This archive contains the C++ implementation of our paper, which is integrated in a custom version of TTK (ttk directory), as well as scripts to reproduce performance numbers (benchmarks, see the README.md there).

Building and installing our implementation

The following instructions describe the installation process for a recent Ubuntu Linux operating system. These instructions may need to be adapted if you use a different version or a different operating system.

Installing the dependencies

Several dependencies need to be installed. Under Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get install cmake-qt-gui
$ sudo apt-get install libvtk7-dev
$ sudo apt-get install qt5-default qttools5-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev

Downloading ParaView

Our implementation is based on TTK. It requires to build ParaView v5.7.0 from source. Note that the code will not build for any other version. Under ubuntu:

$ wget "https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.7&type=source&os=Sources&downloadFile=ParaView-v5.7.0.tar.gz" -O ParaView-v5.7.0.tar.gz
$ tar xvzf ParaView-v5.7.0.tar.gz

Patching ParaView

Now, go to our source directory (ttk), specifically under the subdirectory ttk/paraview/patch. From there:

$ ./patch-paraview-5.7.0.sh <path to your decompressed ParaView source tree, cf above>

Configuring, building and installing ParaView

In ParaView's source tree, create a build subdirectory and enter it. There, call cmake as follows:

$ cmake .. \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON \
  -DPARAVIEW_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT_FILES=ON \
  -DVTK_PYTHON_VERSION=3

Then, to build ParaView, enter the following command, where N is the number of available cores on your system (this will take a LONG time):

$ make -jN

To install your build of ParaView, enter the following command (under Ubuntu Linux):

$ sudo make install

Configuring, building and installing our custom version of TTK

Now, go to our source directory (ttk) and create a build subdirectory and enter it. There, call cmake as follows:

$ cmake ..

Then, to build TTK, enter the following command, where N is the number of available cores on your system (this will take a LONG time):

$ make -jN

To install our custom version of TTK, enter the following command (under Ubuntu Linux):

$ sudo make install

Reproducing the performance numbers

To reproduce the performance figures from our paper, please enter the benchmarks directory of our archive, and see the README.md there for further instructions.