[Paraview] Fluent / Ensight data on cluster

[Jacques Papper]

Hi Berk,

Thanks for your answer, I will file a bug. When you say that each one 
extracts a piece do you mean that it partitions the data, or that each 
one reads a different predefined block ? In my case I would need it to 
repartition the data.

Jacques
> I tracked this down and you are right. When reading EnSight files (not
> sos), all processes read the whole dataset and then each one extracts
> a piece. If you submit a request at http://paraview.org/Bug, we can
> address this issue in the future.
>
> -berk
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Jacques Papper <jacques.papper at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> The grid is unstructured. It comes up as a multiblock dataset in ParaView,
>> but there is only one fluid volume. The other blocks are just surfaces.
>> Jacques
>>
>> 2008/12/4 Berk Geveci <berk.geveci at kitware.com>
>>     
>>> The answer depends on the data type. Is it structured or unstructured?
>>>
>>> On Dec 4, 2008, at 11:49 AM, "Jacques Papper" <jacques.papper at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I compiled Paraview for use in parallel.
>>>> I have an Ensight data set that has been output from fluent. I also have
>>>> the fluent .cas and .dat files (saved from a cluster run)
>>>> I would like to load the data using the best of paraview in parallel.
>>>> If I launch pvserver on 4 nodes and load the ensight data it seems that
>>>> it loads the data 4 times.
>>>>
>>>> What would be the best / efficient way of using the parallel
>>>> functionality ? Is there a way of partitioning the ensight file ? Or setting
>>>> up the reader so that it partitions the data at the reading stage ? Or maybe
>>>> is there a Fluent reader that will load in the partitions from the .cas file
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
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