Tutorial Overview¶

This tutorial introduces how to use Ascent, including basics about:

Formatting mesh data for Ascent

Using Conduit and Ascent’s Conduit-based API

Using and combining Ascent’s core building blocks: Scenes, Pipelines, Extracts, Queries, and Triggers

Using Ascent with the Cloverleaf3D example integration

Ascent installs include standalone C++, Python, and Python-based Jupyter notebook examples for this tutorial. You can find the tutorial source code and notebooks in your Ascent install directory under examples/ascent/tutorial/ascent_intro/ and the Cloverleaf3D demo files under examples/ascent/tutorial/cloverleaf_demos/.

Tutorials:

In-Situ Analysis and Visualization with Ascent and ParaView Catalyst - November 2023, Denver, CO, USA
Introduction to Ascent, a Flyweight In Situ Visualization and Analysis for HPC Simulations @ LLNL’s RADIUSS AWS Tutorial Series 2023 - August 2023, Virtual
Introduction to Ascent, a Flyweight In Situ Visualization and Analysis for HPC Simulations @ LLNL’s RADIUSS AWS Tutorial Series 2022 - August 2022, Virtual
In Situ Analysis and Visualization with ParaView Catalyst and Ascent @ ISC 2022 - May 2022, Hamburg, Germany
ECP 2022 Annual Meeting - May 2022, Virtual
In Situ Analysis and Visualization with SENSEI and Ascent @ SC21 - Nov 2021, Virtual
ECP 2021 Annual Meeting - April 2021, Virtual
In Situ Scientific Analysis and Visualization using ALPINE Ascent @ ECP Training Event - Dec 2020, Virtual
In Situ Analysis and Visualization with SENSEI and Ascent @ SC20 - Nov 2020, Virtual
ECP 2020 Annual Meeting - Feb 2020, Houston, TX, USA
In Situ Analysis and Visualization with SENSEI and Ascent @ SC19 - Nov 2019, Denver, CO, USA
ECP 2019 Annual Meeting - Jan 2019, Houston, TX, USA
ECP 2018 Annual Meeting - Feb 2018, Knoxville, TX, USA