Loading docs/source/getting_started/Paraview.rst +9 −17 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ Using Paraview developed by `Kitware <https://www.kitware.com/>`_. It provides an intuit and feature rich tool for visualizing simulation data. Kitware provides pre-built binaries that can be `downloaded here <https://www.paraview.org/download/>`_. Paraview 5.10.1 is the current recommended version. Visualize the embedded boundary ------------------------------- The solver will save the embedded boundary if ``mfix.write_eb_surface = true`` is set in the inputs file as parallel VTP file named ``eb.pvtp``. The individual parts corresponding to different grids are saved as ``eb_########.vtp`` files. is set in the inputs file as parallel VTP file named ``eb.pvtp``. To open the ``eb.pvtp`` file, press the open button, browse to the simulation directory, select the ``eb.pvtp`` file, and press ``OK``. The ``eb.pvtp`` will be displayed in the ``Pipeline Browser``. Make sure the ``eb.pvtp`` is selected Loading Loading @@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ be colored by different variables by selecting the variable in the drop down. Additionally, if a group of plot files was opened, the simulation can be "played" by pressing the play button. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_pt_gauss_opts.png Visualize the cells ------------------- Loading @@ -63,18 +60,13 @@ Following the same method to visualize the particles, the cells can be visualized. The major difference is when the dialog asking what read to use is displayed, select the ``AMReX/BoxLib Grid Reader`` and press ``OK``. On the properties tab, select which variables to read (make sure to select ``ep_g``, we will use this later) and select apply. we will use this later) and select apply. Under the Coloring section select ``ep_g`` to color the cells by this value. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_cells.png If the simulation has ghost cells, we can remove these cells by applying a threshold filter. With the ``plt*`` object selected in the Pipeline Browser, press the ``Threshold`` button. With the ``Threshold1`` object selected in the Pipeline Browser, select ``ep_g`` as the Scalar, change the Minimum value to be a little larger than 0 (such as 0.01), and press ``Apply``. All the ghost cells should now be removed because ``ep_g`` in the ghost cell is exactly 0 and the normal cells should not have a ``ep_g`` less than maximum packing. You can still color the cells by any of the field variables while keeping the threshold variable as ``ep_g``. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_cells_threshold.png You can open the embedded boundary, particle, and fluid data simultaneously, and change the opacities of the embedded boundary and fluid data to visualize all the data simultaneously. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_all.png docs/source/getting_started/images/paraview_all.png 0 → 100644 +225 KiB Loading image diff... docs/source/getting_started/images/paraview_cells.png −46.1 KiB (149 KiB) Loading image diff... docs/source/getting_started/images/paraview_eb.png −30 KiB (131 KiB) Loading image diff... docs/source/getting_started/images/paraview_pt_gauss.png +83.8 KiB (251 KiB) Loading image diff... Loading
docs/source/getting_started/Paraview.rst +9 −17 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ Using Paraview developed by `Kitware <https://www.kitware.com/>`_. It provides an intuit and feature rich tool for visualizing simulation data. Kitware provides pre-built binaries that can be `downloaded here <https://www.paraview.org/download/>`_. Paraview 5.10.1 is the current recommended version. Visualize the embedded boundary ------------------------------- The solver will save the embedded boundary if ``mfix.write_eb_surface = true`` is set in the inputs file as parallel VTP file named ``eb.pvtp``. The individual parts corresponding to different grids are saved as ``eb_########.vtp`` files. is set in the inputs file as parallel VTP file named ``eb.pvtp``. To open the ``eb.pvtp`` file, press the open button, browse to the simulation directory, select the ``eb.pvtp`` file, and press ``OK``. The ``eb.pvtp`` will be displayed in the ``Pipeline Browser``. Make sure the ``eb.pvtp`` is selected Loading Loading @@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ be colored by different variables by selecting the variable in the drop down. Additionally, if a group of plot files was opened, the simulation can be "played" by pressing the play button. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_pt_gauss_opts.png Visualize the cells ------------------- Loading @@ -63,18 +60,13 @@ Following the same method to visualize the particles, the cells can be visualized. The major difference is when the dialog asking what read to use is displayed, select the ``AMReX/BoxLib Grid Reader`` and press ``OK``. On the properties tab, select which variables to read (make sure to select ``ep_g``, we will use this later) and select apply. we will use this later) and select apply. Under the Coloring section select ``ep_g`` to color the cells by this value. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_cells.png If the simulation has ghost cells, we can remove these cells by applying a threshold filter. With the ``plt*`` object selected in the Pipeline Browser, press the ``Threshold`` button. With the ``Threshold1`` object selected in the Pipeline Browser, select ``ep_g`` as the Scalar, change the Minimum value to be a little larger than 0 (such as 0.01), and press ``Apply``. All the ghost cells should now be removed because ``ep_g`` in the ghost cell is exactly 0 and the normal cells should not have a ``ep_g`` less than maximum packing. You can still color the cells by any of the field variables while keeping the threshold variable as ``ep_g``. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_cells_threshold.png You can open the embedded boundary, particle, and fluid data simultaneously, and change the opacities of the embedded boundary and fluid data to visualize all the data simultaneously. .. image:: /getting_started/images/paraview_all.png
