VisIt Overview

VisIt is an open-source tool for interactive visualization, animation, and analysis of data. It handles projects from small desktop-sized to large-scale simulations, allowing users to create visualizations, animate them, apply various operators and expressions, and save the results for presentations.

Learn How to Use VisIt

Read step-by-step instructions on getting started in the User Guide.

User Guide

Video Tutorials

WEBINAR - Intro to Scientific Visualization Tools in DesignSafe, June 7, 2017

VisIt Official Resources

VisIt Website

How to Cite VisIt & DesignSafe

Please include both of these citations if you use VisIt on DesignSafe.

VisIt:

Childs, H., Brugger, E., Whitlock, B., Meredith, J., Ahern, S., Pugmire, D., Biagas, K., Miller, M. C., Harrison, C., Weber, G. H., Krishnan, H., Fogal, T., Sanderson, A., Garth, C., Bethel, E. W., Camp, D., Rubel, O., Durant, M., Favre, J. M., & Navratil, P. (2012). High Performance Visualization--Enabling Extreme-Scale Scientific Insight. https://doi.org/10.1201/b12985

DesignSafe:

Rathje, E., Dawson, C. Padgett, J.E., Pinelli, J.-P., Stanzione, D., Adair, A., Arduino, P., Brandenberg, S.J., Cockerill, T., Dey, C., Esteva, M., Haan, Jr., F.L., Hanlon, M., Kareem, A., Lowes, L., Mock, S., and Mosqueda, G. 2017. “DesignSafe: A New Cyberinfrastructure for Natural Hazards Engineering,” ASCE Natural Hazards Review, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000246.

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