Paraview with acuSolve

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Visualizing data from acuSolve with Paraview requires a plug-in. The default Paraview does not automatically call this plug-in.

Contents 1 On SCOREC machines 2 Setup on another machine 2.1 Download Paraview and the plug in. 2.2 Launch Paraview 2.3 Load AcuSolve Plugin

On SCOREC machines

1. Add the path to the AcuSolve plugin by setting the environment variable $PV_PLUGIN_PATH :

 $ export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/local/acusim/paraview/latest

2. Launch Paraview

 $ /usr/local/acusim/paraview/latest/bin/paraview

Setup on another machine

Download Paraview and the plug in.

Paraview binaries are avaliable at their website.

The acuSolve plug in can be found [ http://www.paraview.org/paraview/resources/plugins.html here ].

Once downloaded, unpack in $DEV_ROOT

 $ cd $DEV_ROOT
 $ tar xvfz  ParaView-3.8.1-Linux-x86_64.tar
 $ tar xvfz  AcuSolveReaderPlugin-Linux64-x86.tar.gz

this will leave you with two folders

 $ ls 
 AcuSolveReaderPlugin-Linux64-x86  ParaView-3.8.1-Linux-x86_64 

Launch Paraview

$ Paraview-3.8.1-Linux-x86_64/bin/paraview

Load AcuSolve Plugin

In Paraview, go to Tools -> Manage plugins, and select Load New ...

Then select the library AcuSolveReaderPlugin-Linux64-x86/libAcuSolveReader.so, and click Ok .

Once loaded, click the + next to AcuSolveReader and check the Auto Load box.