To get the boundary surface mesh, I ended up hacking into the vtk_io class.
In the cells_to_vtk method, I added an IF block based on a flag passed during construction (true=write whole mesh, false=write mesh on boundary). So, when true, the method operates as usual, and when false, it iterate on the sides of the element, and if it lies on the boundary, it is written to the output file. So far, this seems to be working alright, except that I have a lot of unwanted nodal data in the output file. I will be happy to share the patch if anyone is interested. Manav On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:05 AM, David Knezevic <[email protected]>wrote: > On 04/01/2013 07:50 AM, Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311) wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2013, at 11:35 PM, "Manav Bhatia" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Thanks, Derek. > >> > >> A related question about libMesh: > >> > >> If I need to output the solution values on the boundary nodes, can I > use BoundaryMesh along with the IO classes for that? > >> > >> Meaning, if I do the following > >> > >> BoundaryMesh b_mesh(mesh.mesh_dimension()-1); > >> mesh.boundary_info->sync(b_mesh); > >> > VTKIO(b_mesh).write_equation_systems("boundary_output.pvtu", > equation_systems); > >> > >> > >> Would this write the solution values on the boundary nodes? > > Almost. Unfortunately it is a little more manual than this, but that's > the right idea. In your example the equation systems object can only be > associated with one mesh, so it won't work. The fix is to create a second > equation systems object that lives on the boundary and then extract the > trace values. > > > > This is not automated because in general the user will want > physics-dependent things like shear stress, heat flux, whatever... > > > > I suppose we could automate the values-only case though. > > > > -Ben > > > To get the "boundary only values" I first make a "boundary_dofmap", as > in the code below. Then copying the solution values over from system to > boundary_system is easy. > > > > void create_disp_boundary_dofmap(System& system, > System& boundary_system, > std::vector<unsigned int>& > boundary_dofmap) > { > boundary_dofmap.resize(boundary_system.n_dofs()); > > // make a point locator for system > AutoPtr<PointLocatorBase> point_locator = > system.get_mesh().sub_point_locator(); > > // loop over the boundary nodes and locate them > // then fill in boundary_dofmap > MeshBase::node_iterator node_it = > boundary_system.get_mesh().nodes_begin(); > const MeshBase::node_iterator node_end = > boundary_system.get_mesh().nodes_end(); > > for( ; node_it != node_end; node_it++) > { > Node* node = *node_it; > > // get an element in the full mesh that contains node > const Elem* element = point_locator->operator()(*node); > > // loop over the nodes of element until we find the one that > matches node > for(unsigned int node_id=0; node_id<element->n_nodes(); node_id++) > { > Node* new_node = element->get_node(node_id); > > Real dist = std::sqrt( > pow(node->operator()(0)-new_node->operator()(0),2.) + > pow(node->operator()(1)-new_node->operator()(1),2.) + > pow(node->operator()(2)-new_node->operator()(2),2.) ); > > if(dist < TOLERANCE) > { > for(unsigned int var=0; var<system.n_vars(); var++) > { > unsigned int index1 = > node->dof_number(boundary_system.number(), var, 0); > unsigned int index2 = new_node->dof_number(system.number(), > var, 0); > boundary_dofmap[index1] = index2; > } > continue; > } > > } > } > > } > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Own the Future-Intel® Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 > Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. > Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game > on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. > Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d > _______________________________________________ > Libmesh-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Libmesh-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users
