PetscViewerGLVisOpen#

Opens a PETSCVIEWERGLVIS PetscViewer

Synopsis#

#include "petscviewer.h" 
#include "petscsys.h"    
PetscErrorCode PetscViewerGLVisOpen(MPI_Comm comm, PetscViewerGLVisType type, const char name[], PetscInt port, PetscViewer *viewer)

Collective; No Fortran Support

Input Parameters#

  • comm - the MPI communicator

  • type - the viewer type: PETSC_VIEWER_GLVIS_SOCKET for real-time visualization or PETSC_VIEWER_GLVIS_DUMP for dumping to a file

  • name - either the hostname where the GLVis server is running or the base filename for dumping the data for subsequent visualizations

  • port - socket port where the GLVis server is listening. Not referenced when type is PETSC_VIEWER_GLVIS_DUMP

Output Parameter#

Options Database Keys#

  • -glvis_precision - Sets number of digits for floating point values

  • -glvis_size <width,height> - Sets the window size (in pixels)

  • -glvis_pause - Sets time (in seconds) that the program pauses after each visualization (0 is default, -1 implies every visualization)

  • -glvis_keys - Additional keys to configure visualization

  • -glvis_exec - Additional commands to configure visualization

See Also#

Viewers: Looking at PETSc Objects, PETSCVIEWERGLVIS, PetscViewerCreate(), PetscViewerSetType(), PetscViewerGLVisType

Level#

beginner

Location#

src/sys/classes/viewer/impls/glvis/glvis.c

Examples#

src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex43.c

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