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==AVS UCD Reader==


Reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.The AVS UCD
reader reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD
format. The default file extension is .inp. The output of
this reader is unstructured grid. This supports reading a
file series.


==AVS UCD Reader=
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


Read binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format
|


The AVS UCD reader reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.<br
|
The default file extension is .inp. The output of this reader is<br
unstructured grid. This supports reading a file series.<br


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|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
| '''Description''
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
| '''Default Value(s)''
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
| '''Restrictions''
time step.
|
|
| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than 1 file i
specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it wil
pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


This property contains a list of the cell-centered arrays to read
|


|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==BYU Reader==


|
Reads Movie.BYU files to produce polygonal data.The BYU reader reads
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
data stored in Movie.BYU format. The expected file
extension is .g. The datasets resulting from reading these
files are polygonal.


This property contains a list of the point-centered arrays to read
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the BYU
reader.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


|}


==BYU Reader=
==CML Molecule Reader==


A reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML)
This is a reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML) which
describes chemical information using XML.


Read Movie.BYU files to produce polygonal data


The BYU reader reads data stored in Movie.BYU format. The expected file extension is .g. The datasets resulting from reading these files are polygonal.<br
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


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|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property specifies the CML file
| '''Description''
name
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the BYU reader


|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|


|}


==COSMO Reader=
==CSV Reader==


Reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D rectilinear grid.The CSV
reader reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D
rectilinear grid. If the file was saved using the
CSVWriter, then the rectilinear grid's points and point
data can be restored as well as the cell data. Otherwise
all the data in the CSV file is treated as cell data. The
default file extension is .csv as well as .txt.
This can read file series as well.


Read a cosmology file into a vtkUnstructuredGrid
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


The Cosmology reader reads a binary file of particle location, <br
|-
velocity, and id creating a vtkUnstructuredGrid. The default <br
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
file extension is .cosmo.  Reads LANL Cosmo format or Gadget format.<br
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be a csv file. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|


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|
| '''Property''
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


The list of files to be read by the reader
|
 
|


|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|
| '''Cosmo Format'''<br>''(CosmoFormat)'


If checked, the data will be read as the LANL Cosmo format.  If unchecked, the data will be read as Gadget-2 format


|
|}
 
==DEM Reader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Reads a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) file.The DEM reader
reads Digital Elevation Model files containing elevation
values derived from the U. S. Geologic Survey. The default
file extension is .dem. This reader produces uniform
rectilinear (image/volume) data output.


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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the DEM
(Digital Elevation Map) reader.
|
|
| '''overlap (shared point/ghost cell gap distance)'''<br>''(Overlap)'
The space in rL units to extend processor particle ownership for ghost particles/cells.  Needed for correct halo calculation when halos cross processor boundaries in parallel computation


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


The value must be greater than or equal to 0
|}


==DICOM Reader (Single File)==


|
Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a lone file.
| '''rL (physical box side length)'''<br>''(RL)'
DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version
of the reader reads a single file (as opposed to a collection of
files). The DICOM reader currently only supports uncompressed
files.


The box side length used to wrap particles around if they exceed rL (or less than 0) in any dimension


| 90.140
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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


The value must be greater than or equal to 0
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|


DICOM file to load. This version of the reader only supports
loading one file at a time.


|
|


|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


==CSV Reader=
|}


==DICOM Reader (directory)==


Read a comma-separated values file into a 1D rectilinear grid
Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a directory containing a file.
DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version
of the reader will look at all files in the same directory of the
selected file and load them as planes of the same data set. It is
typically for 3D medical scanners to store planes as set of files
in a directory.


The CSV reader reads a comma-separated values file into a 1D rectilinear<br
grid. If the file was saved using the CSVWriter, then the rectilinear<br
grid's points and point data can be restored as well as the cell data.<br
Otherwise all the data in the CSV file is treated as cell data. The<br
default file extension is .csv.<br
This can read file series as well.<br


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{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to b
A file in the directory of files to be loaded. The DICOM reader
a csv file. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch t
will actually load all valid DICOM files in the same directory as
file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time an
this file as part of the same dataset. This is typical of how
provide 1 file per time step
DICOM files are often stored.


|
|
|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
| '''Detect Numeric Columns'''<br>''(DetectNumericColumns)'


When set to true, the reader will detect numeric columns and creat
|}
vtkDoubleArray or vtkIntArray for those instead of vtkStringArray


|
==ENZO AMR Particles Reader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Reads AMR particles from an ENZO datasetThe
Enzo particles reader loads particle simulation data
stored in Enzo HDF5 format. The output of this reader is
MultiBlock dataset where each block is a vtkPolyData that
holds the particles (points) and corresponding particle
data.


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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Field Delimiter Characters'''<br>''(FieldDelimiterCharacters)'


This property lists the characters that may be used to separate fields.  Fo
|
example, a value of "," indicates a comma-separated value file.
value of ".:;" indicates that columns may be separated by
period, colon or semicolon.  The order of the characters in the tex
string does not matter


|
|
|
|
| '''Have Headers'''<br>''(HaveHeaders)'
If the value of this property is 1, treat the first line of the file as headers


|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
|
 
The list of files to be read by the
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
reader.
 
 
|
|
| '''Merge Consecutive Delimiters'''<br>''(MergeConsecutiveDelimiters)'
Whether to merge successive delimiters.  Use this if (for example) your fields are separate
by spaces but you don't know exactly how many


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|-
 
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
|
| '''Use String Delimiter'''<br>''(UseStringDelimiter)'
Available timestep values.
 
This property indicates whether to use the string delimiter
 
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|




==DEM Reader=
|}


==EnSight Master Server Reader==


Read a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) file
Reads files in EnSight's Master Server format.The EnSight
Master Server reader reads EnSight's parallel files. The
master file ususally has a .sos extension and may point to
multiple .case files. The output is a multi-block
dataset.


The DEM reader reads Digital Elevation Model files containing elevation values derived from the U. S. Geologic Survey. The default file extension is .dem. This reader produces uniform rectilinear (image/volume) data output.<br
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


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|-
|'''CaseFileName''' (CaseFileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property specifies the name of the .sos file for
| '''Description''
the EnSight Master Server reader.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the DEM (Digital Elevation Map) reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''ByteOrder''' (ByteOrder)
|
This property indicates the byte order of the binary
file(s).
|
0
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* BigEndian (0)
* LittleEndian (1)
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


|


==EnSight Master Server Reader=
|-
|'''SetTimeValue''' (SetTimeValue)
|
This property indicates which time value to
read.
|
0.0
|


|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|


Read files in EnSight's Master Server format
|


The EnSight Master Server reader reads EnSight's parallel files. The master file ususally has a .sos extension and may point to multiple .case files. The output is a multi-block dataset.<br
|


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|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to
| '''Description''
read.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Byte Order'''<br>''(ByteOrder)'
This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s)


|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
|


The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1)
|
 


|
|
| '''Case File Name'''<br>''(CaseFileName)'
This property specifies the name of the .sos file for the EnSight Master Server reader


|-
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==EnSight Reader==


|
Reads EnSight 6 and Gold files.The EnSight reader reads
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
files in the format produced by CEI's EnSight. EnSight 6
and Gold files (both ASCII and binary) are supported. The
default extension is .case. The output of this reader is a
multi-block dataset.


This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''CaseFileName''' (CaseFileName)
|
|
 
This property specifies the case file name for the
The list of array names is provided by the reader
EnSight reader.
 
 
|
|
| '''Set Time Value'''<br>''(SetTimeValue)'
This property indicates which time value to read


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


|


==EnSight Reader=
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|


|


Read EnSight 6 and Gold files
|


The EnSight reader reads files in the format produced by CEI's EnSight. EnSight 6 and Gold files (both ASCII and binary) are supported. The default extension is .case. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.<br
|-
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to
read.
|


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|
|
| '''Property''
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Case File Name'''<br>''(CaseFileName)'


This property specifies the case file name for the EnSight reader
|


|
|
|-
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


|
|}
 
==Enzo Reader==


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Read hierarchical box dataset from an Enzo file.
This Enzo reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The
output of this reader is a hierarchical-box
dataset.


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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'


This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|


|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


|
|




==Enzo Reader=
|}


==ExodusIIReader==


Read multi-block dataset from an Enzo file
Reads an Exodus II file to produce an unstructured grid.The Exodus reader loads
Exodus II files and produces an unstructured grid output.
The default file extensions are .g, .e, .ex2, .ex2v2,
.exo, .gen, .exoII, .exii, .0, .00, .000, and .0000. The
file format is described fully at:
http://endo.sandia.gov/SEACAS/Documentation/exodusII.pdf.
Each Exodus file contains a single set of points with 2-D
or 3-D coordinates plus one or more blocks, sets, and
maps. Block group elements (or their bounding edges or
faces) of the same type together. Sets select subsets
(across all the blocks in a file) of elements, sides of
elements (which may be of mixed dimensionality), bounding
faces of volumetric elements, or bounding edges of
volumetric or areal elements. Each block or set may have
multiple result variables, each of which defines a value
per element, per timestep. The elements (cells), faces of
elements (when enumerated in face blocks), edges of
elements (when enumerated in edge blocks), and nodes
(points) in a file may be assigned an arbitrary integer
number by an element map, face map, edge map, or node map,
respectively. Usually, only a single map of each type
exists and is employed to assign a unique global ID to
entities across multiple files which partition a large
mesh for a distributed-memory calculation. However here
may be multiply maps of each type and there are no
constraints which force the integers to be unique. The
connectivity of elements is constant across all of the
timesteps in any single Exodus II file. However, multiple
files which specify a single time-evolution of a mesh may
be used to represent meshes which exhibit changes in
connectivity infrequently. Field variable mode_shape[0]
represents the time step (t_index) if HasModeShapes is
not set or the ModeShape otherwise.


This Enzo reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.<br
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| '''Property'''
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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


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|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Property''
 
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Block Output Type'''<br>''(BlockOutputType)'


The property indicates the output type of each block, either vtkImageData (by default) or vtkRectilinearGrid
|


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the Exodus
reader.
|
|


The value must be one of the following: Image Data (0), Rectilinear Grid (1)
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
This property specifies the file name for the Enzo reader
|'''UseMetaFile''' (UseMetaFile)
 
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this
proxy to work.
|
|
0
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
| '''Load Particles'''<br>''(LoadParticles)'


Load particles when on
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|}


|
==FLASH AMR Particles Reader==
| '''Max Level'''<br>''(MaxLevel)'
 
Reads AMR particles from FLASH datasetThe
Flash particles reader loads particle simulation data
stored in Flash format. The output of this reader is a
MultiBlock dataset where each block is vtkPolyData that
holds the particles and corresponding particle
data.


Do not blocks above this level
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


| 10
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
|
|


|


==ExodusIIReader=
|-
 
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
 
Read an Exodus II file to produce an unstructured grid
 
The Exodus reader loads Exodus II files and produces an unstructured grid output. The default file extensions are .g, .e, .ex2, .ex2v2, .exo, .gen, .exoII, .exii, .0, .00, .000, and .0000 .<br
 
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|
|
| '''Property''
The list of files to be read by the
| '''Description''
reader.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the Exodus reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|
| '''Use Meta File'''<br>''(UseMetaFile)'


This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work


|
|}
 
==FacetReader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Reads ASCII files stored in Facet format.The Facet
Reader reads files in Facet format: a simple ASCII file
format listing point coordinates and connectivity between
these points. The default file extension is .facet. The
output of the Facet Reader is polygonal.


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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the Facet
reader.
|
|
| '''Animate Vibrations'''<br>''(AnimateVibrations)'
If this flag is on and HasModeShapes is also on, then this reade
will report a continuous time range [0,1] and animate th
displacements in a periodic sinusoid.  If this flag is off an
HasModeShapes is on, this reader ignores time.  This flag has n
effect if HasModeShapes is off


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|}


==Flash Reader==


|
Read hierarchical box dataset from a Flash dataset.
| '''Apply Displacements'''<br>''(ApplyDisplacements)'
This Flash reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The
output of this reader is a hierarchical-box
dataset.


Geometric locations can include displacements. When this option is on, the nodal positions are 'displaced' by the standard exodus displacement vector. If displacements are turned 'off', the user can explicitly add them by applying a warp filter
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| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
 


|
|
| '''Displacement Magnitude'''<br>''(DisplacementMagnitude)'
When displacements are being applied, they are scaled by this amount.  Set to 1 for no scaling


|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
|
|
| '''Edge Blocks'''<br>''(EdgeBlocks)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|




|
|}
| '''Edge Map Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeMapArrayStatus)'
 
|
==Fluent Case Reader==
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Reads a dataset in Fluent file format.
FLUENTReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It
reads .cas and .dat files stored in FLUENT native format
(or a file series of the same.


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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Edge Set Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetArrayStatus)'
The name of the files to load.
|
|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==Gaussian Cube Reader==


|
Produce polygonal data by reading a Gaussian Cube file.The Gaussian
| '''Edge Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetResultArrayStatus)'
Cube reader produces polygonal data by reading data files
|
produced by the Gaussian software package. The expected
|
file extension is .cube.


The list of array names is provided by the reader
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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


 
|-
|
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
| '''Edge Variables'''<br>''(EdgeVariables)'
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Gaussian
Cube reader.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|
| '''Element Blocks'''<br>''(ElementBlocks)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''HBScale''' (HBScale)
|
|
A scaling factor to compute bonds with hydrogen
atoms.
|
|
1.0
|
|
|-
|'''BScale''' (BScale)
|
|
| '''Element Map Array Status'''<br>''(ElementMapArrayStatus)'
A scaling factor to compute bonds between non-hydrogen
atoms
|
|
1.0
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader


|}


|
==Image Reader==
| '''Element Set Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetArrayStatus)'
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Reads raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified.
The Image reader reads raw, regular, rectilinear grid
(image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is
provided, the user must specify information about the
size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the
dataset.


