Visualization Tools
This section is being developed, please let us know which
tools you would like to have more instructions for, or if
you are using a client not listed here to view Cactus data
and think it would be useful for others, please let us know about
it, especially if you could donate a description of its use
for us to put up.
Many of these clients can be automatically started to
visualize data from files from a simulation web browser,
using the new
VizLauncher
tool.
Cactus Output Methods and Data Formats
The following table details output formats which can
currently be produced from Cactus thorns:
|
IO method
|
Description
|
Providing thorn
|
Viz Tools
|
|
Scalar
|
output of scalars or grid array reductions in
xgraph or gnuplot format
|
CactusBase/IOBasic
|
xgraph, gnuplot
|
|
Info
|
screen output of scalars or grid array reductions
|
CactusBase/IOBasic
|
xgraph, gnuplot
|
|
IOASCII_1D
|
1D line output of grid arrays in xgraph or gnuplot format
|
CactusBase/IOASCII
|
xgraph, gnuplot
|
|
IOASCII_2D
|
2D slice output of grid arrays in gnuplot format
|
CactusBase/IOASCII
|
gnuplot
|
|
IOASCII_3D
|
#D slice output of grid arrays in gnuplot format
|
CactusBase/IOASCII
|
gnuplot
|
|
IOHDF5_2D
|
2D slice output of grid arrays in HDF5 format
|
CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5
|
Amira, OpenDX
|
|
IOHDF5_3D
|
full 3D output of grid arrays in HDF5 format
|
CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5
|
Amira, OpenDX
|
|
IOFlexIO_2D
|
2D slice output of grid arrays in FlexIO format
|
CactusPUGHIO/IOFlexIO
|
Amira
|
|
IOFlexIO
|
full 3D output of grid arrays in FlexIO format
|
CactusPUGHIO/IOFlexIO
|
Amira
|
|
IOJpeg_2D
|
2D slice output as a jpeg image
|
CactusIO/IOJpeg
|
web browser, xv
|
|
IOPanda
|
|
CactusPUGHIO/IOPanda
|
|
|
IsoSurfacer
|
Constant value isosurfaces of grid functions
|
CactusPUGHIO/IOSurfacer
|
Amira, IsoView
|
Additional Information
Additional Information about visualization of Cactus output data
can be found here:
|
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