MFIX Support

The MFIX support developed at PSC consists of several tools and their documentation. Please contact Kent Eschenberg (eschenbe@psc.edu) with questions and comments. All tools have been developed with open-source software for Linux systems.

Tools

These packages include stand-alone programs as well as subroutine libraries. All include installation notes in the user guide or as a separate document.

It is generally not wise to substitute files in one download (for instance, libbio.c) with files of the same name from another download as the files may contain different code versions.

• Mavis
  
  An interactive scientific visualization and analysis program for exploring multi-variate structured data sets such as that those produced by the MFIX simulation (www.mfix.org). The program uses the MfixReader library (included in the download)
  
  
  • Installation   Simplified   Printable
  • User Guide   Simplified   Printable
  • Release Notes   Simplified   Printable
  • Download 1.6
  • Download 1.7
  
  
• py2dx
  
  A Python extension for the OpenDX visualization package. With it, a Python program can start OpenDX, load or define a network, and manipulate the modules.
  
  
  • Installation   Simplified   Printable
  • User Guide   Simplified   Printable
  • Download 2.0
  
  
• m2e
  
  A program that translate MFIX data files to Ensight 6 data files. The program uses the MfixReader library (included in the download).
  
  
  • User Guide   Simplified   Printable
  • Download 3.4
  • Download 3.5
  
  
• m2t
  
  A program that prints information from MFIX data files. The program uses the MfixReader library (included in the download).
  
  
  • User Guide   Simplified   Printable
  • Download 1.4
  
  
• MfixReader
  
  A library of routines that can read MFIX data files. Not a complete program - just a library that can be used to create an application. The download includes additional required libraries for general C setup and debugging (kLib) and binary data conversion (libbio).
  
  
  • User Guide   Simplified   Printable
  • Download 3.11
  • Download 3.14

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