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ParaView

Description

ParaView (Parallel Visualization Application) is a multi-platform software based on VTK for the interactive visualisation of large volumes of 2D and 3D scientific data.

Installed versions

• ParaView version 5.6.0 and 5.8.0 parallel under the gcc/9.1.0 and intel-mpi/19.0.4 environment but without certain readers (no NetCDF or Nek5000 file reading).
• ParaView version 5.8.0 parallel with Nek5000 file support: installation performed from an archive containing all the required binaries and libraries.
• ParaView version 5.8.0-osmesa for batch use without X Display to use the pvbatch, pvserver or pvpython executables: installation performed from an archive containing all the required binaries and libraries.
• Other higher sequential or parallel versions.

Usage

These versions are accessible using the module command.

By default, version 5.6.0 is loaded:

$ module load paraview
Loading paraview/5.6.0-mpi
  Loading requirement: gcc/9.1.0 intel-mpi/19.0.4
$ module list
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
 1) gcc/9.1.0   2) intel-mpi/19.0.4   3) %%paraview/5.6.0-mpi%%

To use another version, you must specify it explicitly on the command line. For example, for version 5.8.0:

$ module load paraview/5.8.0-mpi-python3-nek5000
$ module list
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
 1) paraview/5.8.0-mpi-python3-nek5000

Documentation

• Introduction to ParaView
• ParaView website: www.paraview.org