[Paraview] Correctly Parallel Processing of OpenFoam results using pvserver

David E DeMarle dave.demarle at kitware.com
Wed Sep 30 15:47:48 EDT 2015


As I recall, reconstructed means that the root node does all the work.
Switch to decomposed type in the reader and let us know how it works then.

thanks



David E DeMarle
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Leonard Cassady <
lenny at intuitivemachines.com> wrote:

> I'm attempting to use pvserver to accelerate the post-processing of my
> openfoam solution. I have a 48 core machine. I have correctly installed and
> compiled a parallel copy of paraview 4.1.0 with OpenFOAM 2.4.x. If I open a
> simple .obj file I can see that different parts of the surface are rendered
> using different processors. I can also see that the memory is shared among
> the parallel processes.
>
> When I open a reconstructed openFOAM solution with 20 million cells with
> paraview connected to 40 process pvserver, the image seems to be rendered
> (or processed) with only 1 processor. Is there a step that I'm missing to
> parallelize the reconstructed Openfoam data files for rendering?
>
> --
> Leonard Cassady PhD
> Senior Development Engineer
> Intuitive Machines
> Cell: 281-755-2553
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