[Paraview] particle folowing

[Kent Eschenberg]

-- tdubuis at scconsultants.com wrote:
> A result of my computation software is a list of points (X,Y,Z).
> - Must I write this result in another file ? if yes, which file type is directly load in paraview as a list of points ?
> - Can I write in in my vtu file ? if yes How ?

A vtu file using cell type "point" seems like a good idea.

Your basic sources of information:
http://www.paraview.org
http://public.kitware.com/VTK

The ParaView page has further input file details here:
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:FAQ#What_file_formats_does_ParaView_support.3F

All VTK file formats are documented at
http://public.kitware.com/VTK/pdf/file-formats.pdf

Formats that VTK understands (not all are currently active in ParaView):
http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ#What_3D_file_formats_can_VTK_import_and_export.3F


Kent
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center