In addition to Forte's standard spatially resolved outputs, additional outputs are available under the Additional Outputs workflow tree item. Currently, EnSight DVS (Dynamic Visualization Store) is offered as an additional output format.
The advantages of this format over Forte standard output formats are:
Optimized loading in EnSight (reduced time to load and reduced time stepping through transient solution points).
Smaller file sizes.
Better performance during solution writing, especially for cluster runs with large numbers of processes.
To utilize the EnSight DVS format, add one or more instances of a DVS output available on the Additional Output editor panel's icon bar.
The output settings follow the same structure as Forte’s native spatially resolved outputs.
Note: DVS output can be enabled independently from Forte’s spatially resolved output. It therefore often makes sense to disable Forte’s spatially resolved output when using DVS.
The DVS results will be contained in a subfolder of the run directory, named according to the user-supplied name of the DVS output added to the workflow tree. To load the results in EnSight, within an EnSight session choose File > Open and select the .dvs file from this directory, or use the EnSight launcher shortcut on Forte’s Run panel, which will search for and provide a list of available .dvs files in the analysis directory that can be preselected and passed to the newly launched EnSight instance.