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Add VTKHDF output support for all structured mesh types (#3620) - #3877
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Thanks for the PR i am keen to see vtkhdf export as an option for these meshes, thanks for your efforts in adding this feature. My main question is about the code for sort each element's materials by material ID, is that something we need for the vtkhdf? It is a bit hard to review this PR as there are a lot of changes here that are unrelated to the objective of the PR, mainly formatting changes. While these are good it does swamp the actual code additions of the PR a bit. |
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Yeah, the material volume sorting is unrelated to the VTKHDF changes. It was a material ID ordering mismatch; the |
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I removed the duplicate tests and pushed to the branch, changed the type attribute, reverted some unrelated formatting changes (which I think are good, I am just trying to keep the PR minimal and on topic), So this addresses most of my earlier suggestions. A potential bugs that I just spotted is that the order used for RectilinearMesh/Cylindrical/Spherical. The PR uses .reshape(-1, 3) (C-order) which needs checking as I think this is not right. This needs checking up I think for those three meshes it would need changing from |
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It also looks like the RectilinearMesh vtkhdf writing only supports 3D meshes where the legacy vtk route supports both 1D/2D and 3D |
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The changes to volume_normalization=None also change the default behavior so I think this needs careful consideration. I've done a decent amount of changes on this PR, let me know if you are happy with the direction of the changes. |
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I have done a few more tidy up changes, overall this PR is IMO looking closer to complete. This PR is currently about 1/3 the original size, a shared helper function taking vertex_dims and points could help reduce the duplication a bit more but not sure if that is required. I think further improvements are needed for 1D and 2D meshes but it is perhaps best to wait to see if #3914 can be merged first which I think now blocks this PR |
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#3914 was merged 🎉 which helped simplify the tests a bit more and allows 1D and 2D meshes to be saved. I have brought this branch up to date with develop |
…ray length The VTKHDF UnstructuredGrid writer produced Offsets arrays with only n_cells entries. vtkHDFReader requires n_cells + 1 entries per the VTKHDF spec, so it loaded zero cells despite valid connectivity data.
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works for me with a small change 
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VTKHDF defines no StructuredGrid or RectilinearGrid dataset type, so the files written for the four structured mesh types were rejected by every VTK reader with "Unknown data set type: StructuredGrid" and loaded in ParaView as an empty object. A regular mesh is a uniform grid, so it is now written as ImageData, described by an extent, origin and spacing. This needs no point coordinates at all and is roughly four times smaller than before. The extent is padded to six entries so 1D and 2D meshes are valid. Rectilinear, cylindrical and spherical meshes are written as an UnstructuredGrid of linear hexahedra, matching what UnstructuredMesh already does. Points come from the existing vertices property, which reproduces the coordinates the four separate implementations were computing by hand, so those collapse into one shared method. Element ordering is unchanged, with the first mesh index varying fastest. Volume normalization now divides a flat dataset by volumes in the same order as the data rather than relying on broadcasting. The new tests read every file back with vtkHDFReader and check both the element data and the element geometry against the mesh vertices. All eight fail on the previous output and pass on this.
Used in one place, so a named constant does not earn its keep.
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This looks good to me now. I should flag though that I have pushed a fair amount to this PR myself, so it would be worth having a separate reviewer take a look at it rather than just me. For anyone picking it up, this is what I changed on top of the original work:
I have checked all four mesh types load in ParaView and that the element data matches what the legacy ASCII writer produces. If you want to make a vtkhdf file for each mesh type to look at yourself, this does it with plain numpy arrays so there is no need to run a simulation: import numpy as np
import openmc
meshes = {}
mesh = openmc.RegularMesh()
mesh.lower_left = (-10., -10., -10.)
mesh.upper_right = (10., 10., 10.)
mesh.dimension = (6, 8, 10)
meshes['regular'] = mesh
mesh = openmc.RectilinearMesh()
mesh.x_grid = np.linspace(-10., 10., 7)
mesh.y_grid = np.linspace(-10., 10., 9)
mesh.z_grid = np.linspace(-10., 10., 11)
meshes['rectilinear'] = mesh
meshes['cylindrical'] = openmc.CylindricalMesh(
r_grid=np.linspace(0., 10., 7),
phi_grid=np.linspace(0., 2*np.pi, 17),
z_grid=np.linspace(-10., 10., 11),
)
meshes['spherical'] = openmc.SphericalMesh(
r_grid=np.linspace(0., 10., 7),
theta_grid=np.linspace(0., np.pi, 10),
phi_grid=np.linspace(0., 2*np.pi, 17),
)
for name, mesh in meshes.items():
n_i, n_j, n_k = mesh.dimension
ones = np.ones(mesh.dimension)
datasets = {
'i_index': np.arange(n_i)[:, None, None] * ones,
'j_index': np.arange(n_j)[None, :, None] * ones,
'k_index': np.arange(n_k)[None, None, :] * ones,
}
mesh.write_data_to_vtk(
filename=f'{name}.vtkhdf',
datasets=datasets,
volume_normalization=False,
)
print(f'{name}.vtkhdf dimension={tuple(mesh.dimension)} {mesh.n_elements} elements')which gives Each file carries three arrays. Colouring by |
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🟡 Minor · Filter cell data to emitted cells. · mesh.py:3529-3534
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winFilter cell data to emitted cells.
