Workshop: Scientific Visualization with VisIt (Nov. 11-12, 2013)
Dave Pugmire, Oak Ridge National Lab
This two-day tutorial will provide attendees with a practical introduction to VisIt, an open source scientific visualization and data analysis application. VisIt is used to visualize simulation results on wide range of platforms from laptops to many of the worlds top supercomputers. This tutorial assumes no previous experience with VisIt. The first day will provide an overview of VisIt, and a hands on tutorial that will walk participants through the basics of using VisIt, as well as more advanced use cases, including python scripting, movie making, and creation of presentation graphics. The tutorial will focus on demonstration of VisIt's support for five important scientific visualization scenarios: data exploration, quantitative analysis, comparative analysis, visual debugging, and communication of results. The second day will focus on several advanced topics in the development of custom plug-ins for VisIt, and Q&A sessions where particular needs can be addressed and explored with the presenter.
Outline:
Day 1
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Introduction to VisIt
- VisIt Basics
- Data Analysis
Lunch
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Basic Scripting with Python
- Movie Making
- Alternative Data Representations
- Advanced topics (as time allows)
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Q&A
Day 2
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Customizing VisIt
- Database reader plugin
- Data operator plugin
- Creating a python query and expressions
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Q&A sessions
Audience: Graduate students, technical staff and researchers
Location: 130 Lewis Library, New Media Center
Date/Time: 11/11/13 at 09:00 am - 11/12/13 at 5:00 pm
Category: Workshop
Department: PICSciE
