Description: The pre-processing such as geometry cleanup, repair, defeaturing, and mesh generation usually takes 50 to 60% effort of a whole project in most large-scale engineering simulations with complicated geometries. This short training is to expand users’ knowledge of Ansys meshing capabilities. The lecture focuses on mesh optimization and control, mesh statistics and metrics, cell intersection and inflation collision remedy, smooth mesh transition, different approaches to multi-body parts and multiple-body parts, among other topics. 

Day 1 focuses on Ansys meshing fundamentals and method methods/algorithms. Day 2 focuses on global and control mesh controls and optimization following by an exercise of tutorials.

Presenter(s): Dr. Shaolin Mao, GDIT / PET
Location: Webcast
Date & Time: January 25 & 26, 2022, 2:00p - 4:00p ET

Distribution Statement D. Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, Administrative or Operational Use, 26 January 2022.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Computing Modernization Office, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Description: Post-processing and visualization are necessary steps to understand and interpret results from computational simulations. ANSYS EnSight is a tool commonly used for this task. Processing a small number of cases can be straightforward but it becomes increasingly time-consuming for many cases. This includes parametric studies that use varying simulation parameters or geometries. In addition, the details of the simulation itself and the requirements for reporting can add to the complexity and time required for post-processing.

Description: Understand, explore, and effectively present data using the powerful data visualization techniques of Python. Data visualization is intended to display information clearly and to aid the viewer in gaining a relatively quick understanding of what the data communicates. The well-known expression that a picture is worth a thousand words may be rephrased as “a picture tells a story as well as a large collection of words.” Professional-looking plots are also important for publications and presentations.

This will be a brief overview of many of the available visualization techniques but will not go into too much depth on a single topic. Numerous examples will be provided though no exercises.

Presenter(s): Dr. Sean Ziegeler, GDIT / PET
Location: Webcast
Date & Time: December 14, 2021, 2:00p - 3:30p ET

Distribution Statement D. Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, Administrative or Operational Use, 14 December 2021.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Computing Modernization Office, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Description: CUBIT is a geometry creation and 2-D & 3-D finite element meshing tool from Sandia National Laboratories. It is used as a pre-processor for a number of physics-based simulation codes (e.g. CREATE-RF SENTRi). In addition to a Graphical User Interface, CUBIT also has its own scripting and command line language which enables users to automate geometry and mesh generation. An introduction to some important basic and advanced features of CUBIT will be covered in this training. This class will be suitable for new to intermediate level users of CUBIT.

Presenter(s): Dr. Steve Wong, GDIT/PET
Location: Webcast
Date & Time: October 12, 2021, 2:00p – 3:30p ET

Distribution Statement D. Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, Administrative or Operational Use, 27 September 2021.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Computing Modernization Office, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Description: This training introduces SyncVis, a heterogeneous data multi-View visualization application that is deployed on HPCMP resources in a singularity container and displayed on your local workstation. The coordinated views currently implemented in SyncVis are: Map Selector, Stacked Area Chart, Variable Selector, Cubist Diagram, Parallel Coordinates, Histogram Selector and Visual Filter. We will demonstrate how to deploy and display SyncVis as well as how to add custom views/visualizations to the current SyncVis application.

Presenter(s): Olena Tkachenko, GDIT / PET
Location: Webcast
Date & Time: July 29, 2021, 2:00p - 3:30p ET

Distribution Statement D. Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, Administrative or Operational Use, 29 July 2021.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Computing Modernization Office, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Description: Part one of a planned two part CUBIT course, modeled after the tutorial sessions conducted by the Sandia National Laboratories CUBIT development team.  The course will help establish a proficiency for new users to successfully generate finite element meshes using CUBIT for use in their applications.

Presenter: Dr. David Littlefield, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Date/Location: September 28, 2017, ERDC Vicksburg, MS

Distribution Statement D. Distribution limited to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, for administrative or operational use, 28 September 2017.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Modernization Office, 10501 Furnace Road, Suite 101, Lorton, VA 22079.

Description: This course introduces users to VisIt, a scientific visualization software application.

Presenter: Steve M Legensky, iLight

Date/Location: March 29-30, 2016, HEAT Center

Distribution Statement D. Distribution limited to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, for administrative or operational use, 30 March 2016.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Modernization Office, 10501 Furnace Road, Suite 101, Lorton, VA 22079.

Description: EnSight V10 introduces an all new user interface - similar to V9 in some respects but entirely different in others. The purpose of this class is to give existing users a quick overview of differences so they may be more productive when they first start V10 up.

Presenter: Anders Grimsrud, CEI

Date/Location: February 16, 2012, ARL/APG

Distribution Statement D. Distribution limited to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, for administrative or operational use, 16 February 2012.  Other requests for this document shall be referred to the High Performance Modernization Office, 10501 Furnace Road, Suite 101, Lorton, VA 22079.

Description: Streamlit is an open-source Python library that enables users to rapidly create interactive web-based applications that can be served in a local browser. Standard Python scripts can be easily converted into interactive applications with minimal code changes and no experience with web specific languages like HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

The ability to modify and visualize data science workflows in a browser is a powerful alternative to using a web-based interactive development environment (IDE) like Jupyter. Streamlit directly supports a wide range of application components needed to process user inputs and display information: widgets, forms, text, tables, charts, etc. In addition, many third-party integrations exist to extend core capabilities to include code editors, VTK, plotting, and other dynamic content.

This seminar will cover the basics of building Python applications in Streamlit with a focus on data science workflows, machine learning and visualization. Users will learn about Streamlet’s core model for serving dynamic content, storing session states, and caching data. These concepts will enable users to build their own interactive application from the ground up. Architectural considerations for organizing applications and building modular, reusable components for more dynamic user interactions will be reviewed as well.