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Volume sections

Commands of the volume_sections chapter of the database, 10 entries. The status words are defined once, on the compatibility matrix, which says what each rests on and what the script builder does with it. Read it before this page: broken and removed are refusals, so a row here can be telling you the emitter will not write that command for that version.

CREATE_NEW_CIRCLE_VOLUME_SECTION

Phase analysis, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 p.366.

Annular flow-field section with IPTS radial and JPTS azimuth segments between the inner and outer radii; the natural plane for slipstream surveys behind an actuator disc.

Argument Specification
frame int
plane enum in
offset float
ipts int
jpts int
r1 float
r2 float
prisms_type enum in
thickness float
layers int
growth_rate float
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.325, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.337, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.360, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.365, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 verified reports/compat/CMP-26120_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.121 verified reports/compat/CMP-26121_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.122 verified reports/compat/CMP-26122_2026-08-11_full.yaml
26.123 verified reports/compat/CMP-26123_2026-08-17_full-sim.yaml; SRC-751 p.372, unchanged from SRC-750 p.372
26.124 verified reports/compat/CMP-26124_2026-09-14_full-sim.yaml; SRC-752 p.372, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123

CREATE_NEW_RECTANGLE_VOLUME_SECTION

Phase analysis, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 p.366.

Rectangular flow-field section between two diagonal corners, with optional near-wall prism cell layers.

Argument Specification
frame int
plane enum in
offset float
refinement_layers int
x1 float
y1 float
x2 float
y2 float
prisms_type enum in
thickness float
layers int
growth_rate float
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.325, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.337, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.360, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.365, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 verified reports/compat/CMP-26120_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.121 verified reports/compat/CMP-26121_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.122 verified reports/compat/CMP-26122_2026-08-11_full.yaml
26.123 verified reports/compat/CMP-26123_2026-08-17_full-sim.yaml; SRC-751 p.372, unchanged from SRC-750 p.372
26.124 verified reports/compat/CMP-26124_2026-09-14_full-sim.yaml; SRC-752 p.372, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123

DELETE_ALL_VOLUME_SECTIONS

Phase analysis, layout bare. Manual: SRC-003 p.367.

Deletes every volume section, where DELETE_VOLUME_SECTION takes one index. A separate command rather than a sentinel of that one.

Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.327, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.339, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.361, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.366, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 documented SRC-003 p.367
26.121 documented SRC-740 p.370, same grammar as 26.120
26.123 documented SRC-751 p.373, unchanged from SRC-750 p.373
26.124 documented SRC-752 p.373, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123; not run on 26.124

DELETE_VOLUME_SECTION

Phase analysis, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 p.367.

Argument Specification
index int
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.327, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.339, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.361, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.366, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 verified reports/compat/CMP-26120_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.121 verified reports/compat/CMP-26121_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.122 verified reports/compat/CMP-26122_2026-08-11_full.yaml
26.123 verified reports/compat/CMP-26123_2026-08-17_full-sim.yaml; SRC-751 p.373, unchanged from SRC-750 p.373
26.124 verified reports/compat/CMP-26124_2026-09-14_full-sim.yaml; SRC-752 p.373, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123

EXPORT_VOLUME_SECTION_2D_VTK

Phase analysis, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 p.367.

Exports one volume section as a 2D ParaView file, the path on the next line. THE 2D AND 3D VTK EXPORTS ARE DIFFERENT COMMANDS WRITING THE SAME EXTENSION. EXPORT_VOLUME_SECTION_VTK, already in this chapter, writes the section as a slice through a 3D field; this one writes it as a planar dataset. A file name cannot distinguish them, so a reader of an output folder cannot tell which command wrote what.

Argument Specification
index int
file path
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.326, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.339, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.361, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.366, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 documented SRC-003 p.367
26.121 documented SRC-740 p.370, same grammar as 26.120
26.123 documented SRC-751 p.373, unchanged from SRC-750 p.373
26.124 documented SRC-752 p.373, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123; not run on 26.124

EXPORT_VOLUME_SECTION_TECPLOT

Phase export, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 p.367.

The file path follows on the line after the section index.

Argument Specification
index int
filename path
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.326, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.339, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.361, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.366, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 verified reports/compat/CMP-26120_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.121 verified reports/compat/CMP-26121_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.122 verified reports/compat/CMP-26122_2026-08-11_full.yaml
26.123 verified reports/compat/CMP-26123_2026-08-17_full-sim.yaml; SRC-751 p.373, unchanged from SRC-750 p.373
26.124 verified reports/compat/CMP-26124_2026-09-14_full-sim.yaml; SRC-752 p.373, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123

EXPORT_VOLUME_SECTION_VTK

Phase export, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 pp.366-367.

The file path follows on the line after the section index.

Argument Specification
index int
filename path
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.326, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.339, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.361, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.366, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 verified reports/compat/CMP-26120_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.121 verified reports/compat/CMP-26121_2026-08-08_full.yaml
26.122 verified reports/compat/CMP-26122_2026-08-11_full.yaml
26.123 verified reports/compat/CMP-26123_2026-08-17_full-sim.yaml; SRC-751 p.372, unchanged from SRC-750 p.372
26.124 verified reports/compat/CMP-26124_2026-09-14_full-sim.yaml; SRC-752 p.372, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123

UPDATE_ALL_VOLUME_SECTIONS

Phase analysis, layout bare. Manual: SRC-003 p.366.

Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.326, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.339, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.361, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.366, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 documented SRC-003 p.366
26.121 documented SRC-740 p.369, same grammar as 26.120
26.123 documented SRC-751 p.372, unchanged from SRC-750 p.372
26.124 documented SRC-752 p.372, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123; it ran on 26.124 without abort or logged error in reports/compat/CMP-26124_2026-09-14_full-sim.yaml, its effect not observable there (unprobed), so it stays documented

VOLUME_SECTION_BOUNDARY_LAYER

Phase analysis, layout inline. Manual: SRC-725 p.365.

Toggles boundary-layer induction on one volume section (index greater than 0). Documented in 26.1 only (SRC-725 p.365); the command disappeared from the manual at 26.12 with no successor in the Volume Sections family.

Argument Specification
index int
mode enum in
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.325, same grammar as 26.101
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.338, same grammar as 26.101
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.337, same grammar as 26.101
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.360, same grammar as 26.101
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.365
26.120 removed absent from the 26.12 manual: the Volume Sections family (SRC-003 pp.366-367) no longer lists the command and the Script Index does not carry it; no replacement documented

VOLUME_SECTION_WIREFRAME

Phase analysis, layout inline. Manual: SRC-003 p.366.

Draws one volume section as a wireframe rather than as a filled contour. A display setting, but phase analysis rather than control: it names a volume section, which exists only once one has been created. The parameter table documents the INDEX row alone and says nothing about the second placeholder, which the heading prints and the sample passes as ENABLE. Recorded from the heading and the sample, which agree with each other.

Argument Specification
index int
mode enum in
Version Status Evidence
25.000 documented SRC-749 p.326, same grammar as 26.120
25.100 documented SRC-748 p.338, same grammar as 26.120
26.000 documented SRC-747 p.337, same grammar as 26.120
26.100 documented SRC-741 p.360, same grammar as 26.120
26.101 documented SRC-725 p.365, same grammar as 26.120
26.120 documented SRC-003 p.366
26.121 documented SRC-740 p.369, same grammar as 26.120
26.123 documented SRC-751 p.372, unchanged from SRC-750 p.372
26.124 documented SRC-752 p.372, the SRC-751 file, carried from 26.123; not run on 26.124