Hi, ffc looks for the variables a, L or M to generate a form, so you should use L instead of L2, so that ffc notices it.
regards, patrick Jehanzeb Hameed wrote: > I cant figure out how to generate a form file for norm, in C++. The > problem is that the form is quadratic in its arguments, and so isn't a > valid form according to ffc user manual. I tried it anyway, making a > file like this (just for testing):. > > vecElement = VectorElement("Lagrange", "triangle", 1,3) > u = Function(vecElement) > L2 = dot(u,u)*dx > > ffc doesnt make .h file, and exits with the following message: > > "No forms or elements specified, nothing to do." > > I tried compiling by "ffc -r quadrature l2norm.form", and again got > the same message. > > Can someome please help amd point out what I can do? > > Thanks, > -Jehanzeb > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Anders Logg<l...@simula.no> wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:58:20AM -0500, Jehanzeb Hameed wrote: >>> Thanks. So I guess that means no such facility is available in C/C++ ? >> No, since the computation depends on the space the functions are in >> and so the code needs to be generated. In C++, you need to define a >> form file for the norm. Look at >> >> site-packages/dolfin/norm.py >> >> for how to define the norms. >> >> -- >> Anders >> >> >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Anders Logg<l...@simula.no> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 05:11:48PM -0500, Jehanzeb Hameed wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a builtin function in dolfin to compute L^2 or H_1 norms? If >>>>> so, can you please point it out. If not, are there support functions >>>>> (e.g. a Gauss Quadrature table, computation of Jacobians, etc) which >>>>> can help in this? >>>> Yes, this is available in the DOLFIN Python interface: >>>> >>>> norm(v) >>>> >>>> The default computes the L^2 norm. Several options are available: >>>> >>>> L^2: norm(v, 'L2') >>>> H^1: norm(v, 'H1') includes L^2 term >>>> H^1_0: norm(v, 'H10') does not include L^2 term >>>> H(div): norm(v, 'Hdiv') includes L^2 term >>>> H(div): norm(v, 'Hdiv0') does not include L^2 term >>>> H(curl): norm(v, 'Hcurl') includes L^2 term >>>> H(curl): norm(v, 'Hcurl0') does not include L^2 term >>>> >>>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >>>> >>>> iEYEARECAAYFAkovWqUACgkQTuwUCDsYZdGb3gCfa2gWnzealWzkjPoRj8hf3cr/ >>>> 0EUAoJh4mpaIzRU9eCnnC+XWlupu6SV0 >>>> =so4c >>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >>>> DOLFIN-dev@fenics.org >>>> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >>> DOLFIN-dev@fenics.org >>> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkov28sACgkQTuwUCDsYZdE8KQCdEI7wS27QaNw9knI2U9L+RVST >> xeUAnRdLrrhAVzsBn6nO1b6CLEpF64ey >> =a7iu >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >> DOLFIN-dev@fenics.org >> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >> >> > _______________________________________________ > DOLFIN-dev mailing list > DOLFIN-dev@fenics.org > http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev _______________________________________________ DOLFIN-dev mailing list DOLFIN-dev@fenics.org http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev