[OMKAR_MIRJI]

Hello Everyone,

I am reading flow.vtk file in paraview.
In the mesh file(cgns format) I have given Markers (wall, fairfield etc.) to different surfaces. And I would like to use them for post-processing.
But unfortunately, in the Volume (.vtk) file. They are not explicitly mentioned when opened in Paraview.
Could you help me, is there any way I can extract surfaces to be used for specific post-processing. or is there any way i can import them along with .vtk file.
I tried taking those surfaces in surface.vtk but all the surfaces are connected to each other and i cant isolate a single surface to post-process
I have attached an Image, which could explain problem better.

[pcg]

Try the PARAVIEW_MULTIBLOCK output format (i.e. add that to the list of OUTPUT_FILES).

[MIRJI_OMKAR]

Hi Pedro.

Thanks a lot for suggestion.
I included PARAVIEW_MULTIBLOCK in output file.
It has created a .vtm file and different .vtu files with marker names.
When i tried opening files in paraview. It is giving following error message.
ERROR:

C:\bbd\8fbebceb\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\ IO\XML\vtkXMLUnstructuredDataReader.cxx, line 681
vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader (000002279FEB5CB0): Cannot read cell connectivity from Cells in piece 0 because the "offsets" array is not monotonically increasing or starts with a value other than 0.

Could you please let me know, is there any other way to read files.

(NOTE: I use PARAVIEW_ASCII to generate flow.vtk, I tried PARAVIEW_MULTIBLOCK_ASCII but it didnt work)

[pcg]

Ah, if you are on Windows there is an issue with the paraview binary outputs (Problem opening vtu-file in Paraview)
I think we fixed it for the next release (I don't have a Windows machine to be completely sure) you can try using the nightly build binaries https://github.com/su2code/SU2/actions/runs/203927718 until then.

[MIRJI_OMKAR]

Hi Pedro,

Yes. I am using windows machine.
Pardon me, I am new to SU2 and github repository.
In the link that you have provided, there is no download option.
Could you please guide me from where to download code and run it.

I have tried running on v7.0.4 but still, Paraview is not able to read vtu files.

Advanced Thanks for help

[pcg]

My bad, I only see the download options when I log in to github, I don't know if that is enough or if being a member of SU2 is also required.

If 7.0.4 does not work maybe there are other issues, can you post the config of your case?

[MIRJI_OMKAR]

I was able to download the file after I logged in. Thanks for that.
I ran the config file with nightly version. It generated .vtu file.
But again Paraview reads the same error.

I am attaching .config file for your reference.

[pcg]

Ok I'll try to find a Windows machine to test this (we had one report that the problem was solved but maybe not entirely...).

Meanwhile here are your options:
- Use the slice function in Paraview to separate the surfaces.
- Run SU2_SOL multiple times, with different surface names in MARKER_PLOTTING to separate the surfaces.

[pcg]

I got my hands on a friend's PC with Windows and I tried dowloading the binaries (no MPI) I mentioned, running the Quickstart case, and opening the vtu file in Paraview 5.8.1 (no MPI).
Everything worked, and the Multiblock file also worked... Is there a chance you ran a different SU2 binary?

[CSMDakota]

Is anyone aware of other considerations needed to enable PARAVIEW_MULTIBLOCK to function?

I run into this error when adding it to my OUTPUT_FILES list:

Error in "void CConfig::SetConfig_Parsing(char*)":
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
OUTPUT_FILES: invalid option value PARAVIEW_MULTIBLOCK. Check current SU2 options in config_template.cfg.

I'm Running:
v7.0.0 Blackbird on Ubuntu 18.04, build from source

Have tried:
original .cgns grid, also tried it converted to .su2.
It is a single-zone problem, but had tried various settings for MULTIZONE_MESH = YES/NO with NZONES=1

Thanks,
Brandon

[pcg]

We are up to version 7.1.1...

[CSMDakota]

Originally Posted by pcg

We are up to version 7.1.1...

Fair enough


Working for me now in 7.1.1.