[Paraview] Paraview 3: Ensight Case File

[Amy Squillacote]

Yes, ParaView 3.2. ParaView will not do anything with the ghost cell 
information in that release, but it will not crash because of it either.

- Amy

Rick Angelini(CISD/CIV) wrote:
> What constitutes the "next release" of Paraview???   Paraview 3.2?   
> What should I be looking for?
>
> Amy Squillacote wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rick,
>>
>> Thanks for sending me a dataset that demonstrates this problem. The
>> EnSight readers in ParaView didn't know how to handle elements of type
>> g_*. This will be fixed in the next release of ParaView 3.
>>
>> - Amy
>>
>> Amy Squillacote wrote:
>> > Hi Rick,
>> >
>> > It doesn't have to be real data. If you can send me an example
>> > geometry file that crashes ParaView in the same way, that would be
>> > enough to work from (if that's any easier for you).
>> >
>> > - Amy
>> >
>> > Rick Angelini(CISD/CIV) wrote:
>> >> Amy, I'll have to see if I can get permission to release data from my
>> >> customer.      I believe that the problem is with the geometry, and I
>> >> have tried to load the case file with the variable info removed, and
>> >> it still fails.   I can tell you that there are multiple Ensight
>> >> "parts" defined in the geometry and it's probably multi-block, and
>> >> this is representative of a vast majority of our  fluid-flow
>> >> visualization work.
>> >>
>> >> Amy Squillacote wrote:
>> >>> Hi Rick,
>> >>>
>> >>> The problem is not with the case file, but one of the geometry
>> >>> (.geo) or variable (chunk0.*) files may be causing ParaView to
>> >>> crash. If you can send me the geometry and variable files for the
>> >>> first time step, I'll be glad to look into it.
>> >>>
>> >>> - Amy
>> >>>
>> >>> Rick Angelini(CISD/CIV) wrote:
>> >>>> This Ensight case file (which is determined to be valid  in
>> >>>> Ensight) causes Paraview 3.1.1 to seg fault.   Is there something
>> >>>> fundamentally wrong with the case file that would cause Paraview to
>> >>>> blow up?    Here's my error message, followed by the offending case
>> >>>> file.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Full extent of the output from Paraview:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> $ paraview
>> >>>>     Executing with: 0.00446176
>> >>>>     Segmentation fault
>> >>>> $
>> >>>>
>> >>>> FORMAT
>> >>>>
>> >>>> type:  ensight gold
>> >>>>
>> >>>> GEOMETRY
>> >>>>
>> >>>> model:                     1 chunk0.geo_***
>> >>>>
>> >>>> VARIABLE
>> >>>>
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 P chunk0.P_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 T chunk0.T_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 U chunk0.U_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 V chunk0.V_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 W chunk0.W_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 R chunk0.R_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 M chunk0.M_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 Turb1 chunk0.Turb1_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 Turb2 chunk0.Turb2_***
>> >>>> scalar per node:           1 VelMag chunk0.VelMag_***
>> >>>> vector per node:           1 UVW chunk0.UVW_***
>> >>>>
>> >>>> TIME
>> >>>>
>> >>>> time set:          1
>> >>>> number of steps:       800
>> >>>> filename start number: 1
>> >>>> filename increment:    1
>> >>>> time values:          0.0044617602
>> >>>> 0.0044840686
>> >>>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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>> >
>>
>> --
>> Amy Squillacote
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> 28 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065
>> Phone: (518) 371-3971 x106
>>

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Amy Squillacote
Kitware, Inc.
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065
Phone: (518) 371-3971 x106