[vtkusers] Fixed mesh with time varying data

boolegue boolegue at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 11:10:44 EST 2008


Ok I got the trick, but paraview doesn't like it (3.2.1 os X 10.5.1),  
I get errors when I try to load the attribute file blowAttr.vtk.

Boolegue.




On 28-Jan-08, at 3:19 PM, Berk Geveci wrote:

> Actually, you can do this with vtk files by being creative :-) Save
> your geometry in one vtk file (it sounds like as vtkUnstructuredGrid),
> then save the solutions in individual vtk files as vtkDataObject (no
> geometry). When loading, load the geometry and solution files
> independently and then merge the attributes with the geometry using
> vtkMergeDataObjectFilter. A good example of this is blowGeom.vtk and
> blowAttr.vtk in VTKData.
>
> -berk
>
>
> On 1/28/08, boolegue <boolegue at gmail.com> wrote:
>> To be more precise, as my data are big, I need to keep one file per
>> timestep storage.
>> I know exodus can do this but I would like to stay with vtk files.
>>
>> Where may I find informations about this ?
>> I searched google and vtk user's guide with no luck.
>>
>> Boolegue.
>>
>>
>> On 28-Jan-08, at 2:43 PM, Berk Geveci wrote:
>>
>>> Yes there is. The XML-based VTK files support this feature as well  
>>> the
>>> Exodus format.
>>>
>>> -berk
>>>
>>> On 1/28/08, boolegue <boolegue at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> is there a way for avoiding to store a same fixed mesh in every vtk
>>>> file when data are the only thing that vary ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Boolegue.
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