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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FilePrefix''' (FilePrefix)
|
|
| '''Element Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetResultArrayStatus)'
The text string contained in this property specifies the
file prefix (directory plus common initial part of file name) for the
raw binary uniform rectilinear grid dataset.
|
|
|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''FilePattern''' (FilePattern)
 
|
|
| '''Element Variables'''<br>''(ElementVariables)'
The text string contained in the property specifies the
format string to determine the file names necessary for reading this
dataset. In creating the filenames, %s will be replaced by the prefix
and %d by a digit which represents the slice number in Z. The format
string is the same as that used by printf.
|
|
%s
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''DataScalarType''' (DataScalarType)
 
|
The value of this property indicates the scalar type of
the pixels/voxels in the file(s): short, int, float ...
|
|
| '''Exodus Model Metadata'''<br>''(ExodusModelMetadata)'
4
|
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* char (2)
* unsigned char (3)
* short (4)
* unsigned short (5)
* int (6)
* unsigned int (7)
* long (8)
* unsigned long (9)
* float (10)
* double (11)
|-
|'''DataByteOrder''' (DataByteOrder)
|
|
 
This property indicates the byte order of the binary
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
file(s).
 
 
|
|
| '''Face Blocks'''<br>''(FaceBlocks)'
0
|
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* BigEndian (0)
* LittleEndian (1)
|-
|'''FileDimensionality''' (FileDimensionality)
|
|
 
This property indicates whether the file(s) in this
The list of array names is provided by the reader
dataset contain slices (2D) or volumes (3D).
 
 
|
|
| '''Face Map Array Status'''<br>''(FaceMapArrayStatus)'
3
|
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* 2 (2)
* 3 (3)
|-
|'''DataOrigin''' (DataOrigin)
|
|
 
The coordinate contained in this property specifies the
The list of array names is provided by the reader
position of the point with index (0,0,0).
 
 
|
| '''Face Set Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetArrayStatus)'
|
|
0.0 0.0 0.0
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''DataSpacing''' (DataSpacing)
 
|
|
| '''Face Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetResultArrayStatus)'
This property specifies the size of a voxel in each
dimension.
|
|
1.0 1.0 1.0
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''DataExtent''' (DataExtent)
 
|
|
| '''Face Variables'''<br>''(FaceVariables)'
This property specifies the minimum and maximum index
values of the data in each dimension (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin,
zmax).
|
|
0 0 0 0 0 0
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''NumberOfScalarComponents''' (NumberOfScalarComponents)
 
|
|
| '''File Pattern'''<br>''(FilePattern)'
This property specifies the number of components the
 
scalar value at each pixel or voxel has (e.g., RGB - 3 scalar
This property contains a text string specifying the pattern used to load files. There are two parts to it: the prefix (%s) and the file number (%i). The format used is the same as that used for printf
components).
 
|
|
1
|
|
|
| '''File Prefix'''<br>''(FilePrefix)'
This property specifies the file root used with the file pattern to format a file name. (See the File Pattern property.


|-
|'''ScalarArrayName''' (ScalarArrayName)
|
|
This property contains a text string listing a name to
assign to the point-centered data array read.
|
|
ImageFile
|
|
| '''File Range'''<br>''(FileRange)'


This property controls the indices of the first and last files to be read
|-
 
|'''FileLowerLeft''' (FileLowerLeft)
| -1 -
|
|
This property determines whether the data originates in
the lower left corner (on) or the upper left corner (off). Most
scientific data is written with a right-handed axes that originates in
the lower left corner. However, several 2D image file formats write the
image from the upper left corner.
|
|
| '''Generate Global Element Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalElementIdArray)'
1
|
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|}


==JPEG Series Reader==


|
Reads a series of JPEG files into an time sequence of image datas.The JPEG series
| '''Generate Global Node Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalNodeIdArray)'
reader reads JPEG files. The output is a time sequence of
|
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
|
file extension is .jpg or .jpeg.
 
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
|
| '''Generate Object Id Cell Array'''<br>''(GenerateObjectIdCellArray)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
| '''Global Variables'''<br>''(GlobalVariables)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
 


|-
|'''ReadAsImageStack''' (ReadAsImageStack)
|
|
| '''Has Mode Shapes'''<br>''(HasModeShapes)'


Some simulations overload the Exodus time steps to represent mod
When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than
shapes.  In this case, it does not make sense to iterate over th
a temporal file series.
"time steps", because they are not meant to be played in order
Rather, each represents the vibration at a different "mode.
Setting the value of this property to 1 changes the semantics of the reader to no
report the time steps to downstream filters


|
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|}


==LSDynaReader==


|
Read LS-Dyna databases (d3plot).This reader
| '''Mode Shape'''<br>''(ModeShape)'
reads LS-Dyna databases.


Specify the current mode shape when HasModeShapes in on
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
Set the file name for the LSDyna reader.
|
|
|
|
| '''Node Map Array Status'''<br>''(NodeMapArrayStatus)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
 
|-
|'''SolidArrayInfo''' (SolidArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''Node Set Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetArrayStatus)'
 
|-
|'''Solid Arrays''' (SolidArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which solid arrays to read.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''ThickShellArrayInfo''' (ThickShellArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''Node Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetResultArrayStatus)'
 
|-
|'''Thick Shell Arrays''' (ThickShellArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which thick shell arrays to read.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''ShellArrayInfo''' (ShellArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''Point Variables'''<br>''(PointVariables)'
 
|-
|'''Shell Arrays''' (ShellArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which shell arrays to read.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''RigidBodyArrayInfo''' (RigidBodyArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''Side Set Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetArrayStatus)'
 
|-
|'''Rigid Body Arrays''' (RigidBodyArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which rigid body arrays to load.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''RoadSurfaceArrayInfo''' (RoadSurfaceArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''Side Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetResultArrayStatus)'
 
|-
|'''Road Surface Arrays''' (RoadSurfaceArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which road surface arrays to
read.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''BeamArrayInfo''' (BeamArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''XML File Name'''<br>''(XMLFileName)'


This property specifies the name of an XML file containing part and material descriptions and a mapping to element blocks
|-
|'''Beam Arrays''' (BeamArrayStatus)
|
Select which beam arrays to read.
|


|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''ParticleArrayInfo''' (ParticleArrayInfo)
|
|
|
|


|


==FLUENTReader=
|-
|'''Particle Arrays''' (ParticleArrayStatus)
|
Select which particle arrays to read.
|


|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|


Reads a dataset in Fluent file format
|


FLUENTReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads .cas and<br
|
.dat files stored in FLUENT native format.<br


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
|
| '''Property''
Select which point-centered arrays to
| '''Description''
read.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


Select which cell-centered arrays to read
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''PartArrayInfo''' (PartArrayInfo)
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|


|-
|'''Part Arrays''' (PartArrayStatus)
|
Select which part arrays to read.
|


|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
 
|-
Set the file  name for the FLUENT reader
|'''DeformedMesh''' (DeformedMesh)
 
|
Should the mesh be deformed over time (if the Deflection
node array is set to load)?
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''RemoveDeletedCells''' (RemoveDeletedCells)
|
|
Should cells that have been deleted (failed
structurally, for example) be removed from the mesh?
|
|
1
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


|}


==Flash Reader=
==Legacy VTK Reader==


Reads files stored in VTK's legacy file format.The Legacy VTK reader
loads files stored in VTK's legacy file format (before VTK
4.2, although still supported). The expected file
extension is .vtk. The type of the dataset may be
structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume),
non-uniform rectiinear grid, unstructured grid, or
polygonal. This reader also supports file
series.


Read multi-block dataset from a Flash file
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


This Flash reader loads data stored in Flash format. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.<br
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
 
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Block Output Type'''<br>''(BlockOutputType)'
The property indicates the output type of each block, either vtkImageData (by default) or vtkRectilinearGrid


|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
|
 
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
The value must be one of the following: Image Data (0), Rectilinear Grid (1)
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
 
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
 
time step.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the Flash reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Load Morton Curve'''<br>''(LoadMortonCurve)'


Generate morton curve when on
|


|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|}


==MFIXReader==


|
Reads a dataset in MFIX file format.
| '''Load Particles'''<br>''(LoadParticles)'
vtkMFIXReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It
reads a restart file and a set of sp files. The restart
file contains the mesh information. MFIX meshes are either
cylindrical or rectilinear, but this reader will convert
them to an unstructured grid. The sp files contain
transient data for the cells. Each sp file has one or more
variables stored inside it.


Load particles when on
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
Set the file name for the MFIX reader.
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|


|


|
|


|-
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
Select which cell-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|


==Gaussian Cube Reader=
|




Produce polygonal data by reading a Gaussian Cube file
|}


The Gaussian Cube reader produces polygonal data by reading data files produced by the Gaussian software package. The expected file extension is .cube.<br
==MRC Series Reader==


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
Reads a series of MRC files into an time sequence of image datas.The MRC series
|
reader reads MRC files. The output is a time sequence of
| '''Property''
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
| '''Description''
file extension is .mrc but .ali, .st and .rec are also
| '''Default Value(s)''
recognized.
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''B Scale'''<br>''(BScale)'


A scaling factor to compute bonds between non-hydrogen atom
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the Gaussian Cube reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''H BScale'''<br>''(HBScale)'
A scaling factor to compute bonds with hydrogen atoms


|
|
|
|




==Image Reader=
|}


==Meta File Series Reader==


Read raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified
Reads a series of meta images.Read a series
of meta images. The file extension is .mhd


The Image reader reads raw regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is provided, the user must specify information about the size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the dataset.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''Data Byte Order'''<br>''(DataByteOrder)'
This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s)


|
|
The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1)


|
|
| '''Data Extent'''<br>''(DataExtent)'


This property specifies the minimum and maximum index values of the data in each dimension (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax)
|-
 
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
| 0 0 0 0 0
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the meta format. The standard extension is .mhd. If
more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series
mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one
file per time step.
|
|
| '''Data Origin'''<br>''(DataOrigin)'


The coordinate contained in this property specifies the position of the point with index (0,0,0)
| 0 0
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Data Scalar Type'''<br>''(DataScalarType)'


The value of this property indicates the scalar type of the pixels/voxels in the file(s): short, int, float ..
|


|


The value must be one of the following: char (2), unsigned char (3), short (4), unsigned short (5), int (6), unsigned int (7), long (8), unsigned long (9), float (10), double (11)
|}


==NetCDF CAM reader==


|
Reads unstructured grid data from NetCDF files. There are 2 files, a points+fields file which is set as FileName and a cell connectivity file set as ConnectivityFileName.
| '''Data Spacing'''<br>''(DataSpacing)'
This reader reads in unstructured grid data from a NetCDF
file. The grid data is in a set of planes as quadrilateral
cells. The reader creates hex cells in order to create a
volumetric grid.


This property specifies the size of a voxel in each dimension
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


| 1 1
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
|
|
| '''File Dimensionality'''<br>''(FileDimensionality)'


This property indicates whether the file(s) in this dataset contain slices (2D) or volumes (3D)
|


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|


The value must be one of the following: 2 (2), 3 (3)
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


|
|
| '''File Lower Left'''<br>''(FileLowerLeft)'


This property determines whether the data originates in the lower left corner (on) or the upper left corner (off).  Most scientific data is written with a right-handed axes that originates in the lower left corner.  However, several 2D image file formats write the image from the upper left corner


|
|}
 
==NetCDF MPAS reader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file.
This reader reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file.
It creates a dual grid It assumes the grid is in the
global domain. By default, it creates a spherical view of
vertical layer 0. It assumes it is ocean data. It gives
several options to change the view to multilayer (all
vertical layers will have a thickness determined by the
value in the slider), lat/lon projection or atmospheric
(vertical layers go out away from the center of the
sphere, instead of down towards the center as they do for
ocean data). It doesn't handle data in the rectangular
domain. This is not a parallel reader. It expects one .nc
file of data. It can display cell or vertex-centered data,
but not edge data. When converted to the dual grid,
cell-centered data becomes vertex-centered and vice-versa.
NOTES: When using this reader, it is important that you
remember to do the following: 1. When changing a selected
variable, remember to select it also in the drop down box
to color by. It doesn't color by that variable
automatically 2. When selecting multilayer sphere view,
start with layer thickness around 100,000 3. When
selecting multilayer lat/lon view, start with layer
thickness around 10 4. Always click the -Z orientation
after making a switch from lat/lon to sphere, from single
to multilayer or changing thickness. 5. Be conservative on
the number of changes you make before hitting Apply, since
there may be bugs in this reader. Just make one change and
then hit Apply. For problems, contact Christine Ahrens
(cahrens@lanl.gov)


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name to read. It should
be an MPAS format NetCDF file ending in .nc.
|
|
| '''File Pattern'''<br>''(FilePattern)'
The text string contained in the property specifies the format string to determine the file names necessary for reading this dataset. In creating the filenames, %s will be replaced by the prefix and %d by a digit which represents the slice number in Z. The format string is the same as that used by printf


| %
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''UseDimensionedArrayNames''' (UseDimensionedArrayNames)
|
|
| '''File Prefix'''<br>''(FilePrefix)'
This property ensures that the dimension info is always
 
shown in the ParaView GUI.
The text string contained in this property specifies the file prefix (directory plus common initial part of file name) for the raw binary uniform rectilinear grid dataset
 
|
|
1
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
|
| '''Number Of Scalar Components'''<br>''(NumberOfScalarComponents)'


