Fortran2Paraview_with_HDF5

This example is mean to show how to export data from fortran using XDMF/HDF5 solution. This snippet can also be used as translator of binary (unformatted) data into HDF5 format.

HDF5 installation

Download the hdf5 library here and install it in serial-mode (single CPU mode) as:

$ FC=/path/to/gfortran ./configure --enable-fortran --enable-shared --prefix=/install/path/hdf5/ 

Or, if that you have an MPI compiler already installed, in parallel-mode as:

$ FC=/path/to/mpif90 ./configure --enable-parallel --enable-fortran --enable-shared --prefix=/install/path/hdf5/

Serial compilation of examples

This can be simply done as

$ gfrotran -o build/example.run src/bin2hdf5_fields_serial.f90 -I/path/to/phdf5/include -L/path/to/phdf5/lib -lhdf5_fortran 

Or using the Makefile provided in this repository. Make sure to set the correct path your hdf5 folder installation so you can simply type in terminal:

$ make

All executables created are saved inside the /build directory.

To clean the repository folder and delete existing executables:

$ make clean

Mode of use

First call the createSample_binData_serial.run to build sample binary file containing a 3D array of 100x51x32 points. Simply type on terminal:

$ ./createSample_binData_serial.run 100 51 32

It will create a data.bin. Now we can call the translator to HDF5 as:

$ ./bin2hdf5_data_serial.run data.bin 100 51 32

Proceed is similarl manner with createSample_binFields_serial.run and bin2hdf5_fields_serial.run. The program will always print all files it has written. In the fields translators, I have included a subroutine that prints the XDMF file. So that, the information of a 3D scalar field can be inmediatly visualized in Paraview.

Happy coding! ;D

M.A.Diaz