Tball: A tool for viewing and manipulating Nodal data files
Tball is a new command-line utility for viewing and manipulating TRITON and Polaris nodal data output files, including:
x16: binary nodal data format
t16: plaintext nodal data format
nodal.h5: hierarchical nodal data format
Tball can be called directly from the command line, from ${SCALE}/bin/tball;
in addition, it can be called within a SCALE input within a =shell block, i.e.:
= shell
${PGM}/tball [command] [file(s)]
end
Tball supports the following modes:
convert convert between nodal data file formats
Each of these methods are discussed in the following sections.
tball convert
Converts between different file formats for nodal data files.
Usage: tball convert [input_file_path] [output_file_path]
The input and output format is automatically detected from the extension (.t16, .x16, .h5) or unique name (e.g. txtfile16, xfile016).
- input_file_path
Path to existing nodal data file.
They should have the following formats:
.t16 or txtfile16
.x16 or xfile016
.h5
- output_file_path
Path for output file.
They should have the following formats:
.t16 or txtfile16
.x16 or xfile016
.h5
tball convert polaris.x16 polaris.t16