[CIG-SHORT] Pylith turn off vtk writers

[Brad Aagaard]

Francisco,

Use the pylithinfo utility to dump all of the parameters, including the 
defaults, and look for writers that you are not using. You can load the 
json output of pylithinfo directly into the PyLith parameter GUI at 
https://geodynamics.github.io/pylith_parameters/. This also shows you 
the component name for each viewer so that you can easily figure out how 
to set the properties for it. See the PyLith user manual for more info 
on how to use the parameter viewer.

Regards,
Brad

On 08/23/2018 07:27 AM, Surendra Nadh Somala wrote:
> One other reason why vtk files might still be there would be if output 
> settings for one of the materials is either missing (in which case 
> pylith defaults that to VTK) or misspelt.
> 
> -Surendra
> 
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 at 7:50 PM, Francisco Delgado <fjd49 at cornell.edu 
> <mailto:fjd49 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     I'm using the H5 output, it's much better than the vtk. I added the
>     following to my file
> 
>     [pylithapp.problem.materials.crust.output]
>     cell_info_fields = []
>     cell_data_fields = []
> 
>     but it still writes the vtk output. Is there a solution to this?
> 
>     On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Surendra Nadh Somala
>     <surendra at iith.ac.in <mailto:surendra at iith.ac.in>> wrote:
> 
>         Use
> 
>         vertex_data_fields=[]
>         vertex_info_fields=[]
> 
>         Displacement is a vertex field whereas stress and strain are
>         cell fields.
> 
>         But then you won’t have any output if you want neither
>         displacements nor stress/strain outputs.
> 
>         Charles suggestion of using HDF5writer is what you might be
>         looking for.
> 
>         -Surendra
> 
>         On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 at 7:10 PM, Francisco Delgado
>         <fjd49 at cornell.edu <mailto:fjd49 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
> 
>             Hi Brad and Charles, yes it's the VTK writer for the
>             predicted ground displacement of a pressurized magma chamber.
> 
>             My file looks like the following
> 
>             [pylithapp.timedependent.implicit]
>             output = [subdomain]
>             output.subdomain = pylith.meshio.OutputSolnSubset
>             #output.points = pylith.meshio.OutputSolnPoints
> 
>             # Surface
>             [pylithapp.problem.formulation.output.subdomain]
>             writer = pylith.meshio.DataWriterHDF5
>             label = face_zpos
>             vertex_data_fields = [displacement]
>             writer.filename = surface.h5
> 
>             but when I add the following lines
> 
>             cell_info_fields = []
>             cell_data_fields = []
> 
>             I get the following error
> 
>             * >> visco_shell.cfg:133:*
> 
>             * -- pyre.inventory(error)*
> 
>             * --
>             timedependent.implicit.output.outputsolnsubset.cell_data_fields
>             <- '[]'*
> 
>             * -- unrecognized property
>             'timedependent.implicit.output.outputsolnsubset.cell_data_fields'*
> 
>             * >> visco_shell.cfg:132:*
> 
>             * -- pyre.inventory(error)*
> 
>             * --
>             timedependent.implicit.output.outputsolnsubset.cell_info_fields
>             <- '[]'*
> 
>             * -- unrecognized property
>             'timedependent.implicit.output.outputsolnsubset.cell_info_fields'*
> 
>             *
>             *
>             *
>             *
>             *
>             *
>             *How can I fix it?*
>             *
>             *
>             *Thanks*
> 
>             On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:47 PM, Brad Aagaard
>             <baagaard at usgs.gov <mailto:baagaard at usgs.gov>> wrote:
> 
>                 For each writer set the vertex/cell info and data fields
>                 to emtpy arrays, like
> 
>                 cell_info_fields = []
>                 cell_data_fields = []
> 
>                 On Aug 22, 2018 5:22 PM, Francisco Delgado
>                 <fjd49 at cornell.edu <mailto:fjd49 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
> 
>                     Dear Pylith developers, how can I turn off the vtk
>                     writer? They take a lot of time and waste a lot of
>                     hard drive space.
> 
>                     Thanks
> 
>                     -- 
>                     Francisco Delgado
>                     PhD, Geological Sciences
>                     Cornell University
>                     https://fdelgadodelapuente.wixsite.com/home
> 
> 
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> 
> 
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>             PhD, Geological Sciences
>             Cornell University
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>         *Surendra Nadh Somala*
>         Assistant Professor
>         Department of Civil Engineering (Block-C, 112/D)
>         Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad
>         Kandi, Sangareddy
>         Telangana, India - 502285
>         http://civil.iith.ac.in/surendra/
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Francisco Delgado
>     PhD, Geological Sciences
>     Cornell University
>     https://fdelgadodelapuente.wixsite.com/home
> 
> -- 
> ___________
> *Surendra Nadh Somala*
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Civil Engineering (Block-C, 112/D)
> Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad
> Kandi, Sangareddy
> Telangana, India - 502285
> http://civil.iith.ac.in/surendra/