viewer interfaces between PETSc and Matlab clones

[Matthew Knepley]

If your graphics are 2D, I would recommend petsc4py and matplotlib.

   Matt

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Thomas M. Ortiz <TMO at htri.net> wrote:
> Hello
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> I would like to start using PETSc in a software package I'm developing and,
> when considering results presentation, have considered making use of either
> GNU Octave or SciLab as a viewer/post-processor.  I read in the PETSc User's
> Manual that there is a Matlab interface which can generate Matlab-compatible
> representations of matrices and vectors for viewing purposes and even launch
> Matlab sessions.
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> I also believe the latest version of GNU Octave has support for Matlab
> graphics.
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> Has anyone had experience rendering PETSc results in any of these packages
> who could offer any advice?  Is there a PETSc API with which I could develop
> a tool to launch Octave or SciLab from PETSc to mirror what is possible with
> Matlab?
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> Thanks in advance
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> Tom Ortiz
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