[Dune-devel] [GSoc] Re: GSoC project on visualizing psurface objects used in DUNE in Paraview

[Oliver Sander]

Hi Xiaoxue,
I just pushed a few changes to the psurface repository.  The build system
is more standard conforming now.  In particular, you should now be able
to build psurface right within the cloned repository, calling

autoreconf -isf
./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/__psurface/to
make
make install

Let me know if anything goes wrong.

Best,
Oliver

Am 05.06.2013 19:53, schrieb Xiaoxue Gong:
> Dear Oliver:
>
> Thanks for the advices you gives me. I will start from reading the Psurface code and vtk related files.
>
> The platform I am using is linux(ubuntu). I have used git before in my PHD project. So I  am familiar with the basic commends of git.
>
>
> Best,
> Xiaoxue
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Oliver Sander <sander at igpm.rwth-aachen.de <mailto:sander at igpm.rwth-aachen.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Xiaoxue,
>     great to hear that you are joining us for this summer.  I hope
>     you will like the experience -- it will certainly help me a lot.
>
>     To get you started I propose you first read the overview paper
>     on psurface (attached).
>
>     Then, of course, you may want to get familiar with the psurface
>     code itself.  You can download it from https://gitorious.org/psurface
>     (how are your git skills, by the way?).  Please browse through the
>     code a little and try to recognize the algorithms described in
>     the paper.
>
>     The current problem with psurface is that it doesn't actually do
>     anything unless you have the proprietary Amira visualization
>     system installed on your computer.  For historic reasons you cannot
>     even build psurface directly from the git download (I plant to
>     fix that before the end of the week).  If you want to build it
>     right now please do
>
>     git clone git://gitorious.org/psurface/__psurface.git <http://gitorious.org/psurface/psurface.git>
>     cd psurface
>     ./makedist.sh
>
>     That creates a tarball libpsurface-1.3.1.tar.gz
>     Unpack the tarball, enter the directory libpsurface-1.3.1 and call
>
>     autoreconf -isf
>     ./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/__psurface/to
>     make
>     make install
>
>     BTW, what platform are you developing on?
>
>     One of your first tasks will be to write a command-line tool that
>     takes a psurface object and writes its domain surface in vtk
>     format.  For that you may want to read up a little on the native
>     vtk file formats, i.e., here: http://vtk.org/VTK/img/file-__formats.pdf <http://vtk.org/VTK/img/file-formats.pdf>
>
>     Don't hesitate to write if you have any questions.
>
>     best,
>     Oliver
>
>
>
>     Am 03.06.2013 19:28, schrieb Xiaoxue Gong:
>
>         Dear Markus:
>
>         Hello!
>
>         Thanks for accepting my application for the project "visualizing psurface objects used in DUNE in Paraview". I am so glad that I could work with you this summer:)
>
>            I have talked with my PHD advisor about this project. My advisor think this is a good experience for me, thus he accept my request of leave for 3 month.  I could work full time on this
>         project this
>         summer.
>
>         Could you give me some advise for  what preparation should I do for the Community Bounding Period ?  What document or code should I read?
>
>         Best,
>         Xiaoxue
>
>
>