Visualize Deformation for Paraview

JanH · March 6, 2015, 14:04

Hi,

In the latest build of SU2 (v3.2.8) SU2_DEF gives the file surface_grid.dat as the visualization of the deformation. This file is however not readable with Paraview (4.1.0). In earlier releases, the file Surface_Grid.stl was always perfectly readable.

Is this a permanent change to the surface_grid file?

hlk · March 9, 2015, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by JanH

Hi,

In the latest build of SU2 (v3.2.8) SU2_DEF gives the file surface_grid.dat as the visualization of the deformation. This file is however not readable with Paraview (4.1.0). In earlier releases, the file Surface_Grid.stl was always perfectly readable.

Is this a permanent change to the surface_grid file?

thank you for your question.
short term, reverting to version 3.2.5 will let you write the paraview files.
Long term, I will add this to the github tracker.

hlk · March 9, 2015, 17:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by hlk

thank you for your question.
short term, reverting to version 3.2.5 will let you write the paraview files.
Long term, I will add this to the github tracker.

Correction: I'm not actually sure that version 3.2.5 is the right one. Can you please post which version you were using when it did work?

JanH · March 10, 2015, 04:06

Hi hlk,

thank you for your reply. I was using SU2v3.2.3 when it was still working.

I found that I can download previous versions of SU2 at https://github.com/su2code/SU2/releases. Are the previous versions of the test cases also saved somewhere on github?

hlk · March 10, 2015, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by JanH

Hi hlk,

thank you for your reply. I was using SU2v3.2.3 when it was still working.

I found that I can download previous versions of SU2 at https://github.com/su2code/SU2/releases. Are the previous versions of the test cases also saved somewhere on github?

Look for the commit on github that says "release 3.2.3" and check out that release.
The tagged releases of the code and any specific commit of a repository can be checked out by
git checkout <string of letters/numbers associated with that commit>
from a directory where another version of that repository has been checked out.

JanH · March 11, 2015, 08:07

Thanks, I got it!

On the GitHub website I browsed in the commits to find the right release and then clicked on "Browse the repository at this point in the history".

March 6, 2015, 14:04	Visualize Deformation for Paraview	#1
JanH New Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 11	Hi, In the latest build of SU2 (v3.2.8) SU2_DEF gives the file surface_grid.dat as the visualization of the deformation. This file is however not readable with Paraview (4.1.0). In earlier releases, the file Surface_Grid.stl was always perfectly readable. Is this a permanent change to the surface_grid file?

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JanH New Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 11	Hi hlk, thank you for your reply. I was using SU2v3.2.3 when it was still working. I found that I can download previous versions of SU2 at https://github.com/su2code/SU2/releases. Are the previous versions of the test cases also saved somewhere on github?

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JanH New Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 11	Thanks, I got it! On the GitHub website I browsed in the commits to find the right release and then clicked on "Browse the repository at this point in the history".