ParaView (Visualization)

Overview and Setup  

ParaView is an open-source designed for data analysis and visualization. It enables users to create visualizations to analyze data using both qualitative and quantitative techniques.

To access the OOD web portal, please refer to our Getting Started with Open OnDemand documentation page. Once logged into the portal, you can launch ParaView from under the Visualization header.

Configuring ParaView  

To get started, connect to OOD and choose ParaView from the Visualization header.

In the submission form, you can choose the account, partition, the length of your job, the number of cores, and the node type.

  Note

• For account, put whatever group account you’re associated with. If you do not have a group account, use free.
• The partition is always ood
• Node type is any

After you click “Launch”, a new session will be queued. Once the session is active your page will appear as follows:

When launching ParaView, you’ll notice two key sliders: compression and image quality. These settings can greatly affect your overall experience. To optimize performance, we suggest cranking up the image quality slider to the highest setting (9). If you’re not satisfied with the result, it’s easy to close the tab, adjust the sliders, and start again. Experimentation is key to finding the perfect balance between performance and visual quality for your environment.

Using ParaView  

Click on “Launch ParaView” to begin using ParaView. Once you have entered your session, you should see the ParaView page below:

This is a typical ParaView interface that should be familiar to frequent users.