This property specifies the number of componenets the scalar value at each pixel or voxel has (e.g., RGB - 3 scalar components)
|


|
|
|-
|'''PointArrayStatus''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
|
This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid point
variables to load.
|
|
| '''Scalar Array Name'''<br>''(ScalarArrayName)'


This property contains a text string listing a name to assign to the point-centered data array read
| ImageFil
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
|


|


==LSDynaReader=
|


|-
|'''CellArrayStatus''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid cell
variables to load.
|


Read LS-Dyna databases (d3plot)
This reader reads LS-Dyna databases.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''DimensionInfo''' (DimensionInfo)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Beam Arrays'''<br>''(BeamArrayStatus)'


Select which beam arrays to read
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''Extra Dimension Indices''' (DimensionCurrentIndex)
|


|
|
| '''Deformed Mesh'''<br>''(DeformedMesh)'
Should the mesh be deformed over time (if the Deflection node array is set to load)


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|-
 
|'''ShowMultilayerView''' (ShowMultilayerView)
 
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property indicates whether to show multiple layers
 
in one view, with each vertical level having the same thickness,
Set the file name for the LSDyna reader
specified by the layer thickness slider. For ocean data, the layers
 
correspond to data at vertical level whose number increases towards the
center of the sphere. For atmospheric data, the layers correspond to
data at vertical levels increasing away from the
center.
|
|
0
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''DimensionList''' (DimensionList)
|
|
| '''Part Arrays'''<br>''(PartArrayStatus)'


Select which part arrays to read
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''Vertical Dimension''' (VerticalDimension)
|


|
|
| '''Particle Arrays'''<br>''(ParticleArrayStatus)'
nVertLevels
|
The value(s) can be one of the following:
|-
|'''ProjectLatLon''' (ProjectLatLon)
|
This property indicates whether to view the data in the
lat/lon projection.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''IsAtmosphere''' (IsAtmosphere)
|
This property indicates whether data is atmospheric.
Checking this ensures the vertical levels will go up away from the
sphere instead of down towards the center.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''LayerThicknessRangeInfo''' (LayerThicknessRangeInfo)
|


Select which particle arrays to read
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
|'''Layer Thickness''' (LayerThickness)
|
This property specifies how thick the layer should be if
viewing the data in multilayer view. Each layer corresponds to a
vertical level. A good starting point is 100,000 for the spherical view
and 10 for the lat/lon projection. Click on -Z after applying this
change, since the scale may change drastically.
|
10
|


|-
|'''CenterLonRangeInfo''' (CenterLonRangeInfo)
|


|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'


Select which point-centered arrays to read
|


|-
|'''Center Longitude''' (CenterLon)
|
This property specifies where the center will be viewed
for a lat/lon projection.
|
180
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|


|


|
|
| '''Remove Deleted Cells'''<br>''(RemoveDeletedCells)'


Should cells that have been deleted (failed structurally, for example) be removed from the mesh


|
|}
 
==NetCDF POP reader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file.
The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a
NetCDF file.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Rigid Body Arrays'''<br>''(RigidBodyArrayStatus)'


Select which rigid body arrays to load
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|


|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


|
|
| '''Road Surface Arrays'''<br>''(RoadSurfaceArrayStatus)'


Select which road surface arrays to read


|
|}


The list of array names is provided by the reader
==NetCDF Reader==


Reads regular arrays from netCDF files. Will also read any topological information specified by the COARDS and CF conventions.Reads
arrays from netCDF files into structured VTK data sets. In
the absence of any other information, the files will be
read as image data. This reader will also look for meta
information specified by the CF convention that specify
things like topology and time. This information can cause
the output to be a nonuniform rectilinear grid or
curvilinear (structured) grid. Details on the CF
convention can be found at http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/. It
should be noted that the CF convention is a superset of
the COARDS convention, so COARDS conventions will also be
recognized.


|
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
| '''Shell Arrays'''<br>''(ShellArrayStatus)'
|-
 
| '''Property'''
Select which shell arrays to read
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
 
The name of the files to load.
The list of array names is provided by the reader
 
 
|
|
| '''Solid Arrays'''<br>''(SolidArrayStatus)'
Select which solid arrays to read


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
|
| '''Split by Material Id'''<br>''(SplitByMaterialId)'
This magic property sends time information to the
 
animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation
Should each material have its own mesh, or should there be one mesh for all materials
to visit the time steps defined in the file.
 
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
| '''Thick Shell Arrays'''<br>''(ThickShellArrayStatus)'


Select which thick shell arrays to read


|
|}


The list of array names is provided by the reader
==Nrrd Reader==


Reads raw image files with Nrrd meta data.The
Nrrd reader reads raw image data much like the Raw Image
Reader except that it will also read metadata information
in the Nrrd format. This means that the reader will
automatically set information like file dimensions. There
are several limitations on what type of nrrd files we can
read. This reader only supports nrrd files in raw format.
Other encodings like ascii and hex will result in errors.
When reading in detached headers, this only supports
reading one file that is detached.


|
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


 
|-
==Legacy VTK Reader=
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
 
Read files stored in VTK's legacy file format
 
The Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's legacy file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .vtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectiinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal. This reader also supports file series.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The name of the file to read (or the meta data file that
| '''Description''
will point to the actual file).
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''Data VOI''' (DataVOI)
|
The data volume of interest (VOI). The VOI is a
sub-extent of the data that you want loaded. Setting a VOI is useful
when reading from a large data set and you are only interested in a
small portion of the data. If left containing all 0's, then the reader
will load in the entire data set.
|
|
0 0 0 0 0 0
|
|




==MFIXReader=
|}


==OpenFOAMReader==


Reads a dataset in MFIX file format
Reads OpenFOAM data files, producing multi-block dataset.The OpenFOAM reader
reads OpenFOAM data files and outputs multi-block
datasets. Mesh information and time dependent data are
supported. The OpenFOAM format is described fully at
http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/basic-file-format.php


vtkMFIXReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads a restart<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
file and a set of sp files.  The restart file contains the mesh <br
|-
information.  MFIX meshes are either cylindrical or rectilinear, but <br
| '''Property'''
this reader will convert them to an unstructured grid.  The sp files <br
| '''Description'''
contain transient data for the cells.  Each sp file has one or more <br
| '''Default Value(s)'''
variables stored inside it.<br
| '''Restrictions'''


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property specifies the file name for the
| '''Description''
reader.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
Select which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''CaseType''' (CaseType)
 
|
The property indicates whether decomposed mesh or
reconstructed mesh should be read
|
1
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
 
* Decomposed Case (0)
Set the file name for the MFIX reader
* Reconstructed Case (1)
 
|-
|'''Create cell-to-point filtered data''' (CreateCellToPoint)
|
|
Create point data from cell data. Beware: the filter
does not do inverse distance weighting.
|
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''Add dimensional units to array names''' (AddDimensionsToArrayNames)
|
Read dimensional units from field data and add them to
array names as human-readable string.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|


|


==Meta Image reader=
|
 


Read binary UNC meta image data
|-
|'''PatchArrayInfo''' (PatchArrayInfo)
|


The Meta Image Reader reads binary UNC meta image data, and produces uniform rectilinear (image/volume) data. The default file extensions are .mhd and .mha.<br
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
 
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''MeshRegions''' (MeshRegions)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


This property specifies the file name for the Meta Image reader
|


|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
|
|
|


|


==NetCDF MPAS reader=
|-
|'''CellArrays''' (CellArrays)
|


|


Read unstructured grid data from a file
The Image reader reads unstructured grid from a file.  Grid is dual grid.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Cell Array Status'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


This property lists which netCDF dual-grid cell variables to load
|


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''PointArrays''' (PointArrays)
|


|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name to read


|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''LagrangianArrayInfo''' (LagrangianArrayInfo)
|
|
|
|
| '''Point Array Status'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'


This property lists which netCDF dual-grid point variables to load
|


|-
|'''LagrangianArrays''' (LagrangianArrays)
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
 


|
|
| '''Vertical Level'''<br>''(VerticalLevel)'
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''Cache mesh''' (CacheMesh)
|
Cache the OpenFOAM mesh between GUI selection
changes.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''Decompose polyhedra''' (DecomposePolyhedra)
|
|
Decompose polyhedra into tetrahedra and
pyramids.
|
|
1
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''List timesteps according to controlDict''' (ListTimeStepsByControlDict)
|
|
 
List time directories listed according to the settings
 
in controlDict.
==NetCDF POP reader=
|
 
0
 
|
Read raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
|-
The Image reader reads raw regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is provided, the user must specify information about the size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the dataset.<br
|'''Lagrangian positions are in OF 1.3 binary format''' (PositionsIsIn13Format)
 
|
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
Set if Lagrangian positions files are in OpenFOAM 1.3
binary format.
|
|
| '''Property''
0
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
|-
This property specifies the file name to read
|'''Read zones''' (ReadZones)
 
|
|
Read point/face/cell-Zones?
|
|
0
|
|
| '''Stride'''<br>''(Stride)'
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


This property indicate the number of indices per dimension (i,j,k) to skip between each point include
|}
in this output


| 1 1
==PDB Reader==


The value must be greater than or equal to (1, 1, 1)
Reads PDB molecule files.The PDB reader reads files in
the format used by the Protein Data Bank (an archive of
experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of
biological macromolecules). The expected file extension is
.pdb. The output datasets are polygonal.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Variables'''<br>''(VariableArrayStatus)'
This property specifies the file name for the PDB
 
reader.
This property lists which netCDF variables to load
 
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


|}


==NetCDF Reader=
==PLOT3D Meta-File Reader==


The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files or time series of PLOT3D files.
The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files,
specifically time series of PLOT3D files. PLOT3D files can take many
different forms based on their content. Unfortunately, it is not a
self-describing format therefore the user needs to pass information
about the contents of the file to the reader. Normally, this is done
by setting a number of member variables. The goal of this reader is to
provide a simple format that enable the writer of the PLOT3D file to
describe its settings as well as group a number of files as a time
series.


Read regular arrays from netCDF files.  Will also read any topological information specified by the COARDS and CF conventions


Reads arrays from netCDF files into structured VTK data sets.  In<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
the absence of any other information, the files will be read as<br
|-
image data.  This reader will also look for meta information<br
| '''Property'''
specified by the CF convention that specify things like topology<br
| '''Description'''
and time.  This information can cause the output to be a nonuniform<br
| '''Default Value(s)'''
rectilinear grid or curvilinear (structured) grid.  Details on the<br
| '''Restrictions'''
CF convention can be found at http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/.  It should<br
be noted that the CF convention is a superset of the COARDS<br
convention, so COARDS conventions will also be recognized.<br


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property specifies the meta file
| '''Description''
name
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The name of the files to load


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Dimensions'''<br>''(Dimensions)'
Load the grid with the given dimensions.  Any arrays that confor
to these dimensions will be loaded


|
|




|}


==PLOT3D Reader==


|
Reads ASCII or binary PLOT3D files.PLOT3D is a plotting
| '''Replace Fill Value With Nan'''<br>''(ReplaceFillValueWithNan)'
package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both
ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension
for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file
extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this
reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear
(structured grid) datasets.


If on, any float or double variable read that has a _FillValu
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
attribute will have that fill value replaced with a not-a-numbe
|-
(NaN) value.  The advantage of setting these to NaN values i
| '''Property'''
that, if implemented properly by the system and careful mat
| '''Description'''
operations are used, they can implicitly be ignored b
| '''Default Value(s)'''
calculations like finding the range of the values.  That said
| '''Restrictions'''
this option should be used with caution as VTK does not full
support NaN values and therefore odd calculations may occur


|-
|'''QFileName''' (QFileName)
|
The list of .q (solution) files for the PLOT3D reader.
There can be more than one. If more that one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file-series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


|


|
|
| '''Spherical Coordinates'''<br>''(SphericalCoordinates)'


If on, then data with latitude/longitude dimensions will b
|-
read in as curvilinear data shaped like spherical coordinates
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
If false, then the data will always be read in Cartesia
|
coordinates
Available timestep values.
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|}
==PLY Reader==


|
Reads files stored in Stanford University's PLY polygonal file format.The PLY reader
| '''Vertical Bias'''<br>''(VerticalBias)'
reads files stored in the PLY polygonal file format
developed at Stanford University. The PLY files that
ParaView can read must have the elements "vertex" and
"face" defined. The "vertex" elements must have the
propertys "x", "y", and "z". The "face" elements must have
the property "vertex_indices" defined. The default file
extension for this reader is .ply.


The bias of the vertical component of spherical coordinates.  I
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
is common to write the vertical component with respect t
|-
something other than the center of the sphere (for example, th
| '''Property'''
surface).  In this case, it might be necessary to scale and/o
| '''Description'''
bias the vertical height.  The height will become height*scale
| '''Default Value(s)'''
bias.  Keep in mind that if the positive attribute of th
| '''Restrictions'''
vertical dimension is down, then the height is negated.  Th
scaling will be adjusted if it results in invalid (negative
vertical values


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the PLY
reader.
|
|
|
| '''Vertical Scale'''<br>''(VerticalScale)'
The scale of the vertical component of spherical coordinates.  I
is common to write the vertical component with respect t
something other than the center of the sphere (for example, th
surface).  In this case, it might be necessary to scale and/o
bias the vertical height.  The height will become height*scale
bias.  Keep in mind that if the positive attribute of th
vertical dimension is down, then the height is negated.  Th
scaling will be adjusted if it results in invalid (negative
vertical values


|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|


|}


==Nrrd Reader=
==PNG Series Reader==


Reads a PNG file into an image data.The PNG reader reads PNG
(Portable Network Graphics) files, and the output is a
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .png.


