Merge pull request #713 from arswalid/visit

Visit (updated content and pictures)

docs/Documentation/Viz_Analytics/visit.md

@@ -10,38 +10,39 @@ VisIt was designed to handle very large data set sizes in the terascale range, a
 For more information on VisIt, see their [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory website](https://wci.llnl.gov/simulation/computer-codes/visit).
 
 ## Using VisIT
+VisIT can be used through the GUI on DAV nodes 
 
-???+ "Note:"
-      VisIT Client/Sever mode is only supported on Eagle. 
+```
+module load visit 
+visit 
+```
 
 VisIt features a robust remote visualization capability.  To enable remote visualization (client/server), follow these steps.
 
-1. On Eagle, add:
+1. On Kestrel, add:
     ```
-    module use /nopt/nrel/apps/modules/centos74/modulefiles
-    module load visit/2.13.3-mesa
+    module load visit
     ```
     to your `.bashrc` file in the home directory
-2. On a local machine, download VisIt 2.13.3 for the appropriate platform from the [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory VisIt site](https://wci.llnl.gov/simulation/computer-codes/visit/executables).
+2. On a local machine, download VisIt 3.3.3 for the appropriate platform from the [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory VisIt site](https://wci.llnl.gov/simulation/computer-codes/visit/executables).
 3. The installed profile can be viewed and edited by clicking on 'Options → Host profiles ... '. A remote host profile should appear.
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-5a.png)
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-5b.png)
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-5a.png)
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-5b.png)
 4. Go to Launch Profiles.
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-6.png)
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-6.png)
 5. Go to the Parallel tab, set up the job parameters, select sbatch/srun for ‘Parallel launch method’ and then click Apply.
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-software-visit-step7.png)
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-software-visit-step7.png)
 6. To connect to VisIt, go to File → Open file
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-8.png)
-7. In the Host option, click on the drop down menu and choose the host Eagle_short
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-9.png)
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-8.png)
+7. In the Host option, click on the drop down menu and choose the host kestrel.hpc.nrel.gov
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-9.png)
 8. It will display a window with an option to change the username, if the username is not correct, then click on change username. *This is your HPC username*
 9. Type your HPC username and click Confirm username.
 10. Enter your HPC password and click OK.
-11. Wait for visit client to connect to the server on Eagle.
+11. Wait for visit client to connect to the server on Kestrel.
 12. Enter the directory where your data is located into Path.
-![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/eagle-14.png)
+![Alt text](/assets/images/VisIT/kestrel-14.png)
 13. Once you choose your data file, VisIt will display the job information; you can change them and then click OK.
-14. VisIt will display the following window.
-15. Once the job is submitted, you can start applying visualization filters to your data. For the job information:
+14. Once the job is submitted, you can start applying visualization filters to your data. For the job information:
     - Bank / Account: enter the project name you are charging to.
     - Time limit: enter the time you need for the job in the following format H:M:S.