Read

plot3d.read.read_ap_nasa(filename: str)

Reads an AP NASA File and converts it to Block format which can be exported to a plot3d file

AP NASA file represents a single block. The first 7 integers are il,jl,kl,ile,ite,jtip,nbld

Parameters:

filename (str) – location of the .ap file

Returns:

block (Block): file in block format nbld (int): Number of blades

Return type:

Tuple containing

plot3d.read.read_plot3D(filename: str, binary: bool = None, big_endian: bool = None, read_double: bool = None, fortran: bool = None)

Reads a Plot3D file and returns blocks.

When any format parameter is None (the default), the file format is auto-detected by probing the header and comparing file size against expected sizes for single/double precision.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – Name of the file to read, e.g. .p3d, .xyz or .plot3d.

• binary (bool, optional) – True for binary, False for ASCII. Auto-detected when None.

• big_endian (bool, optional) – Use big endian format for binary files. Auto-detected when None.

• read_double (bool, optional) – Read 8-byte doubles (True) or 4-byte floats (False). Auto-detected when None.

• fortran (bool, optional) – Read Fortran unformatted binary with record markers. Auto-detected when None.

Returns:

List of blocks inside the Plot3D file.

Return type:

List[Block]

plot3d.read.read_word(f)

Continously read a word from an ascii file

Parameters:

f (io) – file handle

Yields:

float – value from ascii file