculating	O
grid	O
quantities	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
aspect	O
ratios	O
,	O
skewness	O
,	O
orthogonality	O
and	O
stretch	O
factors	O
)	O
,	O
normalizing	O
data	O
;	O
Deriving	O
flow	O
field	O
functions	O
like	O
pressure	O
coefficient	O
or	O
vorticity	O
magnitude	O
,	O
verifying	O
solution	O
convergence	O
,	O
estimating	O
the	O
order	B-Algorithm
of	I-Algorithm
accuracy	I-Algorithm
of	O
solutions	O
,	O
interactively	O
exploring	O
data	O
through	O
cut	O
planes	O
(	O
a	O
slice	O
through	O
a	O
region	O
)	O
,	O
iso-surfaces	O
(	O
3-D	O
maps	O
of	O
concentrations	O
)	O
,	O
particle	O
paths	O
(	O
dropping	O
an	O
object	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
fluid	O
"	O
and	O
watching	O
where	O
it	O
goes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
360	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
visualize	O
output	O
from	O
programming	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Fortran	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
's	O
native	O
data	O
format	O
is	O
PLT	O
or	O
SZPLT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CGNS	O
,	O
FLOW-3D	O
(	O
Flow	O
Science	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
ANSYS	B-Application
CFX	I-Application
,	O
ANSYS	B-Application
FLUENT	B-Application
.cas	O
and	O
.dat	O
format	O
and	O
polyhedra	O
,	O
OpenFOAM	B-Application
,	O
PLOT3D	O
(	O
Flow	O
Science	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
Tecplot	B-Application
and	O
polyhedra	O
,	O
Ensight	O
Gold	O
and	O
HDF5	B-Application
(	O
Hierarchical	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Format	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDF	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
(	O
Windows	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
comma	O
-	O
or	O
space-delimited	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abaqus	B-Algorithm
,	O
ANSYS	B-Application
,	O
FIDAP	O
Neutral	O
,	O
LSTC/DYNA	O
LS-DYNA	B-Algorithm
,	O
NASTRAN	B-Algorithm
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
Patran	B-Application
MSC	B-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
PTC	O
Mechanica	O
,	O
SDRC/IDEAS	O
universal	O
and	O
3D	O
Systems	O
STL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParaView	O
supports	O
Tecplot	B-Application
format	O
through	O
a	O
VisIt	O
importer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
Focus	O
is	O
plotting	B-Application
software	O
designed	O
for	O
measured	O
field	O
data	O
,	O
performance	O
plotting	B-Application
of	O
test	O
data	O
,	O
mathematical	O
analysis	O
,	O
and	O
general	O
engineering	O
plotting	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tecplot	B-Application
Chorus	O
is	O
a	O
data	O
management	O
,	O
design	O
optimization	O
,	O
and	O
aero	O
database	O
development	O
framework	O
used	O
for	O
comparing	O
collections	O
of	O
CFD	O
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
