[Paraview] Newbie question

[ferrell@diablotech.com]

Thanks for the information.  If I understand correctly, my best bet in
the short term is to write one file per time step.  That file should
contain the mesh data and any desired data fields.  I am generating my
own files, so I can choose whatever format is best.  I'd prefer to use
an XML format, but sounds like Ensight is the most useful right now.

My mesh isn't changing, so whenever the transient data support becomes
available I can use it.

Have I got that right?

thanks,
-robert

Berk Geveci writes:
 > Hi Robert,
 > 
 > Sorry for the delay in my response. ParaView 0.6 did not have
 > any support for transient data other than using the animation
 > editor together with Tcl scripts. We have introduced time support
 > since then and it will be available in ParaView 1.0 (alpha
 > release coming in about a week). However, we have just started
 > on this and it is still in its infancy. Currently, ParaView 
 > recognizes time in a few file formats mainly ParaView and
 > EnSight. File series are also supported in most formats. Currently,
 > it is possible to specify fixed mesh with transient attributes
 > only in EnSight files. In every other supported format, you have
 > the duplicate the geometry even if it remains the same. We will
 > address this issue in the coming releases. Once 1.0 is out, I
 > can give you more hints on how you can deal with transient data.
 > 
 > -Berk   
 > 
 > On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 13:14, Robert Ferrell wrote:
 > > I have an extremely elementary question.  What is the right way to feed
 > > time-dependent data to ParaView?  For instance, I have a series of
 > > temperature, pressure and velocity fields, all defined on the same mesh. 
 > > I'd like to look at these as a function of time.  How do I do that?  I've
 > > looked through the user guide, but I haven't yet found the relevant
 > > section.  Hints greatly appreciated.
 > > 
 > > thanks,
 > > -robert
 > > 
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