Read raw image files with Nrrd meta data
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


The Nrrd reader reads raw image data much like the Raw Image Reader<br
|-
except that it will also read metadata information in the Nrrd format.<br
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
This means that the reader will automatically set information like file<br
dimensions.<br><br><br
There are several limitations on what type of nrrd files we can<br
read.  This reader only supports nrrd files in raw format.  Other<br
encodings like ascii and hex will result in errors.  When reading in<br
detached headers, this only supports reading one file that is<br
detached.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
| '''Description''
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
| '''Default Value(s)''
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
| '''Restrictions''
time step.
|
|
| '''Data VOI'''<br>''(DataVOI)'


The data volume of interest (VOI). The VOI is a sub-extent of th
|
data that you want loaded.  Setting a VOI is useful when readin
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
from a large data set and you are only interested in a smal
|-
portion of the data. If left containing all 0's, then the reade
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
will load in the entire data set
|
Available timestep values.
|


| 0 0 0 0 0
|
|
|-
|'''ReadAsImageStack''' (ReadAsImageStack)
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


The name of the file to read (or the meta data file that wil
When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than
point to the actual file)
a temporal file series.


|
|
1
|
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


|}


==OpenFOAMReader=
==PTS Reader==


Reads a PTS ASCII Point Cloud file.The PTS reader
reads ASCII PTS Point Cloud files containing
points as well as optional intensity and color information. The default
file extension is .pts. This reader produces a
polydata set of a single vertex cell containing all of
the points.


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{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the PTS
(ASCII Point Cloud) reader.
|


|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''LimitNumberOfPointsRead''' (LimitNumberOfPointsRead)
|


Limits the number of points read in from file


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
0
| '''Description''
|
| '''Default Value(s)''
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
| '''Restrictions''
|-
|'''MaxNumberOfPoints''' (MaxNumberOfPoints)
|
|
| '''Add dimensional units to array names'''<br>''(AddDimensionsToArrayNames)'


Read dimensional units from field data and add them to array names as human-readable string
Specify the max number of point to be read.


|
100000
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|-
|'''LimitPointCloudToBounds''' (LimitPointCloudToBounds)
|


Restrict the point to cloud to a specified volume.


|
|
| '''Cache mesh'''<br>''(CacheMesh)'
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ReadBounds''' (ReadBounds)
|
Define the spatial volume that wil restrict the
extent of the point cloud [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax]
|
0 100 0 100 0 100
|
 


Cache the OpenFOAM mesh between GUI selection changes
|}


|
==PVD Reader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Load a dataset stored in ParaView's PVD file format.The PVD reader reads data
stored in ParaView's PVD file format. The .pvd file is
essentially a header file that collects together other
data files stored in VTK's XML-based file
format.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Case Type'''<br>''(CaseType)'
This property specifies the file name for the PVD
 
reader.
The property indicates whether decomposed mesh or reconstructed mesh should be rea
 
|
|
The value must be one of the following: Decomposed Case (0), Reconstructed Case (1)


|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrays)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|




|
|}
| '''Create cell-to-point filtered data'''<br>''(CreateCellToPoint)'


Create point data from cell data. Beware: the filter does not do inverse distance weighting
==Parallel NetCDF POP reader==


|
Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file in parallel.
The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a
NetCDF file. Only a subset of the processes actually read the file and
these processes communicate the data to other processes.


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


|
|
| '''Decompose polyhedra'''<br>''(DecomposePolyhedra)'
Decompose polyhedra into tetrahedra and pyramids


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Lagrangian Arrays'''<br>''(LagrangianArrays)'
 
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader


|}
==Particles Reader==


|
Reads particle data.vtkParticleReader reads
| '''List timesteps according to controlDict'''<br>''(ListTimeStepsByControlDict)'
either a binary or a text file of particles. Each particle
can have associated with it an optional scalar value. So
the format is: x, y, z, scalar (all floats or doubles).
The text file can consist of a comma delimited set of
values. In most cases vtkParticleReader can automatically
determine whether the file is text or binary. The data can
be either float or double. Progress updates are provided.
With respect to binary files, random access into the file
to read pieces is supported.


List time directories listed according to the settings in controlDict
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
| '''Mesh Regions'''<br>''(MeshRegions)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
 


|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrays)'
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader


|}


|
==Partitioned Legacy VTK Reader==
| '''Lagrangian positions are in OF 1.3 binary format'''<br>''(PositionsIsIn13Format)'


Set if Lagrangian positions files are in OpenFOAM 1.3 binary format
Reads files stored in VTK partitioned legacy format.The
 
Partitioned Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's
|
partitioned legac file format (before VTK 4.2, although
 
still supported). The expected file extension is .pvtk.
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform
rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectilinear
grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Read zones'''<br>''(ReadZones)'
This property specifies the file name for the
 
Partitioned Legacy VTK reader.
Read point/face/cell-Zones
 
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


|}


==PDB Reader=
==Phasta Reader==


Reads the parallel Phasta meta-file and the underlying Phasta files.
This Phasta reader reads files stored in the Phasta (a CFD
package) format. The expected file extension is .pht. The
output of this reader is a multipiece data
set.


Read PDB molecule files
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


The PDB reader reads files in the format used by the Protein Data Bank (an archive of experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules). The expected file extension is .pdb. The output datasets are polygonal.<br
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
This property specifies the file name for the Phasta
| '''Description''
reader.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the PDB reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|




==PLOT3D Reader=
|}
 
==RTXMLPolyDataReader==




Read ASCII or binary PLOT3D files


PLOT3D is a plotting package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear (structured grid) datasets.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
Set the file name for the real-time VTK polygonal
| '''Description''
dataset reader.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''Q File Name'''<br>''(QFileName)'
The list of .q (solution) files for the PLOT3D reader. This can b
more than 1. If more that 1 file is specified, the reader will switc
to file-series mode in which it will pretend that it can support tim
and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''Location''' (Location)
|
|
Set the data directory containing real time data
files.
|
|
| '''Binary File'''<br>''(BinaryFile)'


This property indicates whether the data files are binary
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''NextFileName''' (NextFileName)
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|


|-
|'''NewDataAvailable''' (NewDataAvailable)
|


|
|
| '''Byte Order'''<br>''(ByteOrder)'
2
|
 


This property specifies the byte order of any binary file(s)
|}


|
==Restarted Sim Exodus Reader==


The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1)
Reads collections of Exodus output files from simulations that were restarted.
When a simulation that outputs exodus files is restarted,
typically you get a new set of output files. When you read
them in your visualization, you often want to string these
file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of
files. This reader allows you to specify a metadata file
that will implicitly string the files
together.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


This property specifies the .xyz (geometry) file name for the PLOT3D reader
|


|
|
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
This points to a special metadata file that lists the
output files for each restart.
|
|
| '''Force Read'''<br>''(ForceRead)'


This property indicates whether to attempt to read the file even if it appears corrup
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''UseMetaFile''' (UseMetaFile)
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this
proxy to work.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|




|
|}
| '''Functions'''<br>''(Functions)'


This property lists which functions (point-centered arrays) to compute
==Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader==


|
Reads collections of SPCTH files from simulations that were restarted.
When a CTH simulation is restarted, typically you get a
new set of output files. When you read them in your
visualization, you often want to string these file sets
together as if it was one continuous dump of files. This
reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will
implicitly string the files together.


The value must be one of the following: Scalar - Pressure (110), Scalar - Temperature (120), Scalar - Enthalpy (130), Scalar - Internal energy (140), Scalar - Kinetic energy (144), Scalar - Velocity magnitude (153), Scalar - Entropy (170), Scalar - Swirl. (184), Vector - Velocity (200), Vector - Vorticity (201), Vector - Pressure gradient (210)
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This points to a special metadata file that lists the
output files for each restart.
|


|
|
| '''Has Byte Count'''<br>''(HasByteCount)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''UseMetaFile''' (UseMetaFile)
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this
proxy to work.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|


This property indicates whether this file uses Fortran leading-trailing byte counts
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''I Blanking'''<br>''(IBlanking)'


This property indicates whether this dataset has visibility information
|}


|
==SLAC Data Reader==


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)A reader for a data format
used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the
Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). The underlying
format uses netCDF to store arrays, but also imposes several
conventions to form an unstructured grid of
elements.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''MeshFileName''' (MeshFileName)
|
|
| '''Multi Grid'''<br>''(MultiGrid)'
The name of the mesh file to load.
 
This property indicates whether these files have multiple-block information
 
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
| '''Two Dimensional Geometry'''<br>''(TwoDimensionalGeometry)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''ModeFileName''' (ModeFileName)
|
The name of the mode files to load. The points in the
mode file should be the same as the mesh file.
|


This property indicates whether the data is two- or three-dimensional
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''ReadInternalVolume''' (ReadInternalVolume)
|
If on, read the internal volume of the data
set.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ReadExternalSurface''' (ReadExternalSurface)
|
If on, read the external surfaces of the data
set.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ReadMidpoints''' (ReadMidpoints)
|
If on, reads midpoint information for external surfaces
and builds quadratic surface triangles.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
This magic property sends time information to the
animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation
to visit the time steps defined in the file.
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|-
|'''TimeRange''' (TimeRange)
|
This magic property sends time range information to the
animation panel. ParaView uses this information to set the range of
time for the animation. This property is important for when there are
no timesteps but you still want to give ParaView a range of values to
use.
|


|


|-
|'''FrequencyScale''' (FrequencyScale)
|
|


Sets the scale factor for each mode. By default, each scale factor is
set to 1.


==PLY Reader=
|


|


Read files stored in Stanford University's PLY polygonal file format
|-
|'''FrequencyScaleInfo''' (FrequencyScaleInfo)
|


The PLY reader reads files stored in the PLY polygonal file format developed at Stanford University. The PLY files that ParaView can read must have the elements "vertex" and "face" defined. The "vertex" elements must have the propertys "x", "y", and "z". The "face" elements must have the property "vertex_indices" defined. The default file extension for this reader is .ply.<br
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
 
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''PhaseShift''' (PhaseShift)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


This property specifies the file name for the PLY reader
Sets the phase offset for each mode. By default, shift is set to 0.


|
|
|
|
|-
|'''PhaseShiftInfo''' (PhaseShiftInfo)
|
|


|


==POP Reader=
|




Read data files from the Parallel Ocean Program (POP)
|}


The POP reader reads data files from the Parallel Ocean Program (POP). The expected file extension is .pop. The output of this reader is a structured grid dataset. <br
==SLAC Particle Data Reader==


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
The SLAC Particle data reader.The SLAC Particle data reader.
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''Clip Extent'''<br>''(ClipExtent)'


This property indicates the minimum and maximum extent in each dimension of the dataset (X, Y, and Z) to read
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


| -2147483647 2147483647 -2147483647 2147483647 -2147483647 214748364
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
A list of files to be read in a time
series.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the POP Ocean file reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Number Of Ghost Levels'''<br>''(NumberOfGhostLevels)'


This property indicates the number of ghost levels to generate
|
|
|
|
| '''Radius'''<br>''(Radius)'


This property specifies the radius of the dataset


| 6000
|}
|
|


==STL Reader==


==PVD Reader=
Reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files.The STL reader reads ASCII or
binary stereo lithography (STL) files. The expected file
extension is .stl. The output of this reader is a
polygonal dataset. This reader also supports file
series.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


Load a dataset stored in ParaView's PVD file format
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


The PVD reader reads data stored in ParaView's PVD file format. The .pvd file is essentially a header file that collects together other data files stored in VTK's XML-based file format.<br
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
 
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
| '''Restrictions''
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the PVD reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|




==Particles Reader=
|}


==Spy Plot Reader==


Read particle data
Reads files in the SPCTH Spy Plot file format.The Spy
Plot reader loads an ASCII meta-file called the "case"
file (extension .spcth). The case file lists all the
binary files containing the dataset. This reader produces
hierarchical datasets.


vtkParticleReader reads either a binary or a text file of particles.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
Each particle can have associated with it an optional scalar value. So<br
|-
the format is: x, y, z, scalar (all floats or doubles). The text file<br
| '''Property'''
can consist of a comma delimited set of values. In most cases<br
| '''Description'''
vtkParticleReader can automatically determine whether the file is text<br
| '''Default Value(s)'''
or binary.  The data can be either float or double.  Progress updates<br
| '''Restrictions'''
are provided.  With respect to binary files, random access into the file<br
to read pieces is supported.<br


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to
| '''Description''
read.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader


|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Spy Plot
reader.
|
|
| '''Byte Order'''<br>''(ByteOrder)'
Set/Get the byte ordering of the file you are trying to read in


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1)
|-
 
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Data Type'''<br>''(DataType)'
Get/Set the data type.  The options are
- Float (10) (default) single precision floating point
- Double (11) double precision floating point
| 1
The value must be one of the following: Float (10), Double (11)


|
|
| '''File Type'''<br>''(FileType)'
Set the file type.  The options are
- Unknown (0) (default) the reader will attempt to determine the fil
type. If this fails then you should set the file type yourself
- Text (1) the file type is text
- Binary (2) the file type is binary


|-
|'''DownConvertVolumeFraction''' (DownConvertVolumeFraction)
|
|
 
If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume
The value must be one of the following: Unknown (0), Text (1), Binary (2)
fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned
 
char.
 
|
|
| '''Has Scalar'''<br>''(HasScalar)'
1
 
|
Default: 1. If 1 then each particle has a value associated with it
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
|-
|'''ComputeDerivedVariables''' (ComputeDerivedVariables)
|
If this property is set to 1, the reader will convert
derived variables like material density for the materials that the user
has selected. For Density the user needs to have selected Material Mass
and Material Volume Fraction.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''DistributeFiles''' (DistributeFiles)
|
In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the
reader will distribute files or blocks.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateLevelArray''' (GenerateLevelArray)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores the level of each block.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateActiveBlockArray''' (GenerateActiveBlockArray)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores the active status of a block.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateTracers''' (GenerateTracers)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores the coordinates of any tracers.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateMarkers''' (GenerateMarkers)
|
If this property is set to 1, a second output will be
created using the markers data stored in the file.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateBlockIdArray''' (GenerateBlockIdArray)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores a unique blockId for each block.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''MergeXYZComponents''' (MergeXYZComponents)
|
If this property is set to 1, cell arrays named (for
example) X velocity, Y velocity and Z velocity will be combined into a
single vector array named velocity.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
 


|
|




==Partitioned Legacy VTK Reader=
|}


==TIFF Reader==


Read files stored in VTK partitioned legacy format
Reads a TIFF file into an image data.The TIFF reader reads TIFF
(Tagged Image File Format) files, and the output is a
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .tiff.


