Catalyst

Catalyst has been integrated into MFIX-Exa for in situ visualization. MFIX-Exa must be built with Catalyst support to use this feature.

The following inputs must be preceded by the prefix output.catalyst.

Description

Type

Default

enabled

Run the Catalyst pipeline.

Bool

false

int

Frequency of the Catalyst pipeline in timesteps; -1 to disable the pipeline based on timesteps.

Int

1

per_approx

Time period of the Catalyst pipeline in simulation time (approximate); -1 to disable the pipeline based on simulation time.

Real

-1

on_restart

Run the Catalyst pipeline when restarting a run.

Bool

false

script

Catalyst pipeline script to execute.

String

implementation

Name of the Catalyst implementation to load.

String

library_path

Directory to search for the Catalyst implementation.

String

fluid.variables

Fluid variables to publish, from the fluid variable names in Plotfiles. Defaults to the historical Catalyst field set when unset.

Strings

see below

The variable names are the same ones the plotfile uses; see Plotfiles for the available options.