[petsc-users] VTK output

[Jed Brown]

Sanjay Kharche <Sanjay.Kharche at manchester.ac.uk> writes:

> Dear All
>
> I am working through the various library dependencies to permit me to
> use the Petsc VTK output functions. Based on errors I saw (pasted
> below), I think I need a working VTK installation on my fedora 15
> before the PetscVTK functions will work - is this correct? 

No.

> My preference is basic binary VTK in 2D and 3D, but ASCII will be good
> for manually checking also.

The ASCII VTK format has been deprecated by VTK since almost the
beginning of time.  Use an XML format (*.vts or *.vtr for DMDA).

DMPlex supports *.vtk for historical reasons, though only in serial.  If
you use DMPlex, you should write *.vtu.
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