The Partitioned Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's partitioned legac file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .pvtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectilinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Property''
This property specifies the file name for the TIFF
| '''Description''
reader.
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the Partitioned Legacy VTK reader


|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|


|}


==Phasta Reader=
==TIFF Series Reader==


Reads a series of TIFF files into an time sequence of image datas.The TIFF series
reader reads TIFF files. The output is a time sequence of
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .tif or .tiff.


Read the parallel Phasta meta-file and the underlying Phasta files
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


This Phasta reader reads files stored in the Phasta (a CFD package) format. The expected file extension is .pht. The output of this reader is a multipiece data set.<br
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| '''Restrictions''
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


This property specifies the file name for the Phasta reader
|


|-
|'''ReadAsImageStack''' (ReadAsImageStack)
|
|
When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than
a temporal file series.
|
|
1
|
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


|}


==Restarted Sim Exodus Reader=
==Tecplot Reader==


Reads files in the Tecplot ASCII file format.
The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of
data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored
in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only
point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e.,
component-based, with point data and cell data supported).
The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of
which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a
vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file
series.


Read collections of Exodus output files from simulations that were restarted
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


When a simulation that outputs exodus files is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files.  When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files.  This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.<br
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart
|


|
|
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Use Meta File'''<br>''(UseMetaFile)'


This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work
|


|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|}


==Unstructured NetCDF POP reader==


|
Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file and converts it into unstructured data.
| '''Animate Vibrations'''<br>''(AnimateVibrations)'
The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a
NetCDF file and turns it into an unstructured spherical
grid.


If this flag is on and HasModeShapes is also on, then this reade
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
will report a continuous time range [0,1] and animate th
|-
displacements in a periodic sinusoid.  If this flag is off an
| '''Property'''
HasModeShapes is on, this reader ignores time.  This flag has n
| '''Description'''
effect if HasModeShapes is off
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|


|


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
| '''Apply Displacements'''<br>''(ApplyDisplacements)'


Geometric locations can include displacements. When this option is on, the nodal positions are 'displaced' by the standard exodus displacement vector. If displacements are turned 'off', the user can explicitly add them by applying a warp filter
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|}


|
==VPIC Reader==
| '''Displacement Magnitude'''<br>''(DisplacementMagnitude)'
 
Reads distributed VPIC files into an ImageData.VPIC is a 3D
kinetic plasma particle-in-cell simulation. The input file
(.vpc) opened by the VPIC reader is an ASCII description
of the data files which are written one file per
processor, per category and per time step. These are
arranged in subdirectories per category (field data and
hydrology data) and then in time step
subdirectories.


When displacements are being applied, they are scaled by this amount.  Set to 1 for no scaling
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
ASCII .vpc file describes locations of data files, grid
sizes, time step sizes and type and order of data written to the
files.
|
|
|
|
| '''Edge Blocks'''<br>''(EdgeBlocks)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|


|-
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
Variables written to the data files are described in the
.vpc file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are
loaded for a time step.
|


|
|
| '''Edge Map Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeMapArrayStatus)'
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
 


|-
|'''Stride''' (SetStride)
|
|
| '''Edge Set Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetArrayStatus)'
VPIC data may be very large and not all is needed for
effective visualization. Setting the stride selects every nth data item
within the files for display.
|
|
1 1 1
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
|'''DefaultXExtent''' (DefaultXExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Default extent is all files
available.
|


|


|-
|'''DefaultYExtent''' (DefaultYExtent)
|
|
| '''Edge Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetResultArrayStatus)'
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Default extent is all files
available.
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
|'''DefaultZExtent''' (DefaultZExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Default extent is all files
available.
|


|


|-
|'''X Extent''' (XExtent)
|
|
| '''Edge Variables'''<br>''(EdgeVariables)'
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader.
To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the X dimension of
"files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and
they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a
higher resolution over a smaller area.
|
|
-1 -1
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''Y Extent''' (YExtent)
 
|
| '''Element Blocks'''<br>''(ElementBlocks)'
|
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader.
To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Y dimension of
"files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and
they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a
higher resolution over a smaller area.
|
|
-1 -1
|
|
|-
|'''Z Extent''' (ZExtent)
|
|
| '''Element Map Array Status'''<br>''(ElementMapArrayStatus)'
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader.
To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Z dimension of
"files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and
they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a
higher resolution over a smaller area.
|
|
-1 -1
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader


|}


|
==VRML Reader==
| '''Element Set Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetArrayStatus)'
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Load the geometry from a VRML 2.0 file.The VRML reader loads
only the geometry from a VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling
Language) 2.0 file. The expected file extension is .wrl.
The output of this reader is a polygonal
dataset.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Element Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetResultArrayStatus)'
This property specifies the file name for the VRML
reader.
|
|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==Wavefront OBJ Reader==


Reads Wavefront .OBJ files to produce polygonal and line data.The OBJ reader
reads data stored in Wavefront .OBJ format. The expected
file extension is .obj, the datasets resulting from
reading these files are polygons and
lines.
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Element Variables'''<br>''(ElementVariables)'
This property specifies the file name for the OBJ
reader.
|
|
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==WindBlade reader==


Reads WindBlade/Firetec simulation files possibly including wind turbines and topology files.
WindBlade/Firetec is a simulation dealing with the effects
of wind on wind turbines or on the spread of fires. It
produces three outputs - a StructuredGrid for the wind
data fields, a StructuredGrid for the ground topology, and
a PolyData for turning turbine blades. The input file
(.wind) opened by the WindBlade reader is an ASCII
description of the data files expected. Data is
accumulated by the simulation processor and is written one
file per time step. WindBlade can deal with topology if a
flag is turned on and expects (x,y) data for the ground.
It also can deal with turning wind turbines from other
time step data files which gives polygon positions of
segments of the blades and data for each
segment.
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|'''Filename''' (Filename)
|
|
| '''Exodus Model Metadata'''<br>''(ExodusModelMetadata)'
ASCII .wind file describes locations of data files, grid
sizes and variable deltas, time step sizes, whether topology is used,
whether turbines are used, and type and order of data written to the
files.
|
 
|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|


|


|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
|
| '''Face Blocks'''<br>''(FaceBlocks)'
 
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
 
|
|
| '''Face Map Array Status'''<br>''(FaceMapArrayStatus)'
Variables written to the data files are described in the
.wind file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are
loaded for a time step.
|
|
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==XDMF Reader==


Reads XDMF (eXtensible Data Model and Format) files.The XDMF reader reads
files in XDMF format. The expected file extension is .xmf.
Metadata is stored in the XDMF file using an XML format,
and large attribute arrays are stored in a corresponding
HDF5 file. The output may be unstructured grid, structured
grid, or rectiliner grid. See http://www.xdmf.org for a
description of the file format.
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Face Set Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetArrayStatus)'
 
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|


|
|
| '''Face Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetResultArrayStatus)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
| '''Face Variables'''<br>''(FaceVariables)'
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader


|}


|
==XML Hierarchical Box Data reader==
| '''Generate Global Element Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalElementIdArray)'
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a hierarchical dataset containing vtkUniformGrids.
The XML Hierarchical Box Data reader reads VTK's XML-based
file format containing a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet. The
expected file extensions is either .vthb or
.vth.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Generate Global Node Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalNodeIdArray)'
 
|
|
|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
|
| '''Generate Object Id Cell Array'''<br>''(GenerateObjectIdCellArray)'
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
| '''Global Variables'''<br>''(GlobalVariables)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|




|
|}
| '''Has Mode Shapes'''<br>''(HasModeShapes)'


Some simulations overload the Exodus time steps to represent mod
==XML Image Data Reader==
shapes.  In this case, it does not make sense to iterate over th
"time steps", because they are not meant to be played in order
Rather, each represents the vibration at a different "mode.
Setting the value of this property to 1 changes the semantics of the reader to no
report the time steps to downstream filters


|
Reads serial VTK XML image data files.The XML Image
Data reader reads the VTK XML image data file format. The
standard extension is .vti. This reader also supports file
series.


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


|
|
| '''Mode Shape'''<br>''(ModeShape)'


Specify the current mode shape when HasModeShapes in on
|


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML image data format. The standard extension
is .vti. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to
file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and
provide one file per time step.
|
|
|
|
| '''Node Map Array Status'''<br>''(NodeMapArrayStatus)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|




|
|}
| '''Node Set Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetArrayStatus)'
 
|
==XML MultiBlock Data Reader==
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Reads a VTK XML multi-block data file and the serial VTK XML data files to which it points.The XML
Multi-Block Data reader reads the VTK XML multi-block data
file format. XML multi-block data files are meta-files
that point to a list of serial VTK XML files. When reading
in parallel, this reader will distribute sub-blocks among
processors. The expected file extensions are .vtm and
.vtmb.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Node Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetResultArrayStatus)'
 
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|


|
|
| '''Point Variables'''<br>''(PointVariables)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader


|}


|
==XML Partitioned Image Data Reader==
| '''Side Set Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetArrayStatus)'
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML image data files.
The XML Partitioned Image Data reader reads the
partitioned VTK image data file format. It reads the
partitioned format's summary file and then the associated
VTK XML image data files. The expected file extension is
.pvti. This reader also supports file
series.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Side Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetResultArrayStatus)'
 
|
|
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML image data format. The
standard extension is .pvti. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|


|
|
| '''XML File Name'''<br>''(XMLFileName)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
This property specifies the name of an XML file containing part and material descriptions and a mapping to element blocks
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
|
|




==Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader=
|}
 
==XML Partitioned Polydata Reader==


Reads the summary file and the assicoated VTK XML polydata files.The
XML Partitioned Polydata reader reads the partitioned VTK
polydata file format. It reads the partitioned format's
summary file and then the associated VTK XML polydata
files. The expected file extension is .pvtp. This reader
also supports file series.


Read collections of SPCTH files from simulations that were restarted
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


When a CTH simulation is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files.  When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files.  This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.<br
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
 
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The
standard extension is .pvtp. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Use Meta File'''<br>''(UseMetaFile)'


This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work
|


|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|}


==XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid Reader==


|
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
The XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid reader reads the
partitioned VTK rectilinear grid file format. It reads the
partitioned format's summary file and then the associated
VTK XML rectilinear grid files. The expected file
extension is .pvtr. This reader also supports file
series.


This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|


|


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
| '''Distribute Files'''<br>''(DistributeFiles)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
 
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML rectilinear grid data format.
In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the reader will distribute files or blocks
The standard extension is .pvtr. If more than one file is specified,
 
the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend
that it can support time and provide one file per time
step.
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|
| '''Down Convert Volume Fraction'''<br>''(DownConvertVolumeFraction)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned char
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
|
 
Available timestep values.
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
 
 
|
|
| '''Generate Active Block Array'''<br>''(GenerateActiveBlockArray)'
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the active status of a block


|
|


Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|}


|
==XML Partitioned Structured Grid Reader==
| '''Generate Block Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateBlockIdArray)'


If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores a unique blockId for each block
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML structured grid data files.
 
