[Paraview] Status of BoxLib AMR reader

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Tim,

Did you also add it to visit_readers.xml [1]? The proxy definition should
also have a  <hints> section like so [2].

Utkarsh

[1]
https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/visitbridge/blob/master/databases/visit_readers.xml
[2]
https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/visitbridge/blob/master/databases/visit_readers.xml#L2562-2565



On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Gallagher, Timothy P <
tim.gallagher at gatech.edu> wrote:

> I took a stab at adding the Boxlib reader from the visit source to the
> VisitBridge internal readers. I managed to get everything to compile and
> link, Paraview built fine, but I can't seem to figure out how to make
> Paraview aware the reader exists.
>
>
> There isn't an option for Boxlib in the dropdown for the file type when I
> try to open a file, and it doesn't appear as an available reader when I try
> to select the file -- although all the others from the VisitBridge appear.
> I missed a configuration file somewhere to make the file loading aware of
> the reader.
>
>
> Any suggestions on what I missed? I added a section in the
> Utilities/VisItBridge/databases/visit_readers.xml file, but that wasn't
> enough I guess.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Tim
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* ParaView <paraview-bounces at paraview.org> on behalf of Gallagher,
> Timothy P <tim.gallagher at gatech.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2016 11:53 AM
> *To:* Utkarsh Ayachit
>
> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Status of BoxLib AMR reader
>
>
> Hi Utkarsh,
>
>
> I just checked with the latest head of the git repo and when I compile
> with the VisitBridge, there are no readers for BoxLib built.
>
>
> This page lists it as supported: http://www.paraview.org/
> ParaView/index.php/VisIt_avt_Integration
>
>
> But then this later one doesn't include it: http://www.paraview.org/
> Wiki/VisIt_Database_Bridge
>
>
> I have a dataset for you, I will send it off-list.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Tim
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2016 8:35 AM
> *To:* Gallagher, Timothy P
> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Status of BoxLib AMR reader
>
> Tim,
>
> I am not exactly sure what's the status of the reader, but I can
> certainly look it up. Do you have a sample dataset also to test that
> it's working (or not)?
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Gallagher, Timothy P
> <tim.gallagher at gatech.edu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Our code is moving away from traditional structured grids towards an AMR
> > capability using BoxLib. That means, unfortunately, that all of the
> > development we have done to make our code Paraview and CoProcessing
> friendly
> > is not usable with the BoxLib file format.
> >
> >
> > I have seen some information on various websites about using the
> VisitBridge
> > to add the readers from Visit into Paraview, but when I build with it,
> the
> > BoxLib reader was not included in the list of formats I could use for
> files
> > -- even though it is listed online.
> >
> >
> > Does anybody know what the status is of the reader in PV and if it is
> > usable? Or is there a different format we can try to write out from our
> code
> > that would be usable? I really don't want to lose the work we've done
> with
> > PV and I would rather spend time writing code to get things working again
> > for PV than learn to use new software!
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
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