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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Sean,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Can we talk? I’m not smart enough to understand your suggestion (hate it when that happens). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>If I get something worked out, even a hack, I’ll post the solution back to this list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean.Ziegeler@engilitycorp.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 08, 2014 3:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> paraview@paraview.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Paraview] [EXTERNAL] displaying simulation time rather than time step<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hey Phil,<br>You *might* be able to hack it with a combination of a Programmable Filter and a Python Annotation Filter. Use the Programmable Filter to add a FieldData value to each time step that is a string with the appropriate date. Then use the Python Annotation Filter to display the date as an annotation.<br><br>The first part is the hard one. The Programmable Filter could either (1) read the file once to get all the dates, or (2) compute the dates using the starting date, the time step value, and Python's datetime module.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sean<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRpF627400><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> ParaView [paraview-bounces@paraview.org] on behalf of Scott, W Alan [wascott@sandia.gov]<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 08, 2014 5:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> Phil Amburn; <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org">paraview@paraview.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Paraview] [EXTERNAL] displaying simulation time rather than time step</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phil,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have no idea how to put out what you are asking for, but it is a really good idea. If you don’t get an answer, be sure to write up a bug report/ feature request.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alan</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> ParaView [<a href="mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org">mailto:paraview-bounces@paraview.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Amburn<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 08, 2014 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org">paraview@paraview.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] displaying simulation time rather than time step</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>I would like to do something similar to the Annotate Time filter, but rather than displaying the time step number, I need to display simulation date and time.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>I have a text file with the actual simulation date and time associated with each time step. Here are the first few lines of that file</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Time step Time step output, Actual time</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>0 0.00, 4/1/2013 15:00</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>1 65.83, 4/1/2013 15:01</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>2 125.88, 4/1/2013 15:02</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>3 201.00, 4/1/2013 15:03</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>4 268.65, 4/1/2013 15:04</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>5 328.83, 4/1/2013 15:05</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>6 366.46, 4/1/2013 15:06</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>…</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>So, rather than Time: 0 at the bottom of the 3D window, I’d like to have 4/1/2013 15:00</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Any thoughts / recommendations on how to accomplish this task will be greatly appreciated.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Thanks,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Phil</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>