To my understanding, Icepak uses finite volume method to solve thermal simulation. Hence, after performing steady-state thermal simulation, I want to export volume-wise (i.e., meshd elements) solution data (e.g., temperature) using either GUI or Python API.
For GUI or Python API, I only found to export solution data through "Field Calculator" (in Python API which is ipk.post.export_field_file(quantity="Temperature", objects_type="Vol", assignment="AllObjects", where ipk is an instance of ansys.aedt.core.Icepak). But the exported data are nodal coordinates and temperature but not volume-wise (shown in the below example).
Scalar data "VolumeValue(Volume(AllObjects), Temperature)"
NumElems 1300
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128350830078148e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 4.0000000000000001e-08 2.5118188476562523e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128289794921898e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 4.0000000000000001e-08 2.5097680664062523e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128350830078148e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 4.0000000000000001e-08 2.5109826660156273e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128289794921898e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 4.0000000000000001e-08 2.5105737304687523e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 0.0000000000000000e+00 2.5129083251953148e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128350830078148e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 0.0000000000000000e+00 2.5129052734375023e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -4.9999999999999998e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128289794921898e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 0.0000000000000000e+00 2.5128900146484398e+01
-4.9999999999999998e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128350830078148e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 0.0000000000000000e+00 2.5128869628906273e+01
-2.9999999999999997e-08 -2.9999999999999997e-08 2.0000000000000000e-08 2.5128289794921898e+01
How can I get volume-wise solution data (including coordinates and temperatures) using either GUI or Python API? Does that equal to the average of 8 nodal values in the nodal solution data?
Furthermore, how can I also get associated "volume-wise" material properties (e.g., thermal conductivity set to each object before analysis)?
