[aspect-devel] Raw data output

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

> I'd like to output particle information (position, velocity, etc) in
> an easy to parse format for use in scientific analysis.  The VTK
> format works great for visualization but is hard to parse in Python
> or MATLAB scripts.  Is there any format preference in Aspect when
> outputting raw simulation data (e.g. HDF5 vs. NetCDF vs. ASCII)?

I don't have any. I would say use whatever is most convenient for 
whatever it is you want to do with it. If someone wants another format 
in addition we can always implement that too.

Just add a flag for the .prm file that controls whether whatever you 
implement is in fact output or not so that we can keep the default 
amount of data written small.

Cheers
  W.

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