[Scilab-Dev] idea for the google summer of code

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello Pierre,

Le vendredi 20 mars 2009 à 00:13 +0100, Pierre JUILLARD a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to suggest a development idea for Scilab related to File
> Import/Export section.
> 
> It would be interesting to allow import/export of XDMF files, which
> are files that can contain simulation data (mesh + mechanical data)
> which can be time varying, and in a future not so far I hope, also
> dealing with integration point directly.
> 
> It may actually be more interesting than having a compatibility with
> the VTK format as suggested in
> http://wiki.scilab.org/Ideas_of_development_for_Scilab
> because behind XDMF is also Kitware
> (http://xdmf.org/index.php/Main_Page), and they currently support and
> improve more frequently the XDMF than VTK file format.
OK, thanks for the information.

> XDMF is intended to be a standard interchange data format for
> numerical simulations (as many others unfortunately), but with Kitware
> directly supporting it (and other american labs), and the fact that it
> begins to be considered in other open source projects, it stands as a
> quite promising solution. This is why it would be interesting to have
> it also in Scilab, such that one may process mechanical data or mesh
> directly in Scilab then for further post-treatments.
> 
> Also, XDMF can be opened in ParaView or VIsit, so I guess it fulfills
> needs expressed behind the idea "Export scene to the VTK format".
> 
> I hope that you will consider favorably this idea.
Indeed, could you update the page with your idea ? 

Thanks,
Sylvestre