An example of a .tab table file is shown below. Each column of data must have the same number of elements.
Critical aspects of the file format are:
{'DataSets': ['Modified Diffusivity', 'Velocity: X-Component', 'Velocity: Y-Component', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'], 'Modified Diffusivity': [0.00050444749649614095688, 0.0015556754078716039658, ...], 'Type': 'xyz', 'Velocity: X-Component': [0.55402863025665283203, 0.68478977680206298828,...], 'Velocity: Y-Component': [-7.3806604632409289479e-06, -3.4772736398736014962e-05, ...], 'X': [-4.0000000000000000000, -4.0000000000000000000,...], 'Y': [8.9650001525878906250, 8.8903274536132812500,...], 'Z': [0.0000000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000000,...]}
Although .csv is the standard format for exporting table data from STAR-CCM+, .tab is still supported as a legacy format for reading into a simulation.