petsc-3.4.5 2014-06-29

SectionRealView

Views a Section object.

#include "petscdmmesh.h"   
PetscErrorCode SectionRealView(SectionReal section, PetscViewer viewer)

Collective on Section

	section	- the Section
	viewer	- an optional visualization context

The available visualization contexts include

	PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF	- standard output (default)
	PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD	- synchronized standard output where only the first processor opens the file. All other processors send their data to the first processor to print.

You can change the format the section is printed using the option PetscViewerSetFormat().

The user can open alternative visualization contexts with

The user can call PetscViewerSetFormat() to specify the output format of ASCII printed objects (when using PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF, PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD and PetscViewerASCIIOpen). Available formats include

	PetscViewerASCIIOpen()	- Outputs section to a specified file
	PetscViewerBinaryOpen()	- Outputs section in binary to a specified file; corresponding input uses SectionLoad()
	PetscViewerDrawOpen()	- Outputs section to an X window display

	PETSC_VIEWER_DEFAULT	- default, prints section information
	PETSC_VIEWER_ASCII_VTK	- outputs a VTK file describing the section