The XML Partitioned Structured Grid reader reads the
|
partitioned VTK structured grid data file format. It reads
 
the partitioned format's summary file and then the
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The
expected file extension is .pvts. This reader also
supports file series.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Generate Level Array'''<br>''(GenerateLevelArray)'
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the level of each block


|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted


|
|


 
|-
==SESAME Reader=
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
 
Read SESAME data files, producing rectilinear grids
 
The SESAME reader reads SESAME data files, and outputs rectilinear grids. The expected file extension is .sesame.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
| '''Description''
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML structured grid data format.
| '''Default Value(s)''
The standard extension is .pvts. If more than one file is specified,
| '''Restrictions''
the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend
that it can support time and provide one file per time
step.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the SESAME reader


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
| '''Table Id'''<br>''(TableId)'


This proeprty indicates which table to read
|


| -


The value must be one of the following:
|}


==XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid Reader==


|
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files.
The XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid reader reads the
partitioned VTK unstructured grid data file format. It
reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the
associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The
expected file extension is .pvtu. This reader also
supports file series.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


==SLAC Data Reader=
|-
 
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
 
|
 
 
A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several<br
other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).<br
The underlying format uses netCDF to store arrays, but also imposes<br
several conventions to form an unstructured grid of elements.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''Mesh File Name'''<br>''(MeshFileName)'
 
The name of the mesh file to load


|
|
|
|
| '''Mode File Name'''<br>''(ModeFileName)'
The name of the mode files to load.  The points in the mode file should be the same as the mesh file
|
|
|
| '''Read External Surface'''<br>''(ReadExternalSurface)'
If on, read the external surfaces of the data set
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Read Internal Volume'''<br>''(ReadInternalVolume)'
If on, read the internal volume of the data set
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Read Midpoints'''<br>''(ReadMidpoints)'
If on, reads midpoint information for external surfaces and build
quadratic surface triangles
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
==SLAC Particle Data Reader=
The SLAC Particle data reader.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
A list of files to be read in a time series
|
|
|
==STL Reader=
Read ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files
The STL reader reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files. The expected file extension is .stl. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset. This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step
|
|
|
==Spy Plot Reader=
Read files in the SPCTH Spy Plot file format
The Spy Plot reader loads an ASCII meta-file called the "case" file (extension .spcth). The case file lists all the binary files containing the dataset. This reader produces hierarchical datasets.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
| '''Distribute Files'''<br>''(DistributeFiles)'
In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the reader will distribute files or blocks
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Down Convert Volume Fraction'''<br>''(DownConvertVolumeFraction)'
If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned char
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the Spy Plot reader
|
|
|
| '''Generate Active Block Array'''<br>''(GenerateActiveBlockArray)'
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the active status of a block
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Generate Block Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateBlockIdArray)'
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores a unique blockId for each block
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Generate Level Array'''<br>''(GenerateLevelArray)'
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the level of each block
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Generate Tracer Array'''<br>''(GenerateTracerArray)'
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the coordinates of any tracers
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
| '''Merge XYZComponents'''<br>''(MergeXYZComponents)'
If this property is set to 1, cell arrays named (for example) X velocity, Y velocity and Z velocity will be combined into a single vector array named velocity
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted
|
==TIFF Reader=
Read a TIFF file into an image data
The TIFF reader reads TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) files, and the output is a uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .png.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the TIFF reader
|
|
|
==Tecplot Reader=
Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format
The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)'
The list of files to be read by the reader
|
|
|
| '''Data Arrays'''<br>''(DataArrayStatus)'
This property lists what dataset attribute arrays (point data and cell data) to read
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
==VPIC Reader=
Sorry, no help is currently available
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
|
|
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
| '''Stride'''<br>''(SetStride)'
|
| 1 1
The value must be greater than or equal to 1
|
| '''X Extent'''<br>''(XExtent)'
|
| -1 -
|
|
| '''Y Extent'''<br>''(YExtent)'
|
| -1 -
|
|
| '''Z Extent'''<br>''(ZExtent)'
|
| -1 -
|
|
==VRML Reader=
Load the geometry from a VRML 2.0 file
The VRML reader loads only the geometry from a VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) 2.0 file. The expected file extension is .wrl. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the VRML reader
|
|
|
==Wavefront OBJ Reader=
Read Wavefront .OBJ files to produce polygonal and line data
The OBJ reader reads data stored in Wavefront .OBJ format.<br
The expected file extension is .obj, the datasets resulting<br
from reading these files are polygons and lines.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the OBJ reader
|
|
|
==WindBlade reader=
Sorry, no help is currently available
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
|
|
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
==XDMF Reader=
Read XDMF (eXtensible Data Model and Format) files
The XDMF reader reads files in XDMF format. The expected file extension<br
is .xmf. Metadata is stored in the XDMF file using an XML format, and<br
large attribute arrays are stored in a corresponding HDF5 file. The<br
output may be unstructured grid, structured grid, or rectiliner grid.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which the cell-centered arrays to read
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
This property specifies the file name for the XDMF reader
|
|
|
| '''Grids'''<br>''(GridStatus)'
|
|
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
This property lists which the point-centered arrays to read
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
| '''Sets'''<br>''(SetStatus)'
Select the sets to be loaded from the dataset, if any
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|
| '''Stride'''<br>''(Stride)'
If loading structured data, this property indicate the number o
indices per dimension (X, Y, or Z) to skip between each point include
in this output
| 1 1
The value must be greater than or equal to (1, 1, 1)


|
|


 
|-
==XML Hierarchical Box Data reader=
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
 
Read a VTK XML-based data file containing a hierarchical dataset containing vtkUniformGrids
 
The XML Hierarchical Box Data reader reads VTK's XML-based file format<br
containing a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet. The expected file extensions is<br
either .vthb or .vth.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
| '''Description''
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML unstructured grid data
| '''Default Value(s)''
format. The standard extension is .pvtu. If more than one file is
| '''Restrictions''
specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will
pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time
step.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to b
in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension i
.vtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to fil
series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time an
provide 1 file per time step


|
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Available timestep values.
|
|


==XML Image Data Reader=
Read serial VTK XML image data files
The XML Image Data reader reads the VTK XML image data file format. The standard extension is .vti. This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .vti. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|}
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
 
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
==XML PolyData Reader==


The list of array names is provided by the reader
Reads serial VTK XML polydata files.The XML Polydata
reader reads the VTK XML polydata file format. The
standard extension is .vtp. This reader also supports file
series.


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read


|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|


 
|-
==XML MultiBlock Data Reader=
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
 
Read a VTK XML multi-block data file and the serial VTK XML data files to which it points
 
The XML Multi-Block Data reader reads the VTK XML multi-block data file<br
format. XML multi-block data files are meta-files that point to a list of<br
serial VTK XML files. When reading in parallel, this reader will<br
distribute sub-blocks among processors. The expected file extensions are<br
.vtm and .vtmb.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
| '''Description''
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
| '''Default Value(s)''
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
| '''Restrictions''
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to b
in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension i
.vtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to fil
series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time an
provide 1 file per time step
|
|
|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
==XML Partitioned Image Data Reader=
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
 
Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML image data files
 
The XML Partitioned Image Data reader reads the partitioned VTK image data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML image data files. The expected file extension is .pvti. This reader also supports file series.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
Available timestep values.
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .pvti. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


This propert lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|}


The list of array names is provided by the reader
==XML Rectilinear Grid Reader==


Reads serial VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.The
XML Rectilinear Grid reader reads the VTK XML rectilinear
grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtr.
This reader also supports file series.


|
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
|-
 
| '''Property'''
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|


==XML Partitioned Polydata Reader=
Read the summary file and the assicoated VTK XML polydata files
The XML Partitioned Polydata reader reads the partitioned VTK polydata file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML polydata files. The expected file extension is .pvtp.  This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .pvtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The
standard extension is .vtr. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
Available timestep values.
 
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
 
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|




==XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid Reader=
|}


==XML Structured Grid Reader==


Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid data files
Reads serial VTK XML structured grid data files.The
XML Structured Grid reader reads the VTK XML structured
grid data file format. The standard extension is .vts.
This reader also supports file series.


The XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK rectilinear grid file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid files. The expected file extension is .pvtr. This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtr. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
 
expected to be in the VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
extension is .vts. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
 
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
==XML Partitioned Structured Grid Reader=
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
 
Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML structured grid data files
 
The XML Partitioned Structured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK structured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvts. This reader also supports file series.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
Available timestep values.
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'


The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvts. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step
|
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|}


The list of array names is provided by the reader
==XML UniformGrid AMR Reader==


Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a AMR datasets .
This reader reads Overlapping and Non-Overlapping AMR
datasets in VTK XML format. This reader reads the newer
version of the format. For version 1.0 and less, use
XMLHierarchicalBoxDataReader.
The expected file extensions is either .vthb or .vth.


|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'


This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|


==XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid Reader=
Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files
The XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK unstructured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvtu. This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtu. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
Available timestep values.
 
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
 
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|




==XML PolyData Reader=
|}


==XML Unstructured Grid Reader==


Read serial VTK XML polydata files
Reads serial VTK XML unstructured grid data files.
The XML Unstructured Grid reader reads the VTK XML
unstructured grid data file format. The standard extension
is .vtu. This reader also supports file
series.


The XML Polydata reader reads the VTK XML polydata file format. The standard extension is .vtp.  This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|-
 
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
 
|
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
 
expected to be in the VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
standard extension is .vtu. If more than one file is specified, the
 
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader


|
|
 
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
==XML Rectilinear Grid Reader=
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
 
Read serial VTK XML rectilinear grid data files
 
The XML Rectilinear Grid reader reads the VTK XML rectilinear grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtr. This reader also supports file series.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
Available timestep values.
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .vtr. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step


|
|
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==XYZ Reader==


|
Reads XYZ molecular data files into a polygonal dataset.The XYZ reader
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
reads XYZ molecular data files. The expected file
extension is .xyz. The output of this reader is a
polygonal dataset.


This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
 
This property specifies the file name for the XYZ
The list of array names is provided by the reader
reader.
 
 
|
|


==XML Structured Grid Reader=
Read serial VTK XML structured grid data files
The XML Structured Grid reader reads the VTK XML structured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vts. This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''TimeStep''' (TimeStep)
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
 
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .vts. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step
 
|
|
This property specifies the timestep the XYZ reader
should load.
|
|
0
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'


This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|
|}


The list of array names is provided by the reader
==proSTAR (STARCD) Reader==


Reads geometry in proSTAR (STARCD) file format.
ProStarReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It
reads .cel/.vrt files stored in proSTAR (STARCD) ASCII
format.


|
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'
|-
 
| '''Property'''
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
 
Set the file name for the proSTAR (STARCD)
The list of array names is provided by the reader
reader.
 
 
|
|


==XML Unstructured Grid Reader=
Read serial VTK XML unstructured grid data files
The XML Unstructured Grid reader reads the VTK XML unstructured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtu. This reader also supports file series.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
| '''Property''
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .vtu. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step
|'''ScaleFactor''' (ScaleFactor)
 
|
|
Scaling factor for the points
|
|
1
|
|
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)'
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read


|


The list of array names is provided by the reader
|}


==spcth history reader==


|
Reads an spcth history file where each row translates into a single time step and the columns are points, materials and properties.
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)'


This property lists which point-centered arrays to read
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
 
This property specifies the file name for the VRML
The list of array names is provided by the reader
reader.
 
 
|
|


==XYZ Reader=
Read XYZ molecular data files into a polygonal dataset
The XYZ reader reads XYZ molecular data files. The expected file extension is .xyz. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset.<br
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
| '''Description''
|-
| '''Default Value(s)''
|'''CommentCharacter''' (CommentCharacter)
| '''Restrictions''
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
 
This property specifies the file name for the XYZ reader
 
|
|
This property lists the characters that is used as the
first character on comment lines
|
|
%
|
|
| '''Time Step'''<br>''(TimeStep)'
This property specifies the timestep the XYZ reader should load


|-
|'''Delimeter''' (Delimeter)
|
|
Character that is used as the delimeter.
|
|
,
|
|


 
|-
==proSTAR (STARCD) Reader=
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
 
 
Reads geometry in proSTAR (STARCD) file format
 
ProStarReader creates an unstructured grid dataset.<br
It reads .cel/.vrt files stored in proSTAR (STARCD) ASCII format.<br
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5
|
|
| '''Property''
Available timestep values.
| '''Description''
| '''Default Value(s)''
| '''Restrictions''
|
|
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)'
Set the file name for the proSTAR (STARCD) reader


|
|
|
|
| '''Scale Factor'''<br>''(ScaleFactor)'


Scaling factor for the point


|
|}
|
|

Latest revision as of 18:06, 26 January 2016

AVS UCD Reader

Reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.The AVS UCD reader reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format. The default file extension is .inp. The output of this reader is unstructured grid. This supports reading a file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


BYU Reader

Reads Movie.BYU files to produce polygonal data.The BYU reader reads data stored in Movie.BYU format. The expected file extension is .g. The datasets resulting from reading these files are polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the BYU reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CML Molecule Reader

A reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML) This is a reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML) which describes chemical information using XML.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the CML file name

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CSV Reader

Reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D rectilinear grid.The CSV reader reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D rectilinear grid. If the file was saved using the CSVWriter, then the rectilinear grid's points and point data can be restored as well as the cell data. Otherwise all the data in the CSV file is treated as cell data. The default file extension is .csv as well as .txt. This can read file series as well.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be a csv file. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


DEM Reader

Reads a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) file.The DEM reader reads Digital Elevation Model files containing elevation values derived from the U. S. Geologic Survey. The default file extension is .dem. This reader produces uniform rectilinear (image/volume) data output.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the DEM (Digital Elevation Map) reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

DICOM Reader (Single File)

Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a lone file. DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version of the reader reads a single file (as opposed to a collection of files). The DICOM reader currently only supports uncompressed files.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

DICOM file to load. This version of the reader only supports loading one file at a time.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

DICOM Reader (directory)

Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a directory containing a file. DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version of the reader will look at all files in the same directory of the selected file and load them as planes of the same data set. It is typically for 3D medical scanners to store planes as set of files in a directory.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

A file in the directory of files to be loaded. The DICOM reader will actually load all valid DICOM files in the same directory as this file as part of the same dataset. This is typical of how DICOM files are often stored.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ENZO AMR Particles Reader

Reads AMR particles from an ENZO datasetThe Enzo particles reader loads particle simulation data stored in Enzo HDF5 format. The output of this reader is MultiBlock dataset where each block is a vtkPolyData that holds the particles (points) and corresponding particle data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


EnSight Master Server Reader

Reads files in EnSight's Master Server format.The EnSight Master Server reader reads EnSight's parallel files. The master file ususally has a .sos extension and may point to multiple .case files. The output is a multi-block dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
CaseFileName (CaseFileName)

This property specifies the name of the .sos file for the EnSight Master Server reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ByteOrder (ByteOrder)

This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s).

