MeshTV is an interactive program that visualizes and analyzes scientific data. MeshTV reads SILO 1 data files, which allows it to run on many hardware platforms. MeshTV handles 1D, 2D, and 3D data and provides a variety of data operations, enabling it to be both a visualization tool and a data analysis program. This manual covers the MeshTV Graphical User Interface (GUI). A full description for using the SILO data format with MeshTV can be found in the SILO-MeshTV Manual 2 , and instructions for writing SILO files can be found in the SILO User's Guide 3 .
While MeshTV has a Command Line Interface (CLI) 4 , most people prefer to use MeshTV's GUI. If you are just starting to use MeshTV for the first time, you might want to read the MeshTV Getting Started Manual 5 , which contains tutorials and descriptions of important MeshTV assumptions. If you are interested in the Command Line Interface, please see the MeshTV Command Line Interface Manual .
This manual details the capabilities provided by the MeshTV GUI, explaining the function of various options in the different windows. It also describes the GUI elements of the visualization windows. It is broken into chapters, as described in Manual chapters .
1. A library developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to handle scientific database issues, such as cross-platform compatibility, mesh, material, and variable data structures, and multidimensional arrays.
4. MeshTV Command Line Interface Manual, UCRL-MA-127443. See On-line help to learn how to access this manual from within MeshTV.
5. MeshTV Getting Started Manual, UCRL-MA-127442. See On-line help to learn how to access this manual from within MeshTV.