Re: [Libmesh-users] exodusii_io rewrite mesh after refinement

[Paul T. B. <ptb...@gm...>]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Ataollah Mesgarnejad <
am...@ti...> wrote:

> I use ExodusII_IO::write_timestep for my programs output into a single
> file for all time steps. When I do an adaptive refinement is it possible to
> update the mesh in the ExodusII file? Is there a flag I can pass or can I
> call a member function in ExodusII_IO?
>
> More generally is it even possible to do this, since the previous time
> steps before adaptive refinement are described on a "coarser" mesh?
>

I'm shooting from the hip, but I believe the mesh topology must be the same
for all the states within an ExodusII file. You'll have to create a new
ExodusII file if the mesh has changed.

Paul