ParaView

An interactive data analysis and visualisation tool with 3D rendering capability

Warning

Our ParaView modules include the pvserver only (see manual below). We do not recommend to use the ParaView GUI directly: X-window forwarding has high latency and the images of our compute nodes bring only a minimal set of graphic-drivers/libs.

Description

ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application with interactive 3D or programmatical batch processing capabilities

Read more on ParaView home page. For a manual visit the Paraview Guide page.

Modules

Version	Installation path	module file
5.0.1	/sw/viz/paraview/5.0.1/skl paraview/5.0.1	gcc/OpenMPI
5.7.0	/sw/viz/paraview/5.7.0/skl paraview/5.7.0	gcc-9.2.0, openmpi/gcc.9/3.1.5
5.9.0	/sw/viz/paraview/5.9.0/skl paraview/5.9.0	gcc-9.2.0, openmpi/gcc.9/4.1.4
5.11.2	/sw/viz/paraview/5.11.2/skl paraview/5.11.2	gcc-9.3.0, openmpi/gcc.9/4.1.4

Example Use

@HLRN: Start interactive job. If a lot of memory is needed, especially the fat nodes are suitable:
```
srun --partition=large96 --nodes=1 --ntasks-per-node=96 --mem=747000mb --pty bash
```

@HLRN: Load prerequisite modules

module load gcc/9.2.0
module load openmpi/gcc.9
module load anaconda3
module load llvm/9.0.0
module load paraview

@HLRN: Start Paraview-Server on your fat node bfn####
```
mpirun -n $SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE pvserver
```
Wait a few seconds till your Paraview-Server provides a connection, typically with the port number 11111.
@local: Start a ssh tunnel on your preferred terminal to access the port of the fat node via a login node of the HLRN
```
ssh -N -L 11111:bfn####:11111 <user>@blogin.hlrn.de
```
Leave this terminal window open to keep the tunnel running. Before setting up a ssh tunnel check if your standard ssh login works. If you are a windows user without a proper terminal we recommend MobaXterm.
@local: Start your ParaView client GUI and access your Paraview-Server at
```
localhost:11111
```
Please note: the version of your local ParaView client has to be the same as the remote Paraview-Server. You can download various ParaView versions here. After calling “module load paraview” the version of the loaded module will be displayed.