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CLI Usage

Mesh

Display a structured mesh:

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cfd-viz mesh grid.su2

Options

Option Short Description
--skip N -s Plot every N-th grid line (default: 1)
--output FILE -o Save figure to file instead of showing
--title TEXT -t Plot title (default: "Mesh")
--grid-in FILE -g Separate grid file (for split formats)

Examples

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# skip every 4th line for a dense mesh
cfd-viz mesh grid.su2 --skip 4

# save to file
cfd-viz mesh grid.su2 --skip 2 --output mesh.png

# split format
cfd-viz mesh grid.s8 --grid-in grid.s8

Contour

Display a filled contour of a scalar field:

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cfd-viz contour solution.h5 --field pres

Options

Option Short Description
--field NAME -f Flow variable to plot (required)
--output FILE -o Save figure to file instead of showing
--title TEXT -t Plot title (default: field name)
--levels N -l Number of contour levels (default: 50)
--grid-in FILE -g Separate grid file (for split formats)

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# plot pressure contours
cfd-viz contour solution.h5 --field pres

# save with custom levels
cfd-viz contour solution.h5 --field temp --levels 100 --output temp.png

# split format with separate grid file
cfd-viz contour flow.s8 --grid-in grid.s8 --field pres

Global Options

Option Short Description
--version -V Show version and exit
--debug Enable debug logging
--help Show help and exit