add low order refine option to the relay extract

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project aspires to adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/s
 - vtk-m@2.1.0
 
 ### Added
+- Added `refinement_level` option to Relay Extract. When used this will refine high order meshes to a low order representation and save the low order result as the extract data.
 - Added parameters to control HDF5 compression options to the Relay Extract.
 - Added check to make sure all domain IDs are unique
 - Added a `vtk` extract that saves each mesh domain to a legacy vtk file grouped, with all domain data grouped by a `.visit` file.

src/libs/ascent/runtimes/flow_filters/ascent_runtime_relay_filters.cpp

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <ascent_mpi_utils.hpp>
 #include <ascent_runtime_utils.hpp>
 #include <ascent_runtime_param_check.hpp>
+#include "ascent_transmogrifier.hpp"
 
 #include <flow_graph.hpp>
 #include <flow_workspace.hpp>
@@ -336,6 +337,19 @@ verify_io_params(const conduit::Node &params,
             info["info"].append() = "includes 'num_files'";
         }
     }
+
+    if( params.has_child("refinement_level") )
+    {
+        if(!params["refinement_level"].dtype().is_integer())
+        {
+            info["errors"].append() = "optional entry 'refinement_level' must be an integer";
+            res = false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            info["info"].append() = "includes 'refinement_level'";
+        }
+    }
 
 #if defined(ASCENT_HDF5_ENABLED)
     if( params.has_child("hdf5_options") )
@@ -415,6 +429,7 @@ verify_io_params(const conduit::Node &params,
     valid_paths.push_back("protocol");
     valid_paths.push_back("fields");
     valid_paths.push_back("num_files");
+    valid_paths.push_back("refinement_level");
     ignore_paths.push_back("fields");
 #if defined(ASCENT_HDF5_ENABLED)
     ignore_paths.push_back("hdf5_options");
@@ -550,12 +565,46 @@ RelayIOSave::execute()
         ASCENT_ERROR("relay_io_save requires a DataObject input");
     }
 
+    // check if user requested lor for export
+    int lor_level = -1;
+    if(params().has_child("refinement_level"))
+    {
+        lor_level = params()["refinement_level"].to_int();
+    }
+
     DataObject *data_object  = input<DataObject>("in");
     if(!data_object->is_valid())
     {
       return;
     }
-    std::shared_ptr<Node> n_input = data_object->as_node();
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Node> n_input;
+    int tmogr_ref_level = Transmogrifier::m_refinement_level;
+    // check if user requested lor for export
+    if(lor_level >0)
+    {
+      // check if extract params are the same as global lor setting
+      if(lor_level != tmogr_ref_level)
+      {
+          // not the same, preserve global setting
+          //push
+          Transmogrifier::m_refinement_level = lor_level;
+      }
+
+      n_input = data_object->as_low_order_bp();
+
+      if(lor_level != Transmogrifier::m_refinement_level)
+      {
+          // not the same, restore global setting
+          // pop
+          Transmogrifier::m_refinement_level = tmogr_ref_level;
+      }
+
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        n_input = data_object->as_node();
+    }
 
     Node *in = n_input.get();
 
@@ -638,7 +687,9 @@ RelayIOSave::execute()
         result_path = path;
     }
 #if defined(ASCENT_HDF5_ENABLED)
-    else if( protocol == "blueprint/mesh/hdf5" || protocol == "hdf5")
+    else if( protocol == "blueprint" ||
+             protocol == "blueprint/mesh/hdf5" ||
+             protocol == "hdf5")
     {
         mesh_blueprint_save(selected,
                             path,
@@ -648,21 +699,23 @@ RelayIOSave::execute()
                             result_path);
     }
 #endif
-    else if( protocol == "blueprint/mesh/json" || protocol == "json")
+    else if( protocol == "blueprint" ||
+             protocol == "blueprint/mesh/yaml" ||
+             protocol == "yaml")
     {
         mesh_blueprint_save(selected,
                             path,
-                            "json",
+                            "yaml",
                             num_files,
                             extra_opts,
                             result_path);
 
     }
-    else if( protocol == "blueprint/mesh/yaml" || protocol == "yaml")
+    else if( protocol == "blueprint/mesh/json" || protocol == "json")
     {
         mesh_blueprint_save(selected,
                             path,
-                            "yaml",
+                            "json",
                             num_files,
                             extra_opts,
                             result_path);

src/tests/ascent/t_ascent_relay.cpp

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ TEST(ascent_relay, test_relay_hdf5_opts)
                                               data);
 
     EXPECT_TRUE(conduit::blueprint::mesh::verify(data,verify_info));
-    // change values -- zeros compress nicely .... 
+    // change values -- zeros compress nicely ....
     float64_array vals = data["fields/field/values"].value();
     vals.fill(0);
     index_t nele = vals.number_of_elements();
@@ -988,6 +988,79 @@ TEST(ascent_relay, test_relay_sparse_topos)
 }
 
 
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+TEST(ascent_relay, test_relay_lor_extract)
+{
+    Node n;
+    ascent::about(n);
+    //
+    // Create an example mesh.
+    //
+    Node data,verify_info;
+    conduit::relay::io::blueprint::read_mesh(test_data_file("taylor_green.cycle_001860.root"),
+                                             data);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(conduit::blueprint::mesh::verify(data,verify_info));
+
+    string output_path = prepare_output_dir();
+    string output_file = conduit::utils::join_file_path(output_path,"tout_relay_ho_no_lor");
+
+    conduit::Node actions;
+    // add the extracts
+    conduit::Node &add_extracts = actions.append();
+    add_extracts["action"] = "add_extracts";
+    Node &extracts = add_extracts["extracts"];
+
+    extracts["e1/type"]  = "relay";
+
+    extracts["e1/params/path"] = output_file;
+    extracts["e1/params/protocol"] = "blueprint";
+
+    std::cout << actions.to_yaml() << std::endl;
+
+    //
+    // Run Ascent
+    //
+    Ascent ascent;
+    ascent.open();
+    ascent.publish(data);
+    ascent.execute(actions);
+    ascent.close();
+    // check that we created an extract file
+    EXPECT_TRUE(conduit::utils::is_file(output_file + ".cycle_001860.root"));
+
+    output_file = conduit::utils::join_file_path(output_path,"tout_relay_ho_lor_5");
+
+    conduit::Node actions2;
+    // add the extracts
+    conduit::Node &add_extracts2 = actions2.append();
+    add_extracts2["action"] = "add_extracts";
+    Node &extracts2 = add_extracts2["extracts"];
+
+    extracts2["e1/type"]  = "relay";
+
+    extracts2["e1/params/path"] = output_file;
+    extracts2["e1/params/refinement_level"] = 5;
+    extracts2["e1/params/protocol"] = "blueprint";
+
+    std::cout << actions2.to_yaml() << std::endl;
+
+    //
+    // Run Ascent
+    //
+    Ascent ascent2;
+    ascent2.open();
+    ascent2.publish(data);
+    ascent2.execute(actions2);
+    ascent2.close();
+    // check that we created an extract file
+    EXPECT_TRUE(conduit::utils::is_file(output_file + ".cycle_001860.root"));
+    std::string msg = "An example of creating a relay extract "
+                      "with low order refined data.";
+    ASCENT_ACTIONS_DUMP(actions2,output_file,msg);
+}
+
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {