Introduction to Ascent

• First Light
  • Render a sample dataset using Ascent
• Conduit Basics
  • Creating key-value entries
  • Creating a path hierarchy
  • Setting array data
  • Zero-copy vs deep copy of array data
• Conduit Blueprint Mesh Examples
  • Creating a uniform grid with a single field
  • Creating an unstructured tet mesh with fields
  • Experimenting with the built-in braid example
• Rendering images with Scenes
  • Using multiple scenes to render different variables
  • Rendering multiple plots to a single image
  • Adjusting camera parameters
  • Changing the color tables
• Transforming data with Pipelines
  • Calculating and rendering contours
  • Combining threshold and clip transforms
  • Creating and rendering the multiple pipelines
• Capturing data with Extracts
  • Exporting input mesh data to Blueprint HDF5 files
  • Exporting selected fields from input mesh data to Blueprint HDF5 files
  • Exporting the result of a pipeline to Blueprint HDF5 files
  • Creating a Cinema image database for post-hoc exploration
  • Using a Python Extract to execute custom Python analysis
• Asking and answering questions with Queries
  • Extracting mesh cycle and entropy of a time varying mesh
• Adapting visualization with Triggers
  • Using triggers to render when events occur
• Data Binning
  • Binning data spatially

All Intro Examples

Tutorial Notebooks

• First Light: 01_ascent_first_light.ipynb

• Conduit Basics: 02_conduit_basics.ipynb

• Conduit Blueprint Mesh Examples: 03_conduit_blueprint_mesh_examples.cpp

• Scene Examples: 04_ascent_scene_examples.cpp

• Pipeline Examples: 05_ascent_pipeline_examples.cpp

• Extract Examples: 06_ascent_extract_examples.ipynb

• Query Examples: 07_ascent_query_examples.ipynb

• Trigger Examples: 08_ascent_trigger_examples.ipynb

• Binning Examples: 09_ascent_binning_examples.ipynb

C++ Examples

Example Makefile:

• Makefile

First Light:

• ascent_example1.cpp

Conduit Basics:

• conduit_example1.cpp

• conduit_example2.cpp

• conduit_example3.cpp

• conduit_example4.cpp

Conduit Blueprint Mesh Examples:

• blueprint_example2.cpp

• blueprint_example2.cpp

• blueprint_example2.cpp

Scene Examples:

• ascent_scene_example1.cpp

• ascent_scene_example2.cpp

• ascent_scene_example3.cpp

• ascent_scene_example4.cpp

Pipeline Examples:

• ascent_pipeline_example1.cpp

• ascent_pipeline_example2.cpp

• ascent_pipeline_example3.cpp

Extract Examples:

• ascent_extract_example1.cpp

• ascent_extract_example2.cpp

• ascent_extract_example2.cpp

Query Examples:

• ascent_query_example1.cpp

Trigger Examples:

• ascent_trigger_example1.cpp

Binning Examples:

• ascent_binning_example1.cpp

Python Examples

First Light:

• ascent_example1.py

Conduit Basics:

• conduit_example1.py

• conduit_example2.py

• conduit_example3.py

• conduit_example4.py

Conduit Blueprint Mesh Examples:

• blueprint_example2.py

• blueprint_example2.py

• blueprint_example2.py

Scene Examples:

• ascent_scene_example1.py

• ascent_scene_example2.py

• ascent_scene_example3.py

• ascent_scene_example4.py

Pipeline Examples:

• ascent_pipeline_example1.py

• ascent_pipeline_example2.py

• ascent_pipeline_example3.py

Extract Examples:

• ascent_extract_example1.py

• ascent_extract_example2.py

• ascent_extract_example2.py

Query Examples:

• ascent_query_example1.py

Trigger Examples:

• ascent_trigger_example1.py

Binning Examples:

• ascent_binning_example1.py