Louis, [adding list back in]
I'm afraid I am not an expert in the Exodus file format nor in how ParaView reads it. However, if you have a set of files you can share (with just me if necessary), I can take a quick look and see if anything jumps out at me. Thanks, Cory On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Steytler, Louis Louw <steyt...@illinois.edu> wrote: > Cory, > > I think the problem with reading the multiple Exodus files is related to the > information provided by the first file in the series of decomposed files. > > According to > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/ParaView_Readers_and_Parallel_Data_Distribution, > > "The root node scans the directory for files in the set and reads metadata > (blocks and variables defined on them) from a single file in the set. It then > broadcasts this information to all processes. Each reads a different subset > of files. " > > Something like this seems to be happening when reading in serial as well. It > seems ParaView reads in this information and applies that when reading all > the other pieces. > > Even though I have multiple Exodus blocks in my mesh, only one block appears > in the ParaView Pipeline Browser. (My code only writes information relevant > to a specific piece to that piece's data file.) > > Could you tell me what information should be provided in the first file in > the series of files and is there any documentation I could look at to check > that the code that I am using is writing the Exodus files in the correct > format for ParaView to read it? > > Any advice would be much appreciated. > > Thanks very much, > > Louis Steytler > Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > 1206 West Green Street > Urbana, Il 61801 > steyt...@illinois.edu > ________________________________________ > From: Cory Quammen [cory.quam...@kitware.com] > Sent: 25 May 2017 03:01 PM > To: Steytler, Louis Louw > Cc: paraview@paraview.org > Subject: Re: [Paraview] Error when reading multiple spatially decomposed > Exodus files > > Hi Louis, > > It looks like you are using ParaView 4.1, which is fairly old at this > point. Could you try a more recent version such as 5.3 or 5.2 and see > if the problem persists? > > Thanks, and best regards, > Cory > > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Steytler, Louis Louw > <steyt...@illinois.edu> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to read a set of spatially decomposed Exodus files as described >> here: >> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/ParaView_Readers_and_Parallel_Data_Distribution >> >> The ParaView client is being run on my laptop and the server on a remote >> visualization cluster. I am connecting to the server via a client-server >> connection. >> >> When I do so I get the error: >> >> ERROR: In >> /projects/pvdev/common/pv-source/v4.1.0_test/VTK/Common/DataModel/vtkDataObjectTree.cxx, >> line 377 >> vtkMultiBlockDataSet (0x7d96490): Structure does not match. You must use >> CopyStructure before calling this method. >> >> multiple times. I running pvserver on one and many processes, each time >> getting the same error. >> >> Any advice would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks very much, >> >> Louis >> >> Louis Steytler >> Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> 1206 West Green Street >> Urbana, Il 61801 >> steyt...@illinois.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > > > > -- > Cory Quammen > Staff R&D Engineer > Kitware, Inc. -- Cory Quammen Staff R&D Engineer Kitware, Inc. _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