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • BigEndian (0)
  • LittleEndian (1)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

SetTimeValue (SetTimeValue)

This property indicates which time value to read.

0.0

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

EnSight Reader

Reads EnSight 6 and Gold files.The EnSight reader reads files in the format produced by CEI's EnSight. EnSight 6 and Gold files (both ASCII and binary) are supported. The default extension is .case. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
CaseFileName (CaseFileName)

This property specifies the case file name for the EnSight reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

Enzo Reader

Read hierarchical box dataset from an Enzo file. This Enzo reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The output of this reader is a hierarchical-box dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


ExodusIIReader

Reads an Exodus II file to produce an unstructured grid.The Exodus reader loads Exodus II files and produces an unstructured grid output. The default file extensions are .g, .e, .ex2, .ex2v2, .exo, .gen, .exoII, .exii, .0, .00, .000, and .0000. The file format is described fully at: http://endo.sandia.gov/SEACAS/Documentation/exodusII.pdf. Each Exodus file contains a single set of points with 2-D or 3-D coordinates plus one or more blocks, sets, and maps. Block group elements (or their bounding edges or faces) of the same type together. Sets select subsets (across all the blocks in a file) of elements, sides of elements (which may be of mixed dimensionality), bounding faces of volumetric elements, or bounding edges of volumetric or areal elements. Each block or set may have multiple result variables, each of which defines a value per element, per timestep. The elements (cells), faces of elements (when enumerated in face blocks), edges of elements (when enumerated in edge blocks), and nodes (points) in a file may be assigned an arbitrary integer number by an element map, face map, edge map, or node map, respectively. Usually, only a single map of each type exists and is employed to assign a unique global ID to entities across multiple files which partition a large mesh for a distributed-memory calculation. However here may be multiply maps of each type and there are no constraints which force the integers to be unique. The connectivity of elements is constant across all of the timesteps in any single Exodus II file. However, multiple files which specify a single time-evolution of a mesh may be used to represent meshes which exhibit changes in connectivity infrequently. Field variable mode_shape[0] represents the time step (t_index) if HasModeShapes is not set or the ModeShape otherwise.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Exodus reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseMetaFile (UseMetaFile)

This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


FLASH AMR Particles Reader

Reads AMR particles from FLASH datasetThe Flash particles reader loads particle simulation data stored in Flash format. The output of this reader is a MultiBlock dataset where each block is vtkPolyData that holds the particles and corresponding particle data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


FacetReader

Reads ASCII files stored in Facet format.The Facet Reader reads files in Facet format: a simple ASCII file format listing point coordinates and connectivity between these points. The default file extension is .facet. The output of the Facet Reader is polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Facet reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Flash Reader

Read hierarchical box dataset from a Flash dataset. This Flash reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The output of this reader is a hierarchical-box dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Fluent Case Reader

Reads a dataset in Fluent file format. FLUENTReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads .cas and .dat files stored in FLUENT native format (or a file series of the same.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The name of the files to load.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Gaussian Cube Reader

Produce polygonal data by reading a Gaussian Cube file.The Gaussian Cube reader produces polygonal data by reading data files produced by the Gaussian software package. The expected file extension is .cube.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Gaussian Cube reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

HBScale (HBScale)

A scaling factor to compute bonds with hydrogen atoms.

1.0

BScale (BScale)

A scaling factor to compute bonds between non-hydrogen atoms

1.0


Image Reader

Reads raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified. The Image reader reads raw, regular, rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is provided, the user must specify information about the size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FilePrefix (FilePrefix)

The text string contained in this property specifies the file prefix (directory plus common initial part of file name) for the raw binary uniform rectilinear grid dataset.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FilePattern (FilePattern)

The text string contained in the property specifies the format string to determine the file names necessary for reading this dataset. In creating the filenames, %s will be replaced by the prefix and %d by a digit which represents the slice number in Z. The format string is the same as that used by printf.

%s

DataScalarType (DataScalarType)

The value of this property indicates the scalar type of the pixels/voxels in the file(s): short, int, float ...

4

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • char (2)
  • unsigned char (3)
  • short (4)
  • unsigned short (5)
  • int (6)
  • unsigned int (7)
  • long (8)
  • unsigned long (9)
  • float (10)
  • double (11)
DataByteOrder (DataByteOrder)

This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s).

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • BigEndian (0)
  • LittleEndian (1)
FileDimensionality (FileDimensionality)

This property indicates whether the file(s) in this dataset contain slices (2D) or volumes (3D).

3

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • 2 (2)
  • 3 (3)
DataOrigin (DataOrigin)

The coordinate contained in this property specifies the position of the point with index (0,0,0).

0.0 0.0 0.0

DataSpacing (DataSpacing)

This property specifies the size of a voxel in each dimension.

1.0 1.0 1.0

DataExtent (DataExtent)

This property specifies the minimum and maximum index values of the data in each dimension (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax).

0 0 0 0 0 0

NumberOfScalarComponents (NumberOfScalarComponents)

This property specifies the number of components the scalar value at each pixel or voxel has (e.g., RGB - 3 scalar components).

1

ScalarArrayName (ScalarArrayName)

This property contains a text string listing a name to assign to the point-centered data array read.

ImageFile

FileLowerLeft (FileLowerLeft)

This property determines whether the data originates in the lower left corner (on) or the upper left corner (off). Most scientific data is written with a right-handed axes that originates in the lower left corner. However, several 2D image file formats write the image from the upper left corner.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

JPEG Series Reader

Reads a series of JPEG files into an time sequence of image datas.The JPEG series reader reads JPEG files. The output is a time sequence of uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .jpg or .jpeg.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

ReadAsImageStack (ReadAsImageStack)

When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than a temporal file series.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

LSDynaReader

Read LS-Dyna databases (d3plot).This reader reads LS-Dyna databases.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the LSDyna reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
SolidArrayInfo (SolidArrayInfo)
Solid Arrays (SolidArrayStatus)

Select which solid arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

ThickShellArrayInfo (ThickShellArrayInfo)
Thick Shell Arrays (ThickShellArrayStatus)

Select which thick shell arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

ShellArrayInfo (ShellArrayInfo)
Shell Arrays (ShellArrayStatus)

Select which shell arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

RigidBodyArrayInfo (RigidBodyArrayInfo)
Rigid Body Arrays (RigidBodyArrayStatus)

Select which rigid body arrays to load.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

RoadSurfaceArrayInfo (RoadSurfaceArrayInfo)
Road Surface Arrays (RoadSurfaceArrayStatus)

Select which road surface arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

BeamArrayInfo (BeamArrayInfo)
Beam Arrays (BeamArrayStatus)

Select which beam arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

ParticleArrayInfo (ParticleArrayInfo)
Particle Arrays (ParticleArrayStatus)

Select which particle arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

Select which point-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PartArrayInfo (PartArrayInfo)
Part Arrays (PartArrayStatus)

Select which part arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

DeformedMesh (DeformedMesh)

Should the mesh be deformed over time (if the Deflection node array is set to load)?

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

RemoveDeletedCells (RemoveDeletedCells)

Should cells that have been deleted (failed structurally, for example) be removed from the mesh?

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Legacy VTK Reader

Reads files stored in VTK's legacy file format.The Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's legacy file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .vtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectiinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


MFIXReader

Reads a dataset in MFIX file format. vtkMFIXReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads a restart file and a set of sp files. The restart file contains the mesh information. MFIX meshes are either cylindrical or rectilinear, but this reader will convert them to an unstructured grid. The sp files contain transient data for the cells. Each sp file has one or more variables stored inside it.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the MFIX reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

Select which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


MRC Series Reader

Reads a series of MRC files into an time sequence of image datas.The MRC series reader reads MRC files. The output is a time sequence of uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .mrc but .ali, .st and .rec are also recognized.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Meta File Series Reader

Reads a series of meta images.Read a series of meta images. The file extension is .mhd

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the meta format. The standard extension is .mhd. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


NetCDF CAM reader

Reads unstructured grid data from NetCDF files. There are 2 files, a points+fields file which is set as FileName and a cell connectivity file set as ConnectivityFileName. This reader reads in unstructured grid data from a NetCDF file. The grid data is in a set of planes as quadrilateral cells. The reader creates hex cells in order to create a volumetric grid.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


NetCDF MPAS reader

Reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file. This reader reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file. It creates a dual grid It assumes the grid is in the global domain. By default, it creates a spherical view of vertical layer 0. It assumes it is ocean data. It gives several options to change the view to multilayer (all vertical layers will have a thickness determined by the value in the slider), lat/lon projection or atmospheric (vertical layers go out away from the center of the sphere, instead of down towards the center as they do for ocean data). It doesn't handle data in the rectangular domain. This is not a parallel reader. It expects one .nc file of data. It can display cell or vertex-centered data, but not edge data. When converted to the dual grid, cell-centered data becomes vertex-centered and vice-versa. NOTES: When using this reader, it is important that you remember to do the following: 1. When changing a selected variable, remember to select it also in the drop down box to color by. It doesn't color by that variable automatically 2. When selecting multilayer sphere view, start with layer thickness around 100,000 3. When selecting multilayer lat/lon view, start with layer thickness around 10 4. Always click the -Z orientation after making a switch from lat/lon to sphere, from single to multilayer or changing thickness. 5. Be conservative on the number of changes you make before hitting Apply, since there may be bugs in this reader. Just make one change and then hit Apply. For problems, contact Christine Ahrens (cahrens@lanl.gov)

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name to read. It should be an MPAS format NetCDF file ending in .nc.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseDimensionedArrayNames (UseDimensionedArrayNames)

This property ensures that the dimension info is always shown in the ParaView GUI.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
PointArrayStatus (PointArrayStatus)

This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid point variables to load.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
CellArrayStatus (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid cell variables to load.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

DimensionInfo (DimensionInfo)
Extra Dimension Indices (DimensionCurrentIndex)
ShowMultilayerView (ShowMultilayerView)

This property indicates whether to show multiple layers in one view, with each vertical level having the same thickness, specified by the layer thickness slider. For ocean data, the layers correspond to data at vertical level whose number increases towards the center of the sphere. For atmospheric data, the layers correspond to data at vertical levels increasing away from the center.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

DimensionList (DimensionList)
Vertical Dimension (VerticalDimension)

nVertLevels

The value(s) can be one of the following:

ProjectLatLon (ProjectLatLon)

This property indicates whether to view the data in the lat/lon projection.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

IsAtmosphere (IsAtmosphere)

This property indicates whether data is atmospheric. Checking this ensures the vertical levels will go up away from the sphere instead of down towards the center.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

LayerThicknessRangeInfo (LayerThicknessRangeInfo)
Layer Thickness (LayerThickness)

This property specifies how thick the layer should be if viewing the data in multilayer view. Each layer corresponds to a vertical level. A good starting point is 100,000 for the spherical view and 10 for the lat/lon projection. Click on -Z after applying this change, since the scale may change drastically.

10

CenterLonRangeInfo (CenterLonRangeInfo)
Center Longitude (CenterLon)

This property specifies where the center will be viewed for a lat/lon projection.

180

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


NetCDF POP reader

Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file. The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a NetCDF file.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


NetCDF Reader

Reads regular arrays from netCDF files. Will also read any topological information specified by the COARDS and CF conventions.Reads arrays from netCDF files into structured VTK data sets. In the absence of any other information, the files will be read as image data. This reader will also look for meta information specified by the CF convention that specify things like topology and time. This information can cause the output to be a nonuniform rectilinear grid or curvilinear (structured) grid. Details on the CF convention can be found at http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/. It should be noted that the CF convention is a superset of the COARDS convention, so COARDS conventions will also be recognized.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The name of the files to load.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

This magic property sends time information to the animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation to visit the time steps defined in the file.


Nrrd Reader

Reads raw image files with Nrrd meta data.The Nrrd reader reads raw image data much like the Raw Image Reader except that it will also read metadata information in the Nrrd format. This means that the reader will automatically set information like file dimensions. There are several limitations on what type of nrrd files we can read. This reader only supports nrrd files in raw format. Other encodings like ascii and hex will result in errors. When reading in detached headers, this only supports reading one file that is detached.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The name of the file to read (or the meta data file that will point to the actual file).

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Data VOI (DataVOI)

The data volume of interest (VOI). The VOI is a sub-extent of the data that you want loaded. Setting a VOI is useful when reading from a large data set and you are only interested in a small portion of the data. If left containing all 0's, then the reader will load in the entire data set.

0 0 0 0 0 0


OpenFOAMReader

Reads OpenFOAM data files, producing multi-block dataset.The OpenFOAM reader reads OpenFOAM data files and outputs multi-block datasets. Mesh information and time dependent data are supported. The OpenFOAM format is described fully at http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/basic-file-format.php

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CaseType (CaseType)

The property indicates whether decomposed mesh or reconstructed mesh should be read

1

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • Decomposed Case (0)
  • Reconstructed Case (1)
Create cell-to-point filtered data (CreateCellToPoint)

Create point data from cell data. Beware: the filter does not do inverse distance weighting.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Add dimensional units to array names (AddDimensionsToArrayNames)

Read dimensional units from field data and add them to array names as human-readable string.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
PatchArrayInfo (PatchArrayInfo)
MeshRegions (MeshRegions)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
CellArrays (CellArrays)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
PointArrays (PointArrays)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

LagrangianArrayInfo (LagrangianArrayInfo)
LagrangianArrays (LagrangianArrays)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

Cache mesh (CacheMesh)

Cache the OpenFOAM mesh between GUI selection changes.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Decompose polyhedra (DecomposePolyhedra)

Decompose polyhedra into tetrahedra and pyramids.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

List timesteps according to controlDict (ListTimeStepsByControlDict)

List time directories listed according to the settings in controlDict.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Lagrangian positions are in OF 1.3 binary format (PositionsIsIn13Format)

Set if Lagrangian positions files are in OpenFOAM 1.3 binary format.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Read zones (ReadZones)

Read point/face/cell-Zones?

