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Setting the parallel launch method

The parallel launch method option allows you to specify which launch program should be used to execute the parallel compute engine. This setting depends on the computer where you plan to run the compute engine and how the computer is configured. Some computers have multiple launch programs depending on which part of the parallel machine you want to use. The table below lists some common Operating System/Launch program pairs.

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Working with files

Describes how to select and open files for visualization.

Plots

Describes the concept of a plot and how to create them as well as detailed information about all VisIt plots.

Operators

Describes the concept of an operator and how to create them as well as information on all VisIt operators.

Saving and Printing

Describes how to save and print images.

Visualization windows

Describes how to interact with VisIt's visualization windows.

Subsetting

Describes the concept of a subset and tells how to create subsets.

Quantitative Analysis

Describes how to extract quantitative data from visualizations. This includes pick and reference lines.

Making it Pretty

Describes how to improve the presentation quality of visualizations using colors, annotations, lighting and view.

Animation and Keyframing

Describes how to view time varying databases as animations.

Interactive Tools

Describes how to interactively slice plots using VisIt's interactive tools.

Multiple Databases and Windows

Describes how to use database correlations and how to visualize databases using mulitple visualization windows.

Remote Visualization

Describes how to run VisIt's compute engine on remote computers.

Preferences

Describes how to set GUI look and feel preferences.

Help

Describes how to use VisIt's online help.

Appendix A

Describes VisIt's command line options.

Appendix B

Describes how to set up password-less ssh.

Appendix C

Describes how to install VisIt.

In addition to choosing a launch program, you can also elect to give it additional command line options to influence how it launches your compute engine. To give additional command line options to the launch program, click the Additional launcher arguments check box and type command line options into the text field to the right of that check box.