dxhdf5: A software package for importing HDF5 physics data into OpenDX Original Research Article

A software package, dxhdf5, for importing HDF5 data into OpenDX is discussed. HDF5 is a hierarchical, self-describing data format that is rapidly becoming a standard for storing large, portable data sets, such as those generated through high-performance computing. OpenDX, formerly IBM Data Explorer, is a visualization package for examining data of any dimensionality. With dxhdf5, OpenDX users can easily visualize both field data on regular grids through the ImportHDF5Field module, and particle data through the ImportHDF5Species module.