Dalhousie Geodynamics Group

sopale_plot

sopale_plot is an IDL program which will plot the data in

• sopale type 1 and type 2 output files
• sopaleff type 1 and type 2 output files
• matlab files

sopale_plot will create plots of

• the eulerian and lagrangian grids,
• disc plots of eulerian node and lagrangian particle properties,
• contour plots of eulerian node and lagrangian particle properties,
• filled cell plots of eulerian cell properties,
• velocity plots of eulerian nodes and lagrangian particles.

Documentation

The main input file "sopale_plot.xml" is heavily commented. The information in it is expected be sufficient for most users. If it is not, please say so. Get a copy as described below.

I/O

Input parameters are read from xml file(s). Output can be to X-Windows or a postscript file.

Running it - version 2.5

/home/dguptill/software/bmnt_library_2.5/bin/sopale_plot

usage: sopale_plot <input-file> [ <run_name> <proc> ]
  where:
    <input-file> is an input file for sopale_plot
      If it exists, it will be used.  No other parameters required
 
      If it does not exist,
        <run_name> is the sopale_nested run name.  aka nameout1.
        <proc> is a 2-digit process number.  00 for LS,  01 for nest #1, etc.
        The name sopale_plot.<run_name><proc>.xml will be substituted.
        If that exists, it will be used.
        If that does not exist, it will be created.
 
for example:
  sopale_plot x WGR13_P4_001_ 00

Running it - earlier versions

On the scrXm family, the stable, and geodyncomp

• make a plotting directory, and cd to it.
• Get a copy of a sopale_plot.xml file. The first time you might do this:
  cp -ip ~dguptill/software/bmnt_library/idl/sopale_plot.xml .
• edit sopale_plot.xml to suit your purposes
• run sopale_plot:
  . ~dguptill/software/bin/idl_setup.sh   only on geodyncomp
  ~dguptill/software/bmnt_library/bin/sopale_plot
  Since version 2.2.3, the input filename can have any name if supplied on the command line. For example:
  ~dguptill/software/bmnt_library/bin/sopale_plot sopale_plot.xml.LS-blowup

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