Plaspp: A New X-Ray Postprocessing Capability for ASCI Codes
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States), Gregory Pollak, USDOE · 2003
This report announces the availability of the beta version of a (partly) new code, Plaspp (Plasma Postprocessor). This code postprocesses (graphics) dumps from at least two ASCI code suites: Crestone Project and Shavano Project. The basic structure of the code follows that of TDG, the equivalent postprocessor code for LASNEX. In addition to some new commands, the basic differences between TDG and Plaspp are the following: Plaspp uses a graphics dump instead of the unique TDG dump, it handles the unstructured meshes that the ASCI codes produce, and it can use its own multigroup opacity data. Because of the dump format, this code should be useable by any code that produces Cartesian, cylindrical, or spherical graphics formats. This report details the new commands; the required information to be placed on the dumps; some new commands and edits that are applicable to TDG as well, but have not been documented elsewhere; and general information about execution on the open and secure networks.