[MOAB-dev] "Global" tags on root set

[Tim Tautges]

Maybe we need a "tags on sets" option, that when given, lists all sets and their tags (including the root set).

- tim

On 09/16/2011 05:14 PM, Steve Jackson wrote:
> Moabsters,
>
> We sometimes store a single global value in a mesh file-- e.g. a value that was computed over the whole mesh during a calculation.  The way we've been doing this is to create a sparse tag and store the value on the root set using that tag.
>
> The major downside about doing this is that it's complex to look up the value of a global tag without writing code.  This is the only way I know to do it with our existing command-line tools:
>
>> mbsize -ll {meshfile} | grep {TAG_NAME}
>
> But this is an annoying solution for large meshes, since `mbsize -ll` can take a long time to run.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a better way to look up the value of global tags?  Is there a way to list tag values without verbosely printing the entire mesh?  Also, do we have a visualization solution that can query tags on the root set?
> ~S
>
>

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