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Component type

General geometry

*.geo-txt
*.geo-xml

plain text file  or
XML file

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File contains detailed geometry data of the design for any further processing.

Impeller/stator:

Meridional section:
z, r of hub, shroud, leading edge

Blade mean lines, Blade profiles:
x, y, z: cartesian coordinates
r: radius
t: angle
T:  tangential length
m: meridional radius based length
m/mTE: meridional radius based length (0..1)
M: meridional absolute length
M/MTE: meridional absolute length (0..1)
β: blade angle
s: blade thickness
L: 3D length
la: lean angle

Volute:

Spiral cross sections, Diffuser cross sections:
x, y, z (cartesian coordinates)

Contour lines in circumferential direction:
x, y (cartesian coordinates)

CFturbo exchange

*.cft-geo

XML file

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File contains geometry data that can be re-imported in CFturbo (component data exchange format)

see Add component

Design report

*.html, *.rtf,    *.csv, *.txt

design report

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Design information as text file;
Summary of most important design parameters

see Report

DXF

*.dxf

neutral format
(Drawing Interchange File Format)

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File contains designed geometry of the selected component as 3D polylines.

Tetrahedral volume mesh

*.msh, *.vol, polyMesh

available file formats:
Fluent, Netgen, OpenFOAM, Abaqus

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File or folder contains designed geometry as tetrahedral volume mesh for simulation.

Performance data

*.cft-pp

XML file

The project is always exported in its entirety

File contains results of Performance prediction. Two curves are exported: Δp versus ṁ and ηSt versus ṁ. Units are those in accordance to preferences.