Hi all,

I used the code from the tutorials from the last workshop that use kuibit and 
now I can indeed visualise the results.

Thanks a lot for all the help! :)

Best,

Javiera 

> El 02.07.2025, a las 20:50, Steven Brandt <[email protected]> escribió:
> 
> Some of the tutorials on ETK1 use Kuibit to plot data from CarpetX runs, 
> including the basic one on building and running with the ET.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> On 7/2/2025 9:41 AM, Gabriele Bozzola wrote:
>> Hi Javiera (and all),
>> 
>> Last year, we added experimental support 
>> <https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit/commit/49c86debf1b6edbf052ba9fbdc409a0c2f7efc8e>
>>  to reading OpenPMD files to kuibit <https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit>.
>> 
>> I haven't tried it for anything more than toy data, but the example we were 
>> working with is precisely the output generated with WaveToyX, as seen here 
>> <https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit/tree/master/tests/grid_functions/batman.it00000000.bp4>.
>> 
>> You could give it a try. kuibit will read the data and represent it with its 
>> HierarchicalGridData data structure, which can be sampled to a uniform grid 
>> and visualized with matplotlib (or you can slice it a given dimension to get 
>> a 1D/2D cut and visualize those).
>> 
>> Best,
>> Gabriele
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM Steven Brandt <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> I could add Visit. I included it on etk1 for the workshop. The only 
>>> catch is it has to run headless.
>>> 
>>> --Steve
>>> 
>>> On 6/30/2025 12:20 PM, Roland Haas wrote:
>>> > Hello all,
>>> >
>>> > There's no VisIt instance installed on the tutorial server (it only
>>> > provides an interface using jupyter notebooks, no X11 server access).
>>> >
>>> > I believe Steve has written some Python code to visualize CarpetX data.
>>> >
>>> > Yours,
>>> > Roland
>>> >
>>> >> [CAUTION: Non-UBC Email]
>>> >>
>>> >> Javiera
>>> >>
>>> >> Unfortunately I don't recall what software is installed on the ETK 
>>> >> tutorial server... I'm sure someone else can help us out here?
>>> >>
>>> >> -erik
>>> >>
>>> >>> On Jun 30, 2025, at 12:17, Javiera Hernández Morales 
>>> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi Erik,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks for your answer. Maybe for more context I should mention that I 
>>> >>> am starting to learn how to use the ETK, and for that I am using the 
>>> >>> notebooks provided in the tutorial server (etk.cct.lsu.edu 
>>> >>> <http://etk.cct.lsu.edu/> <http://etk.cct.lsu.edu/>), together with 
>>> >>> some of the ones used for the last ETK workshop.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To answer your last question, I am not doing anything specific with the 
>>> >>> output, I wanted to get 3D data to see if that could help me visualise 
>>> >>> the output of the examples I did with the WaveToyX thorn.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Unfortunately I am not familiar with SILO, so I tried to use the 1D 
>>> >>> .tsv files, but they only provide the values in a slice (for example 
>>> >>> the wave as a function of x, for y=z=0), but I wanted to create a 3D 
>>> >>> plot similar to the one found in the CreatingANewThorn-WaveEqn notebook 
>>> >>> from the tutorial server (I leave a screenshot attached), that is why I 
>>> >>> thought of outputting 3D.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> To use SILO files I understand that one has to have VisIt installed, 
>>> >>> however when I wanted to install it in the tutorial server via 
>>> >>> terminal, I got the error that I am not allowed to install software, 
>>> >>> which I suppose makes sense.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In principle all I want to do is experiment with the WaveToyX thorn 
>>> >>> (and the other examples, like SpacetimeWaveToyX or FluxWaveToyX), 
>>> >>> changing parameters and see how things behave, but I am struggling a 
>>> >>> lot with the visualisation part. Do you have any recommendations that I 
>>> >>> could implement in the environment of the ETK Tutorial server?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks in advance.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Best regards,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Javiera H.M.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> <Screen Shot 2025-06-30 at 17.12.42 p.m..png>
>>> >>>    
>>> >>>> El 30.06.2025, a las 16:45, Erik Schnetter <[email protected] 
>>> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> escribió:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Javiera
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I recommend using 3D output in the way others are. CarpetX supports 
>>> >>>> many parameters, but not all parameter combinations are well tested, 
>>> >>>> or are intended for production runs.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> (1, 2) Yes, there are two ways of 3D ASCII (tsv) output. This is very 
>>> >>>> slow and is thus only intended for debugging. Therefore it doesn't 
>>> >>>> have all the features needed for comfortable output in production runs.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> (3) Either OpenPMD or Silo output are the preferred ways for 
>>> >>>> production runs. These formats are also supported by post-processing 
