[Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Ply files as time history dataset

[Scott, W Alan]

Um ... Wow.  Not bad service!!  It's been all of what, half hour since I asked?




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 1:43 PM
> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> Cc: Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>; paraview-
> developers at paraview.org
> Subject: Re: [Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Ply files as
> time history dataset
> 
> Here's an MR that fixes the issue:
> 
> https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/1320
> 
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:
> > You are correct, I am using sloppy terminology (as usual).
> >
> > I believe we have the ability to write PLY time series, but not read PLY time
> series.  My user wants to read, not write.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Cory Quammen [mailto:cory.quammen at kitware.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 1:30 PM
> >> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> >> Cc: Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>; paraview-
> >> developers at paraview.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Ply
> >> files as time history dataset
> >>
> >> Alan and Utkarsh,
> >>
> >> I'm confused. Is this the same feature as reading a series of PLY
> >> files as a time series where each PLY file represents one time step?
> >> Isn't that supported already?
> >>
> >> If it is a different feature, what do you mean by time slice?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Cory
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> wrote:
> >> > Moving to paraview-developers
> >> >
> >> > You mean add the functionality to the ply reader, or generic to all
> readers?
> >> >
> >> > This is for David Peterson, the person on the phone call last week.
> >> > I think
> >> he has a short term (i.e., next week) need and a long term (future
> >> work) need.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> >> >> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 1:22 PM
> >> >> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> >> >> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> >> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Ply files as time history
> >> >> dataset
> >> >>
> >> >> Not currently, no. But it should be an easy fix to make it support
> >> >> a temporal fileseries.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Scott, W Alan
> >> >> <wascott at sandia.gov>
> >> wrote:
> >> >> > I have a series of ply files, each representing a slice of time.
> >> >> > Can ParaView read in this dataset as time slices?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Alan
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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