DAVIT
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Basic Information
Name of Program
DAVIT
Version-Date
2.30
Description-Date
March 2026
Catchwords
model results
visualisation
data exploration
data analysis
UGRID CF NetCDF
DMQS metadata for Datenfinder-BAW
content of BAW steering files
md5 checksum
accessible colour tables
displaying aggregated results
vector magnitude of variables with sedimentary fraction
Acknowledgment: This project took advantage of netCDF software developed by UCAR/Unidata (www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/).
Short Description of Functionality
Davit is an interactive tool for visualisation and exploration of results of hydronumerical models. Analysis of grids and results is possible as well. 2D and 3D data can be displayed.
Input-Files
- ASCII format for point data (.xyz, .dat)
- and more on https://wiki.baw.de/de/index.php/DAVIT#Eingabe-Dateien
Output-Files
- ASCII format for point data (.xyz, .dat)
- and more on https://wiki.baw.de/de/index.php/DAVIT#Ausgabe-Dateien
Methodology
The functionality is based on a set of Java libraries, which are also used in the grid generator Janet and the digital terrain modeling tool Gismo.
New features in version 2.30:
- Conversion from orthogonal to total vectors
- Extended im- and export of ASCII data
- Link to archived files
- Improved generation of metadata in screenshot menu
- Layer commands in python scripts
- Import of bathymetric data in HDF 5
Program(s) to run before this Program
DATACONVERT, GRIDCONVERT, NCAGGREGATE, NCANALYSE, NCCUTOUT, NCDELTA, NCDVAR, NCMERGE, UNK, UNTRIM2007, UNTRIM2
Program(s) to run after this Program
GRIDCONVERT, ParaView, InGrid
Additional Information
Language
Java
Additional software
Java Runtime Environment
Executables
On Linux-Workstations start DAVIT in the command line window:
- davit [mmm]; mmm standing for the allocated memory in MegaByte.
On Windows PCs:
- open the command line window, e.g. via Total Commander -> commands -> command line window
- include %PROGHOME%\bin\win into your PATH variable
- davit [mmm] for importing non-BDF files; mmm standing for the allocated memory in MegaByte. Maximum depends on the used hardware.
Original Version
Maintenance
Working group PRE, forwarding feedback to smile consult.
Documentation/Literature
- BAW examples: %PROGHOME%\examples\davit
- recent internal documentation see: %PROGHOME%\examples\davit\entwicklung\2025b\06_version_info
- smile consult: https://www.smileconsult.de/download/Dokumente/Dokumente_und_Informationen_zu_den_smilesoftware_Werkzeugen.pdf
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