VizWorkshop VisIt Checklist – June 15, 2013

HPC

SuperMike II:

User’s guide http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/docs/guides.php?system=SuperMike-II

Set default allocation https://accounts.hpc.lsu.edu/

login:

$ ssh youraccountname@mike.hpc.lsu.edu   (Requires LSU HPC account)

Setup Environment:

$ cd
$ cp /work/jinghua/env.soft ~/.soft
$ resoft

Datasets

Where to find:

$ cd /work/jinghua/FR9373_Oct12/

Files:

FR9373_25KEV_[0-8]T_100[3-4]12_H1_1624_512_1Ma.raw
fr9373.[0-8].bov

fr9373_t05.bov : test file

scripts

copy to your home directory:

$ cp /work/jinghua/*.*  ~/

VisIt Python Visualization scripts (name may be little diffferent):

  1. box-volume.py
  2. box-contour.py
  3. box-pseudoc.py
  4. box-contour-peel.py
  5. box-contour-ltoh.py
  6. box-contour-zoom.py
  7. box-volume-pose.py
  8. box-volume-anim.py

Helper scripts:

  1. animation.py
  2. CameraMotion_rotate.py
  3. CameraMotion_zoom.py

PBS scripts:

  1. fr9373.pbs

Summary

Morning:

  1. Setup HPC
  2. Show the movie first
  3. Talk about the visit trainning tutorials
  4. Set host profile to connect to SuperMikeII (mike.hpc)
  5. Introduce the datasets and their BOV data header
  6. Open data on mike.hpc
  7. Add a volume plot, using parallel compute engine (np=4), draw
  8. From the colormap, figure out to set a min-max value, go through timesteps 0-8
  9. At timestep 8, add box operator and set its attributes
  10. Introduce view, and set a good view for volume plot
  11. Introduce Expression, and defer expression operator
  12. Add Contour plot, set its attributes (hide volume plot)
  13. Set a good view for contour plot
  14. Introduce annotation
  15. Introduce Pseudocolor + IsoVolume, and query

Afternoon:

  1. Introduce Command window
  2. Introduce python script for plots and operators
  3. Introduce python script for enuermating time
  4. Introduce camera animation with python script
  5. Introduce local job submission and PBS job submission
  6. Talk about put pieces together for final presentation