I am storing a multidimensional solution to a pde in a petsc vector using a distributed array. I would like to output this vector at different time-steps so that it can visualized in VisIt. I want to know the recommended way of doing this in petsc 3.2-p7.
I assumed that the HDF5 viewer would be the most appropriate option. However, I am running into several obstacles when using it: - I can't get PetscViewerHDF5SetTimestep/PetscViewerHDF5IncrementTimestep/PetscViewerHDF5PushGroup to work. - I can't find a way to include the spatial coordinates into the hdf5 file (and for it to be used by visit). - It is not immediate obvious to me how a vector field should be saved so it is understood as a vector field in visit. First, I would like to know how other users are outputting petsc data for VisIt. Secondly, for users using HDF5, has anyone run into similar issues. Jeff
