On 3/23/23 13:54, Abbas wrote:
Not exactly an FEM or dealii question but here goes.
I am not interested in knowing how the function "evaluate_vector_field"
works per se, but I want to know how I can figure it out for myself from
looking at the source code.
The function "evaluate_vector_field" is a good example. It is not
exactly documented how it works. I grep searched the include and the
source files for the function but I can't find the hard code that does
the work.
I can ask "How does data post-processor calculate the gradients at the
cell vertices?" but I want try figure out things like that on my own
before coming here.
So, where is the hard code associated with the function
"evaluate_vector_field()". I can't find it.
The function is abstract virtual, so it is not implemented in the
library. You need to implement in user code when you use it, as shown in
the various examples in the documentation, for example here:
https://dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/classDataPostprocessorTensor.html
What you are probably asking is where is this function called, and with
which values. If you want to find that place, it is here:
https://github.com/dealii/dealii/blob/master/source/numerics/data_out.cc#L657-L664
I will say that that is quite a big function in which it is hidden.
DataOut is not for the faint of heart.
In the end, if you are interested in learning the internal structure of
deal.II, it is often useful to start reading the code via an IDE. IDEs
are able to parse the entirety of the project and can jump to the place
where a function is defined that you call from a user project; you don't
have to know where that function is.
There is also the approach to just start working on small projects
within the library. We have a number of starter projects for which we
would be very happy to accept patches:
https://github.com/dealii/dealii/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22Starter+project%22
Best
W.
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