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

[Pierre JUILLARD]

done!

But I am not able to evaluate the difficulty of such a development...


Regards,


Pierre

2009/3/20 Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org>

> 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
>
>
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