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

[Iulian Grindeanu]

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

That would be nice; 
also, the geom option (-g) ; it would be nice to be extended to show the edge face sense tags and face sense tags (that would fall under the "tags on sets" option too)

Iulian


> 
> 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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