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UnstructuredMeshcontains_UNSUPPORTED_ELEM, the geometry loop skips that element, but the cell-data loop writes all dataset values. This can create a VTKHDF cell-data length mismatch and shift values after the skipped element. Filter each dataset and the normalization volumes with the same supported-cell mask.Suggested fix
n_skipped = 0 + supported_cells = np.isin( + self.element_types, (self._LINEAR_TET, self._LINEAR_HEX) + ) for conn, etype in zip(self.connectivity, self.element_types): ... for name, data in datasets.items(): data = np.asarray(data, dtype="float64") + data = data[supported_cells] if volume_normalization: - data /= self.volumes + data /= self.volumes[supported_cells] cell_data_group.create_dataset(🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 1072-1078: Reshape validated multidimensional datasets to
self.dimension before volume normalization in the VTK writing flow, so padded
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UnstructuredMesh VTKHDF exporter to use the same supported-cell mask as the
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A multidimensional dataset with trailing axes of size one omitted, such as (2, 2) for a mesh of dimension (2, 2, 1), broadcast against the volumes and wrote more cell values than there are cells.
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Code Rabbit noticed a couple of things, I have fixed the one that is related to the changes in this PR. The other suggestion 🐇 made is actually in develop already so that predates this PR and is a minor bug present for both vtk and vtkhdf export on unstructured mesh which would only impact mesh types that are not tet or hex. |
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🟡 Minor · Preserve float64 coordinates in the VTKHDF output. · mesh.py:3505
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dtype="f"creates a float32Pointsdataset. The assignment convertsself.verticesto float32, so valid nearby vertices can become identical and alter exported cell geometry. Use the previous float64 dtype.Suggested fix
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PR #3252 added
.vtkhdfoutput forUnstructuredMesh. This PR extends that support to all four structured mesh types —RegularMesh,RectilinearMesh,CylindricalMesh, andSphericalMesh— following the same pattern. The legacy ASCII.vtkpath is unchanged.Changes
StructuredMesh.write_data_to_vtk.T.ravel()in the ASCII path for 3D datasets. The transpose is now conditional:RegularMeshandRectilinearMeshstore data in C (ijk) order that matches the VTK writer directly — no transpose is needed or correct.CylindricalMeshandSphericalMeshstill require the transpose to produce Fortran (kji) order expected by the curvilinear VTK writer. The same condition applies tovolumesduring normalization.RegularMesh._write_vtk_hdf5(new method)StructuredGridVTKHDF format with explicitPoints,Dimensions, andCellData, consistent with the existingUnstructuredMeshVTKHDF writer.Typeattribute written as a fixed-length ASCII HDF5 string viah5py.string_dtype, matching theUnstructuredMeshpattern. Without this, h5py stores a variable-length string that reads back asstrrather thanbytes, breaking== b"StructuredGrid"comparisons in VTK readers.Dimensionscarries onlyndimentries (not padded to 3), so 1D and 2D meshes write the correct number of dimensions.datasets=None, calls_reshape_vtk_datasetbefore validation, and validates both shape and element count.RectilinearMesh._write_vtk_hdf5,CylindricalMesh._write_vtk_hdf5,SphericalMesh._write_vtk_hdf5(new methods)RegularMesh._write_vtk_hdf5. Points are computed from the respective coordinate grids: Cartesian forRectilinearMesh, converted from(r, φ, z)forCylindricalMesh, and from(r, θ, φ)forSphericalMesh, each respecting the meshorigin.vtkRectilinearGridis not part of the VTKHDF spec, soRectilinearMeshusesStructuredGridas the closest equivalent.New tests (
test_mesh.py)test_write_vtkhdf_regular_mesh— checksStructuredGridtype,Points,Dimensions, andCellDatastructure.test_write_vtkhdf_rectilinear_mesh— checks file is created andCellDatais populated.test_write_vtkhdf_cylindrical_mesh— checks vertexDimensionsmatch(nr+1, nφ+1, nz+1).test_write_vtkhdf_spherical_mesh— checksPointsandCellDataare present.test_write_vtkhdf_volume_normalization— verifies both normalised and unnormalised output against known cell volumes.test_write_vtkhdf_multiple_datasets— verifies multiple named datasets are written with correct data ordering (data.T.ravel()).test_write_vtkhdf_invalid_data_shape— verifiesValueErroris raised for shape mismatches.test_write_vtkhdf_1d_mesh— verifies a 1DRegularMeshwrites successfully without hitting the 3D-only volumes guard.test_write_vtkhdf_2d_mesh— verifies a 2DRegularMeshwrites the correct number ofDimensionsentries.test_write_ascii_vtk_unchanged— round-trip test confirming the legacy.vtkpath is unaffected by these changes.Fixes #3620
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