>>> >>>> and visualization tools. These are not file formats, but they only 
>>> >>>> describe how the metadata are arranged (i.e. what names the attributes 
>>> >>>> have) in the output files. The actual file formats are ADIOS2 
>>> >>>> (preferred, faster) or HDF5. OpenPMD uses ADIOS2 by default, Silo uses 
>>> >>>> HDF5 by default.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I do not know why the OpenPMD/HDF5 output is not working. The error 
>>> >>>> message doesn't show enough detail.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> If you want HDF5 output then I recommend using Silo. This will produce 
>>> >>>> an HDF5 file. I'm not sure that's what you want because, whatever you 
>>> >>>> are going to do with the file, you will need to understand the 
>>> >>>> metadata in the file, and thus that tool or script will need to 
>>> >>>> understand either the OpenMPD or Silo layout. Otherwise your HDF5 will 
>>> >>>> look like a bag of 3D arrays, each array describing a Fortran array, 
>>> >>>> and it will be very difficult to find out which component of which 
>>> >>>> variable and which time step on which refinement level is stored in 
>>> >>>> what array: That's what the metadata describes.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On the other hand, if you want to have an easy way to read the file, 
>>> >>>> then you could use e.g. the Julia or Python of C++ bindings of the 
>>> >>>> OpenMPD library, and you then wouldn't need to care whether the 
>>> >>>> low-level file format is ADIOS2 or HDF5.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> What do you want to do with the 3D output?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -erik
>>> >>>>    
>>> >>>>> On Jun 27, 2025, at 12:54, Javiera Hernández Morales 
>>> >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Hi all,
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I am starting to learn the use of CarpetX and for this I started 
>>> >>>>> using the WaveToyX thorn. I wanted to ask for guidance for three 
>>> >>>>> problems that I have encountered so far, all of them related to the 
>>> >>>>> output data:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> 1) I wanted to get 3D data, for example in .tsv format. Here I 
>>> >>>>> realised that there is an ambiguous definition in the documentation 
>>> >>>>> for the parameter “out_tsv”, which in section 12.1 it says to control 
>>> >>>>> TSV output and have default value “yes”, but in section 14 it says to 
>>> >>>>> control the 3D output in TSV and have default value “no”. This last 
>>> >>>>> behaviour is the one that I encounter when running the parfiles.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> 2) When I set up “out_tsv" to “yes” and “out_tsv_every” to a number, 
>>> >>>>> for example = 16, I get 1D output every 16 iterations, but 3D output 
>>> >>>>> in every iteration, therefore I suspect that “out_tsv_every” is only 
>>> >>>>> controlling the frequency of the 1D output, and I cannot find a way 
>>> >>>>> to control the frequency of 3D output.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> 3) I attempted to output data in HDF5 format but I did not succeed. I 
>>> >>>>> first set the parameter “openpmd_format” to “HDF5” and also set 
>>> >>>>> “out_openpmd_vars” to the variables that I wanted, but I got an error 
>>> >>>>> in the first iteration:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> INFO (CarpetX): OutputGH: iteration 0, time 0.000000, run time 1 s
>>> >>>>> INFO (CarpetX): OutputOpenPMD...
>>> >>>>> INFO (CarpetX): Creating openPMD object...
>>> >>>>> INFO (CarpetX):   options:
>>> >>>>>    {
>>> >>>>>      "adios2": {
>>> >>>>>        "dataset": {
>>> >>>>>          "operators": [
>>> >>>>>          ]
>>> >>>>>        }
>>> >>>>>      }
>>> >>>>>    }
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699479] *** An error occurred in MPI_Comm_create_keyval
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699479] *** reported by process [211877889,2]
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699479] *** on communicator MPI_COMM_WORLD
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699479] *** MPI_ERR_ARG: invalid argument of some other 
>>> >>>>> kind
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699479] *** MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL (processes in this 
>>> >>>>> communicator will now abort,
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699479] ***    and potentially your MPI job)
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699473] PMIX ERROR: UNREACHABLE in file 
>>> >>>>> ../../../src/server/pmix_server.c at line 2193
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699473] 3 more processes have sent help message 
>>> >>>>> help-mpi-errors.txt / mpi_errors_are_fatal
>>> >>>>> [et-juphub:699473] Set MCA parameter "orte_base_help_aggregate" to 0 
>>> >>>>> to see all help / error messages
>>> >>>>> Simfactory Done at date: Thu 26 Jun 2025 09:19:08 AM UTC
>>> >>>>> And I did not know how to move on from there.
>>> >>>>> I am working on the ETK Tutorial server, in case that is important.
>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance to anyone who took the time to read until here, I 
>>> >>>>> will be looking forward to any piece of advice :)
>>> >>>>> Best,
>>> >>>>> Javiera H.M.
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>>> >
>>> > Yours,
>>> > Roland
>>> >
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