Run Mesh Convert/Check/Stats

Standalone ACDTool mesh operations are provided for evaluating analysis mesh quality prior to submitting ACE3P analysis jobs. These operations can be selected from the Attribute Editor in the Modules tab. Set the Analysis field to ACDTool, and select from the mesh options listed in the ACDTool field.

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After setting the mesh operation in the Modules tab, submit the ACDTool job in the usual way, by opening the ACE3P menu and selecting the Submit Analysis Job… item.

Note

Be sure to run all ACDTool jobs, including mesh operations, with one processing node and one core.

The format of your local mesh file will determine which stand-alone mesh operations to run.

  • For Geneses (.gen) mesh files, use the Mesh Convert option. When submitted to NERSC, ACDTool will convert the file to NetCDF format and then run Mesh Stats on the .ncdf file. The acdtool.log file generated by ACDTool is copied to a meshconvert.log file on the NERSC file system, so that the data will not be overwritten by other ACDTool jobs you might run.

  • For NetCDF (.ncdf) mesh files, you can use the Mesh Check and Mesh Stats options. The acdtool.log file from these operations will be copied to meshcheck.log or meshstats.log, respectively, on the NERSC file system.