Is it possible to read pnetCDF files from VisIt (llnl)

[Wei-keng Liao]

Hi, Maxim

PnetCDF is an I/O library for accessing files that are in CDF formats.
The files are often called netCDF files. PnetCDF cannot recognize silo files.

If you are looking for instructions about getting netCDF files into Visit,
please refer to Visit's FAQ:
https://wci.llnl.gov/simulation/computer-codes/visit/faqs/faq29

Could you run command "ncmpidump -k your_file.nc"? It tells the format of your file.

If Visit could not recognize files created by your PnetCDF program, check the
file create mode used in your Fortran program. Try removing NF_64BIT_DATA or
NF_64BIT_OFFSET, if you are using them, and see if it works.

Wei-keng

On Jan 20, 2015, at 2:22 AM, Maxim Barkov wrote:

> Dear Community-fellows,
> 
> I am very new with pnetCDF.
> I am sorry for interrupting you but I did not find such information in web.
> 
> Visit is nice visualization program, unfortunately its  native format silo can't be red from FORTRAN code. PnetCDF can be good alternative for silo format, taking in to account its speed in parallel I/O procedures.
> 
> After installation of pnetCDF I try to read test data files from Visit   but failed.
> Anybody work with pnetCDF and Visit? 
> 1) Is it possible
> 2) If yes. Which minimal information is necessary in pnetCDF file for that?
> 3) any tricks from Visit side?  
> Any reference to related articles or webpages are very welcome.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Maxim