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

PDB Reader

Reads PDB molecule files.The PDB reader reads files in the format used by the Protein Data Bank (an archive of experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules). The expected file extension is .pdb. The output datasets are polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PDB reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

PLOT3D Meta-File Reader

The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files or time series of PLOT3D files. The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files, specifically time series of PLOT3D files. PLOT3D files can take many different forms based on their content. Unfortunately, it is not a self-describing format therefore the user needs to pass information about the contents of the file to the reader. Normally, this is done by setting a number of member variables. The goal of this reader is to provide a simple format that enable the writer of the PLOT3D file to describe its settings as well as group a number of files as a time series.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the meta file name

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


PLOT3D Reader

Reads ASCII or binary PLOT3D files.PLOT3D is a plotting package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear (structured grid) datasets.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
QFileName (QFileName)

The list of .q (solution) files for the PLOT3D reader. There can be more than one. If more that one file is specified, the reader will switch to file-series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


PLY Reader

Reads files stored in Stanford University's PLY polygonal file format.The PLY reader reads files stored in the PLY polygonal file format developed at Stanford University. The PLY files that ParaView can read must have the elements "vertex" and "face" defined. The "vertex" elements must have the propertys "x", "y", and "z". The "face" elements must have the property "vertex_indices" defined. The default file extension for this reader is .ply.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PLY reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

PNG Series Reader

Reads a PNG file into an image data.The PNG reader reads PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files, and the output is a uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .png.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

ReadAsImageStack (ReadAsImageStack)

When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than a temporal file series.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

PTS Reader

Reads a PTS ASCII Point Cloud file.The PTS reader reads ASCII PTS Point Cloud files containing points as well as optional intensity and color information. The default file extension is .pts. This reader produces a polydata set of a single vertex cell containing all of the points.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PTS (ASCII Point Cloud) reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

LimitNumberOfPointsRead (LimitNumberOfPointsRead)

Limits the number of points read in from file

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

MaxNumberOfPoints (MaxNumberOfPoints)

Specify the max number of point to be read.

100000

LimitPointCloudToBounds (LimitPointCloudToBounds)

Restrict the point to cloud to a specified volume.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ReadBounds (ReadBounds)

Define the spatial volume that wil restrict the extent of the point cloud [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax]

0 100 0 100 0 100


PVD Reader

Load a dataset stored in ParaView's PVD file format.The PVD reader reads data stored in ParaView's PVD file format. The .pvd file is essentially a header file that collects together other data files stored in VTK's XML-based file format.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PVD reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Parallel NetCDF POP reader

Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file in parallel. The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a NetCDF file. Only a subset of the processes actually read the file and these processes communicate the data to other processes.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Particles Reader

Reads particle data.vtkParticleReader reads either a binary or a text file of particles. Each particle can have associated with it an optional scalar value. So the format is: x, y, z, scalar (all floats or doubles). The text file can consist of a comma delimited set of values. In most cases vtkParticleReader can automatically determine whether the file is text or binary. The data can be either float or double. Progress updates are provided. With respect to binary files, random access into the file to read pieces is supported.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Partitioned Legacy VTK Reader

Reads files stored in VTK partitioned legacy format.The Partitioned Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's partitioned legac file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .pvtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectilinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Partitioned Legacy VTK reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Phasta Reader

Reads the parallel Phasta meta-file and the underlying Phasta files. This Phasta reader reads files stored in the Phasta (a CFD package) format. The expected file extension is .pht. The output of this reader is a multipiece data set.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Phasta reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


RTXMLPolyDataReader

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the real-time VTK polygonal dataset reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Location (Location)

Set the data directory containing real time data files.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

NextFileName (NextFileName)
NewDataAvailable (NewDataAvailable)

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Restarted Sim Exodus Reader

Reads collections of Exodus output files from simulations that were restarted. When a simulation that outputs exodus files is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files. When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files. This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseMetaFile (UseMetaFile)

This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader

Reads collections of SPCTH files from simulations that were restarted. When a CTH simulation is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files. When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files. This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseMetaFile (UseMetaFile)

This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


SLAC Data Reader

A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). The underlying format uses netCDF to store arrays, but also imposes several conventions to form an unstructured grid of elements.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
MeshFileName (MeshFileName)

The name of the mesh file to load.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ModeFileName (ModeFileName)

The name of the mode files to load. The points in the mode file should be the same as the mesh file.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ReadInternalVolume (ReadInternalVolume)

If on, read the internal volume of the data set.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ReadExternalSurface (ReadExternalSurface)

If on, read the external surfaces of the data set.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ReadMidpoints (ReadMidpoints)

If on, reads midpoint information for external surfaces and builds quadratic surface triangles.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

This magic property sends time information to the animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation to visit the time steps defined in the file.

TimeRange (TimeRange)

This magic property sends time range information to the animation panel. ParaView uses this information to set the range of time for the animation. This property is important for when there are no timesteps but you still want to give ParaView a range of values to use.

FrequencyScale (FrequencyScale)

Sets the scale factor for each mode. By default, each scale factor is set to 1.

FrequencyScaleInfo (FrequencyScaleInfo)
PhaseShift (PhaseShift)

Sets the phase offset for each mode. By default, shift is set to 0.

PhaseShiftInfo (PhaseShiftInfo)


SLAC Particle Data Reader

The SLAC Particle data reader.The SLAC Particle data reader.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

A list of files to be read in a time series.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


STL Reader

Reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files.The STL reader reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files. The expected file extension is .stl. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Spy Plot Reader

Reads files in the SPCTH Spy Plot file format.The Spy Plot reader loads an ASCII meta-file called the "case" file (extension .spcth). The case file lists all the binary files containing the dataset. This reader produces hierarchical datasets.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Spy Plot reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

DownConvertVolumeFraction (DownConvertVolumeFraction)

If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned char.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ComputeDerivedVariables (ComputeDerivedVariables)

If this property is set to 1, the reader will convert derived variables like material density for the materials that the user has selected. For Density the user needs to have selected Material Mass and Material Volume Fraction.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

DistributeFiles (DistributeFiles)

In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the reader will distribute files or blocks.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateLevelArray (GenerateLevelArray)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the level of each block.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateActiveBlockArray (GenerateActiveBlockArray)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the active status of a block.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateTracers (GenerateTracers)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the coordinates of any tracers.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateMarkers (GenerateMarkers)

If this property is set to 1, a second output will be created using the markers data stored in the file.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateBlockIdArray (GenerateBlockIdArray)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores a unique blockId for each block.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

MergeXYZComponents (MergeXYZComponents)

If this property is set to 1, cell arrays named (for example) X velocity, Y velocity and Z velocity will be combined into a single vector array named velocity.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)


TIFF Reader

Reads a TIFF file into an image data.The TIFF reader reads TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) files, and the output is a uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .tiff.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the TIFF reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TIFF Series Reader

Reads a series of TIFF files into an time sequence of image datas.The TIFF series reader reads TIFF files. The output is a time sequence of uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .tif or .tiff.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

ReadAsImageStack (ReadAsImageStack)

When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than a temporal file series.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Tecplot Reader

Reads files in the Tecplot ASCII file format. The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Unstructured NetCDF POP reader

Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file and converts it into unstructured data. The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a NetCDF file and turns it into an unstructured spherical grid.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


VPIC Reader

Reads distributed VPIC files into an ImageData.VPIC is a 3D kinetic plasma particle-in-cell simulation. The input file (.vpc) opened by the VPIC reader is an ASCII description of the data files which are written one file per processor, per category and per time step. These are arranged in subdirectories per category (field data and hydrology data) and then in time step subdirectories.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

ASCII .vpc file describes locations of data files, grid sizes, time step sizes and type and order of data written to the files.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

Variables written to the data files are described in the .vpc file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are loaded for a time step.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
Stride (SetStride)

VPIC data may be very large and not all is needed for effective visualization. Setting the stride selects every nth data item within the files for display.

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DefaultXExtent (DefaultXExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Default extent is all files available.

DefaultYExtent (DefaultYExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Default extent is all files available.

DefaultZExtent (DefaultZExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Default extent is all files available.

X Extent (XExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader. To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the X dimension of "files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a higher resolution over a smaller area.

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Y Extent (YExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader. To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Y dimension of "files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a higher resolution over a smaller area.

-1 -1

Z Extent (ZExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader. To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Z dimension of "files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a higher resolution over a smaller area.

-1 -1


VRML Reader

Load the geometry from a VRML 2.0 file.The VRML reader loads only the geometry from a VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) 2.0 file. The expected file extension is .wrl. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the VRML reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Wavefront OBJ Reader

Reads Wavefront .OBJ files to produce polygonal and line data.The OBJ reader reads data stored in Wavefront .OBJ format. The expected file extension is .obj, the datasets resulting from reading these files are polygons and lines.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the OBJ reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

WindBlade reader

Reads WindBlade/Firetec simulation files possibly including wind turbines and topology files. WindBlade/Firetec is a simulation dealing with the effects of wind on wind turbines or on the spread of fires. It produces three outputs - a StructuredGrid for the wind data fields, a StructuredGrid for the ground topology, and a PolyData for turning turbine blades. The input file (.wind) opened by the WindBlade reader is an ASCII description of the data files expected. Data is accumulated by the simulation processor and is written one file per time step. WindBlade can deal with topology if a flag is turned on and expects (x,y) data for the ground. It also can deal with turning wind turbines from other time step data files which gives polygon positions of segments of the blades and data for each segment.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Filename (Filename)

ASCII .wind file describes locations of data files, grid sizes and variable deltas, time step sizes, whether topology is used, whether turbines are used, and type and order of data written to the files.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

Variables written to the data files are described in the .wind file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are loaded for a time step.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

XDMF Reader

Reads XDMF (eXtensible Data Model and Format) files.The XDMF reader reads files in XDMF format. The expected file extension is .xmf. Metadata is stored in the XDMF file using an XML format, and large attribute arrays are stored in a corresponding HDF5 file. The output may be unstructured grid, structured grid, or rectiliner grid. See http://www.xdmf.org for a description of the file format.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Hierarchical Box Data reader

Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a hierarchical dataset containing vtkUniformGrids. The XML Hierarchical Box Data reader reads VTK's XML-based file format containing a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet. The expected file extensions is either .vthb or .vth.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Image Data Reader

Reads serial VTK XML image data files.The XML Image Data reader reads the VTK XML image data file format. The standard extension is .vti. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .vti. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML MultiBlock Data Reader

Reads a VTK XML multi-block data file and the serial VTK XML data files to which it points.The XML Multi-Block Data reader reads the VTK XML multi-block data file format. XML multi-block data files are meta-files that point to a list of serial VTK XML files. When reading in parallel, this reader will distribute sub-blocks among processors. The expected file extensions are .vtm and .vtmb.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Image Data Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML image data files. The XML Partitioned Image Data reader reads the partitioned VTK image data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML image data files. The expected file extension is .pvti. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .pvti. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Polydata Reader

Reads the summary file and the assicoated VTK XML polydata files.The XML Partitioned Polydata reader reads the partitioned VTK polydata file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML polydata files. The expected file extension is .pvtp. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .pvtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid data files. The XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK rectilinear grid file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid files. The expected file extension is .pvtr. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtr. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Structured Grid Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The XML Partitioned Structured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK structured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvts. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvts. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK unstructured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvtu. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtu. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML PolyData Reader

Reads serial VTK XML polydata files.The XML Polydata reader reads the VTK XML polydata file format. The standard extension is .vtp. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Rectilinear Grid Reader

Reads serial VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.The XML Rectilinear Grid reader reads the VTK XML rectilinear grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtr. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .vtr. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Structured Grid Reader

Reads serial VTK XML structured grid data files.The XML Structured Grid reader reads the VTK XML structured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vts. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .vts. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML UniformGrid AMR Reader

Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a AMR datasets . This reader reads Overlapping and Non-Overlapping AMR datasets in VTK XML format. This reader reads the newer version of the format. For version 1.0 and less, use XMLHierarchicalBoxDataReader. The expected file extensions is either .vthb or .vth.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Unstructured Grid Reader

Reads serial VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The XML Unstructured Grid reader reads the VTK XML unstructured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtu. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .vtu. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XYZ Reader

Reads XYZ molecular data files into a polygonal dataset.The XYZ reader reads XYZ molecular data files. The expected file extension is .xyz. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the XYZ reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimeStep (TimeStep)

This property specifies the timestep the XYZ reader should load.

0


proSTAR (STARCD) Reader

Reads geometry in proSTAR (STARCD) file format. ProStarReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads .cel/.vrt files stored in proSTAR (STARCD) ASCII format.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the proSTAR (STARCD) reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ScaleFactor (ScaleFactor)

Scaling factor for the points

1


spcth history reader

Reads an spcth history file where each row translates into a single time step and the columns are points, materials and properties.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the VRML reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CommentCharacter (CommentCharacter)

This property lists the characters that is used as the first character on comment lines

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Delimeter (Delimeter)

Character that is used as the delimeter.

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TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


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