Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Maximum zone limit in Tecplot

To change the maximum number of zones used in Tecplot ASCII data files, the limits might need to be changed. The limit can be changed with:

$!LIMITS

MAXPREPLOTZONES = (Number)

The change has to be added to the Tecplot configuration file.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi
I can change cfg file
I don`t konw where I must change it
so please help me!!!!!!!

Bilge Tutak said...

If you have access to the Tecplot installation directory the file resides in that directory. If you have a read only access to the file, but can not change it;
1 - copy the file to the local directory where you will open your data file or layout file.
2 - Then change the cfg file. The local copy will take over the precedence over the system wide one when it exists.
The file in windows is generally located around "C:\Program Files\Tecplot" or sub folders.
In Linux, it might be located at different locations, you might have to look for it. In my case it is located in /usr/local/tecplot/.

Amar said...

In response to the comment above about where to make changes in the tecplot.cfg file:
By default all the options in the .cfg file are commented, so the following 2 lines:
$!LIMITS
MAXPREPLOTZONES = 10000 (for example) can be added anywhere in the file!