itaps-parallel IGeomP, iRelP?

[Devine, Karen D]

OK; so for the following two items from our original proposal, the correct
answer as to why they aren¹t in the review document is, basically, that we
don¹t need them for geometry and we are postponing the iField interface.  Is
that correct?

\item Develop compliant dynamic services for geometry and fields interfaces
(Devine, Tautges)
\item Unstructured communication services for geometry \& field migration
(w/ RPI, LLNL) (Devine, Tautges)

Karen



On 3/13/09 12:38 PM, "Tim Tautges" <tautges at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> There are various methods for distributing the model, and in our current
> API these are already accessible (using the option string to the load
> function).  Contrary to iMeshP, I don't see much of a need to do
> parallel communication of model entities once the load is done.  So, I
> doubt we need a parallel interface for geometry.  Same goes for
> relations.  We definitely will need one for fields, though.
> 
> - tim
> 
> Mark Shephard wrote:
>> The CAD models are typically small enough that we have not worried about
>> distributing them also. If we need to consider distributing the model
>> there are a number of possible approaches with the one that I would push
>> being a function of what applications were being supported. For example
>> I would tend to use different methods for distributing the model in each
>> of the three cases of doing modeling operations, supporting mesh
>> generation from the model and supporting mesh adaptation/analysis.
>> 
>> If we think its critical, it is something I can discuss.
>> 
>> 
>> Devine, Karen D wrote:
>>> Mark and Tim (and anyone else who wants to comment):
>>> 
>>> In our original ITAPS proposal, we mention partitioning of geometry
>>> information.  We have focused on parallel meshes so far.  But what are
>>> your
>>> needs for distributed geometry information and mapping between
>>> distributed
>>> geometries and meshes?  How do you handle this information now?  What
>>> do you
>>> envision you and your applications people will need going forward?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> Karen
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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