DataOutBase::VtkFlags Struct Reference

#include <deal.II/base/data_out_base.h>

Inheritance diagram for DataOutBase::VtkFlags:

Public Types
using	ZlibCompressionLevel

Public Member Functions
	VtkFlags (const double time=std::numeric_limits< double >::min(), const unsigned int cycle=std::numeric_limits< unsigned int >::min(), const bool print_date_and_time=true, const CompressionLevel compression_level=CompressionLevel::best_speed, const bool write_higher_order_cells=false, const std::map< std::string, std::string > &physical_units={})
void	parse_parameters (const ParameterHandler &prm)
std::size_t	memory_consumption () const

Static Public Member Functions
static void	declare_parameters (ParameterHandler &prm)

Public Attributes
double	time
unsigned int	cycle
bool	print_date_and_time
DataOutBase::CompressionLevel	compression_level
bool	write_higher_order_cells
std::map< std::string, std::string >	physical_units

Static Public Attributes
static const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel	no_compression = DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::no_compression
static const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel	best_compression = DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::best_compression
static const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel	best_speed
static const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel	default_compression = DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::default_compression

Detailed Description

Flags controlling the details of output in VTK format.

Definition at line 1126 of file data_out_base.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

ZlibCompressionLevel

using DataOutBase::VtkFlags::ZlibCompressionLevel

Initial value:

 
      DataOutBase::CompressionLevel

A data type providing the different possible zlib compression levels. These map directly to constants defined by zlib.

Deprecated

Use DataOutBase::CompressionLevel instead.

Definition at line 1166 of file data_out_base.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

VtkFlags()

DataOutBase::VtkFlags::VtkFlags ( const double time = std::numeric_limits<double>::min(), const unsigned int cycle = std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::min(), const bool print_date_and_time = true, const CompressionLevel compression_level = CompressionLevel::best_speed, const bool write_higher_order_cells = false, const std::map< std::string, std::string > & physical_units = {} )

explicit

Constructor. Initializes the member variables with names corresponding to the argument names of this function.

Definition at line 2422 of file data_out_base.cc.

Member Function Documentation

declare_parameters()

void DataOutBase::OutputFlagsBase< VtkFlags >::declare_parameters ( ParameterHandler & prm )

staticinherited

Declare all flags with name and type as offered by this class, for use in input files.

This method does nothing, but child classes may override this method to add fields to prm.

Definition at line 574 of file data_out_base.h.

parse_parameters()

void DataOutBase::OutputFlagsBase< VtkFlags >::parse_parameters ( const ParameterHandler & prm )

inherited

Read the parameters declared in declare_parameters() and set the flags for this output format accordingly.

This method does nothing, but child classes may override this method to add fields to prm.

Definition at line 584 of file data_out_base.h.

memory_consumption()

std::size_t DataOutBase::OutputFlagsBase< VtkFlags >::memory_consumption ( ) const

inherited

Return an estimate for the memory consumption, in bytes, of this object. This is not exact (but will usually be close) because calculating the memory usage of trees (e.g., std::map) is difficult.

Definition at line 593 of file data_out_base.h.

Member Data Documentation

time

double DataOutBase::VtkFlags::time

The time of the time step if this file is part of a time dependent simulation.

The value of this variable is written into the output file according to the instructions provided in http://www.visitusers.org/index.php?title=Time_and_Cycle_in_VTK_files unless it is at its default value of

std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::min() 

.

Definition at line 1138 of file data_out_base.h.

cycle

unsigned int DataOutBase::VtkFlags::cycle

The number of the time step if this file is part of a time dependent simulation, or the cycle within a nonlinear or other iteration.

The value of this variable is written into the output file according to the instructions provided in http://www.visitusers.org/index.php?title=Time_and_Cycle_in_VTK_files unless it is at its default value of

std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::min() 

.

Definition at line 1150 of file data_out_base.h.

print_date_and_time

bool DataOutBase::VtkFlags::print_date_and_time

Flag to determine whether the current date and time shall be printed as a comment in the file's second line.

Default is true.

Definition at line 1158 of file data_out_base.h.

no_compression

const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel DataOutBase::VtkFlags::no_compression = DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::no_compression

static

Definition at line 1170 of file data_out_base.h.

best_compression

const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel DataOutBase::VtkFlags::best_compression = DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::best_compression

static

Definition at line 1172 of file data_out_base.h.

best_speed

const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel DataOutBase::VtkFlags::best_speed

static

Initial value:

=
      DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::best_speed

Definition at line 1173 of file data_out_base.h.

default_compression

const DataOutBase::CompressionLevel DataOutBase::VtkFlags::default_compression = DataOutBase::CompressionLevel::default_compression

static

Definition at line 1176 of file data_out_base.h.

compression_level

DataOutBase::CompressionLevel DataOutBase::VtkFlags::compression_level

Flag determining the compression level at which zlib, if available, is run. The default is best_speed.

Definition at line 1182 of file data_out_base.h.

write_higher_order_cells

bool DataOutBase::VtkFlags::write_higher_order_cells

Flag determining whether to write patches as linear cells or as a high-order Lagrange cell.

Default is false.

Note

The ability to write data that corresponds to higher order polynomials rather than simply linear or bilinear is a feature that was only introduced in VTK 8.1.0 in December 2017. You will need at least Paraview version 5.5.0 released in April 2018 or a similarly recent version of VisIt for this feature to work (for example, VisIt 3.1.1, released in February 2020, does not yet support this feature). Older versions of these programs are likely going to result in errors when trying to read files generated with this flag set to true. Experience with these programs shows that these error messages are likely going to be rather less descriptive and more obscure.

Definition at line 1201 of file data_out_base.h.

physical_units

std::map<std::string, std::string> DataOutBase::VtkFlags::physical_units

A map that describes for (some or all) of the output quantities what the physical units are. This field is ignored for VTK file format, but used for VTU format where it is attached to the individual scalar, vector, or tensor fields for use by visualization or other postprocessing tools. The default is to not attach any physical units to fields at all, i.e., an empty map.

If the map does not contain an entry for a specific output variable, then no unit will be written into the output file. In other words, it is not an error to provide units for only some variables.

step-19, step-44 and step-69 all demonstrate how to use this variable.

Note

While the functions that make use of this information do not care about how physical units are specified, downstream postprocessing tools should and do. As a consequence, these units should be specified in a format that is understandable to these postprocessing tools. As an example, the unyt project describes a standard for describing and converting units.

Definition at line 1224 of file data_out_base.h.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following files:

• include/deal.II/base/data_out_base.h
• source/base/data_out_base.cc