[yt-users] in-situ visualization possible with yt?

Matthieu Dorier matthieu.dorier at gmail.com
Wed Oct 5 08:45:44 PDT 2011


Hello Matthew,

Thank you for your answer.

Can YT work in parallel?
I intend to embed a python interpreter within my simulation in order to
allow
some simple data analysis to be performed without having to re-compile the
application every time this analysis changes, so maybe it would be possible
to call YT from an embedded python interpreter? I guess the problem is
transferring raw data from the simulation to the interpreter without too
much
overhead...

My output is actually very simple, consisting in 2D arrays, each MPI rank
being responsible for several chunks (equally sized, but not necessarily
contiguous). I would like to avoid writing these 2D arrays into HDF5 file
and perform visualization on these files, but automatically make the
processes
synchronize to compute a single image from all these parts.

Do you think it is worth investigating the use of YT for that or should I
try other
softwares?
Thanks

Matthieu

2011/10/5 Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>

> Hi Matthieu,
>
> The short answer is that for some codes, yes, yt works as an embedding
> system.  The only code that this has been used extensively in is Enzo,
> and it will likely take a bit of work to get it to work.  We're eager
> to test it out on other codes, however; the first and easiest
> application would be a non-Enzo, patch-based AMR code.
>
> The current state is:
>
>  * In-memory between Enzo and yt works (Britton Smith can speak more to
> this)
>  * Creation of arbitrary sources (using the Stream frontend) currently
> works, which can be used from within any Python code
>  * No protocol exists (yet) for MPI inter-communicator data loading
>
> Our strategies for the future:
>
>  * We're working to create simple C libraries that can create the
> necessary in-memory data objects to link against yt directly
>  * The Stream frontend is usable and should be used by non-Enzo codes
> as a prototyping mechanism
>  * ParaView can call yt for serial calculations, and we are working to
> utilize its CoProcessing facilities to analyze and visualize in
> parallel from running simulations
>
> So I think you should be able to add a code to in situ viz/analysis,
> but it will likely take a bit of work at the current time to make sure
> everything correctly passes.  I'd be able to help you and send you
> demo code if you would like.  Alternately, we intend to instrument yt
> to use ParaView as a data loader, which will enable the CoProcessing
> techniques from ParaView to be used as well.
>
> Let me know what you think,
>
> Matt
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Matthieu Dorier
> <matthieu.dorier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to make in-situ visualization available for a simulation,
> > and I'm considering different softwares for that (VisIt, YT,...).
> > I've never used YT, so my question is: is it possible to add
> > some code in a simulation (written in C++) to have some kind of
> > distributed rendering engine using YT, just like VisIt does with
> > code-instrumentation?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matthieu
> >
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Département informatique et télécommunication
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