[petsc-users] VTK format?

[Matthew Knepley]

I do not use it anymore. It can be thrown away.

   Matt

On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 12:20 PM Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> wrote:

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> On Sep 3, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
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> I'd have deleted the legacy vtk many years ago, but Matt says he uses it.
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>   So he is plotting garbage or he never uses the broken stuff so it can be
> errorred out?
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> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Barry Smith wrote:
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>   Shouldn't this, "just work". PETSc should not be dumping unreadable
> garbage into any files, does the broken PETSc code need to be removed, or
> error out until it can be fixed?
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>   Barry
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> On Sep 3, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
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> Use the xml format (not the legacy format) by naming your file.vtu instead
> of file.vtk
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> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020, at 8:17 AM, Berend van Wachem wrote:
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> Dear PETSc,
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> What is the best way to write data from a DMPLEX vector to file, so it
> can be viewed with paraview?
> I've found that the standard VTK format works for a serial job, but if
> there is more than 1 processor, the geometry data gets messed up.
> I've attached a small working example for a cylinder and the visualised
> geometry with paraview for 1 processors and 4 processors.
> Any pointers or "best practice" very much appreciated.
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> Best regards,
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> Berend.
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> *Attachments:*
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>    - visualisemesh-1proc.png
>    - visualisemesh-4proc.png
>    - visualizemesh.c
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