On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:05 AM, David E DeMarle <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmmm, > > Isn't paraFoam just ParaView as packaged into the OpenFOAM distribution? > If so, the next time OpenFOAM updates its version it should get ParaView > 4.4 (along with whatever patches FOAM adds to it, like their version of the > reader). > I believe so. I have never bothered using paraFoam. Paraview's native reader now works great...esp. in parallel and seems to keep getting better with time. ganesh > > > > > David E DeMarle > Kitware, Inc. > R&D Engineer > 21 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > Phone: 518-881-4909 > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I did try to determine the differences between the ParaView built in >> reader and the one supplied by OpenFOAM, but could not find any >> documentation on this. I do know that the ParaView built in one has been >> improved in recent releases and seems to do all that I require of it. I >> tend to use RHEL6 systems and I believe that the OpenFOAM only support an >> older version of ParaView on these systems, so I rarely use paraFOAM. >> >> I tend to use ParaView 4.4 but have not done any timings with it yet. >> There is also a version of 4.4 with the OpenGL 2 backend that may be faster. >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Leonard Cassady [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 02 October 2015 13:27 >> *To:* Fowler, Ronald (STFC,RAL,SC) >> >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Correctly Parallel Processing of OpenFoam >> results using pvserver >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I didn't realize that there are 2 different extensions for OpenFOAM >> projects. I also didn't realize that Paraview had a native OpenFoam >> reader. What functionality (normally supplied by OpenFOAM paraFoam ) is >> lost when using Paraview without starting with paraFoam? I'm asking >> because I've heard that ParaView 4.4 is extremely fast and would like to >> test it out with OpenFoam files but not paraFoam. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 7:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> It is simple to create a .foam file; just do "touch xxx.foam" in the >> working directory. Then point ParaView at that file and it will use the >> builtin openFoam reader which should offer the reconstructed/decomposed >> option. The empty file just tells ParaView which reader to use based on the >> extension. >> Ron >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: ParaView [[email protected]] on behalf of Leonard >> Cassady [[email protected]] >> Sent: 30 September 2015 21:50 >> To: David E DeMarle >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Correctly Parallel Processing of OpenFoam results >> using pvserver >> >> David, >> >> I do not have a chooser for "case type". I found a web page that >> shows the "case type" chooser. They were opening a .foam file. I have >> .OpenFOAM case. >> >> Should I consider converting the foam to VTK? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:59 PM, David E DeMarle < >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Looping the list back in to the thread. >> >> Look on the properties panel when you open the file and before you hit >> "Apply" look for a chooser for "Case Type". The default is "Reconstructed >> Case" so change it to "Decomposed Case". >> >> >> David E DeMarle >> Kitware, Inc. >> R&D Engineer >> 21 Corporate Drive >> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 >> Phone: 518-881-4909<tel:518-881-4909> >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Leonard Cassady < >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Dave, >> >> I don't know how to switch to decomposed type. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:47 PM, David E DeMarle < >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> As I recall, reconstructed means that the root node does all the work. >> Switch to decomposed type in the reader and let us know how it works then. >> >> thanks >> >> >> >> David E DeMarle >> Kitware, Inc. >> R&D Engineer >> 21 Corporate Drive >> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 >> Phone: 518-881-4909<tel:518-881-4909> >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Leonard Cassady < >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I'm attempting to use pvserver to accelerate the post-processing of my >> openfoam solution. I have a 48 core machine. I have correctly installed and >> compiled a parallel copy of paraview 4.1.0 with OpenFOAM 2.4.x. If I open a >> simple .obj file I can see that different parts of the surface are rendered >> using different processors. I can also see that the memory is shared among >> the parallel processes. >> >> When I open a reconstructed openFOAM solution with 20 million cells with >> paraview connected to 40 process pvserver, the image seems to be rendered >> (or processed) with only 1 processor. Is there a step that I'm missing to >> parallelize the reconstructed Openfoam data files for rendering? >> >> -- >> Leonard Cassady PhD >> Senior Development Engineer >> Intuitive Machines >> Cell: 281-755-2553<tel:281-755-2553> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com<http://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 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Leonard Cassady PhD >> Senior Development Engineer >> Intuitive Machines >> Cell: 281-755-2553<tel:281-755-2553> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Leonard Cassady PhD >> Senior Development Engineer >> Intuitive Machines >> Cell: 281-755-2553 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Leonard Cassady PhD >> >> Senior Development Engineer >> >> Intuitive Machines >> >> Cell: 281-755-2553 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- ganesh
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