[petsc-users] vtk output ASCII or binary

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Xiangdong <epscodes at gmail.com> wrote:

> What is the difference between PetscViewerSetType and
> PetscViewerSetFormat? It seems that the first one take argument like
> PETSCVIEWERVTK, while the second one takes PETSC_VIEWER_VTK_VTS.
>

A viewer type is the object type, just like other PETSc object, e.g. KSP.
The format is a particular version
of that output. For example, ASCII viewer is a type, whereas Matlab is a
format.


> By the way, how can I find a full list of formats? Clearly,
> PETSC_VIEWER_VTK_VTS is not listed in online documentation for
> PetscViewerSetFormat
>
> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-current/docs/manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerSetFormat.html
>

It is listed in the complete list:


http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-dev/docs/manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerFormat.html

    Matt


> Thank you.
>
> Xiangdong
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Xiangdong <epscodes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> When I use PetsViewerVTKOpen to output vec in vtk format, is it in ASCII
>>> format or binary format? Are there any options to choose between them?
>>>
>>
>> It is determined by the format, e.g. PETSC_VIEWER_VTK_VTU.
>>
>>    Matt
>>
>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Xiangdong
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>> experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>
>
>


-- 
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
experiments lead.
-- Norbert Wiener
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