Select the Auto Export... menu item from the File menu.
In the Auto Export dialog, tick the checkbox of the Enabled property.
Specify the Base Path if necessary. This path is the location of the file to which you want to export your data.
The default path is the same as that of your simulation file. If you click the property customizer (
), you will see a dialog similar to the Save dialog, with the filter set to export file types. You can use this dialog to navigate to a new location for the file.
If you prefer not to export the mesh data, tick the checkbox of the Export Solution Data Only property.
Select the Trigger Type. This specifies the type of solution step that should trigger the auto export operation. Since this is for a transient analysis, the setting should be either Time-Step or Delta Time.
Select Time-Step if you want STAR-CCM+ to auto export every given number of time-steps. If you want to base the auto export on the passage of time as modeled in the STAR-CCM+ calculations, then select Delta Time.
If you set the Trigger Type property to Delta Time, then be sure to decide on a setting for the Delta Time property, which represents units of time in the simulation. It is this setting, rather than the Frequency property, that will specify the time interval between the auto exports.
Set the Frequency property. This is the number of intervals in the simulation that will pass between auto exports. However, if you select Delta Time in the Trigger Type property, then the Delta Time property will control the frequency of auto exports.
Use the Scalar Functions property to determine which scalar values to export. Click the property customizer ().
This will open a dialog for selecting scalars that uses the select object functionality.
Using the Vector Functions property works the same way.
Click Close. STAR-CCM+ will automatically export during the next run at the intervals you specified.
To deactivate this feature, simply reopen the Auto Export dialog and clear the checkbox of the Enabled property.