[Paraview] clean to grid question...

Berk Geveci berk.geveci at gmail.com
Tue May 23 12:56:04 EDT 2006


What Brian is suggesting is definitely the way to go. However, it may not
work. The EnSight reader produces the new multi-block format (hence all the
issues in 2.4) and D3 might not work well with it. This is something we will
address in the next release.

-Berk

On 5/23/06, Wylie, Brian <bnwylie at sandia.gov> wrote:
>
> Ahh.. You have to invoke a filter that will request ghost cells (like
> extract surface) before D3 will compute ghost cells. :)
>
> Try adding an 'Extract Surface' filter after D3 and then show the surface
> in wireframe. :)
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Renato N. Elias [mailto:rnelias at nacad.ufrj.br]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:17 AM
> > To: Wylie, Brian
> > Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> > Subject: RES: [Paraview] clean to grid question...
> >
> >
> > Ok, I've also tried the D3 filter but I still have the
> > interfaces between MPI partitions.
> >
> > Take a look at this:
> > http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias/paraview/pv-figs/
> >
> > As you can seen the interfaces are still there.
> >
> > NOTE: I only got the interfaces cleaned if I load the case
> > files, individually, and after applying the "append datasets"
> > and "clean to grid"
> > filters. However, it's only possible when running PV-2.2.1
> > (due to the reader I'm using) and in serial mode.
> >
> > Thanks for your hints
> >
> >
> > Renato N. Elias
> > ===============================================
> > PhD student - http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias High
> > Performance Computing Center Federal University of Rio de
> > Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
> > +55(21) 2562-8080
> >
> >
> > -----Mensagem original-----
> > De: Wylie, Brian [mailto:bnwylie at sandia.gov]
> > Enviada em: terça-feira, 23 de maio de 2006 12:50
> > Para: Renato N. Elias; paraview at paraview.org
> > Assunto: RE: [Paraview] clean to grid question...
> >
> > Renato,
> >
> > If I understand your question, you can just run the D3
> > filter. You do not
> > need to run the 'clean to grid' filter because D3 will do
> > that for you and
> > it will also compute ghost cells in between processors.
> >
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> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: paraview-bounces+bnwylie=sandia.gov at paraview.org
> > > [mailto:paraview-bounces+bnwylie=sandia.gov at paraview.org]
> > On Behalf Of
> > > Renato N. Elias
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:33 AM
> > > To: paraview at paraview.org
> > > Subject: [Paraview] clean to grid question...
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello everybody,
> > >
> > > I have a silly doubt regarding the "clean to grid" filter (just to
> > > confirm my suspicions...).
> > >
> > > This filter is able to merge entities that are within a merging
> > > tolerance according to the PV guide. I guess it's a
> > wonderful feature
> > > to work with partitioned models due to parallelism without
> > having to
> > > rebuild the original (non
> > > partitioned)  model. However, when cleaning interfaces due to
> > > paralellization (those surfaces between MPI partitions) it
> > seems that
> > > the user MUST apply the "append datasets" filter before trying to
> > > cleaning it, isn't it?!
> > >
> > > This question came to my mind after loading a model with the SOS
> > > format in PV-2.4.3. I know, I know, the Ensight readers
> > have not been
> > > working fine in
> > > PV-2.4.3 yet and some filters are not associated with the reader
> > > accordingly. When using parallel file formats the user have several
> > > parts of models (written in different files) that are
> > loaded together
> > > as it was only one file and model, so, the need of the "append
> > > datasets" filter, I think, is not evident. Maybe, the "append
> > > datasets" should be automatically called when loading parallel
> > > formats.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Renato N. Elias
> > > ===============================================
> > > PhD student - http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias High Performance
> > > Computing Center Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio
> > de Janeiro,
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