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Additional Notes

Peter Jan Randewijk edited this page Apr 28, 2026 · 28 revisions

A. Working with .psout files

The .psout format is a modern, proprietary binary format introduced in PSCAD V5 for storing EMTDC simulation data. It replaces legacy text-based .out files, offering significantly smaller file sizes, faster read/write speeds, and the ability to store multiple, hierarchical simulation runs (including sequential and parallel results) in a single file

.psout files can be viewed from within PSCAD using the PSOUT Reader

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MHI also has a separate tool, Enerplot that can be used not only for plotting .psout files, but also to perform post processing of data using e.g. Python mhi.enerplot library

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