[Paraview] How to create parallel PVTU files?

[Stephen Wornom]

Christoph Moder wrote:

> Hi!
>
> We would like to process large datasets on a cluster. Our software 
> writes only monolithic *.vtk files, and I think that makes Paraview 
> slow because large amounts of data have to be transferred over the 
> network. So I think it would be a good idea to divide the data files 
> into subgrids and store them in the PVTU format. (Correct me if I'm 
> wrong.) But how can I do that? I have read about the 
> vtkDistributedDataFilter; can I load the data, apply the 
> DistributedDataFilter, and write the subgrids as VTU files, connected 
> by a PVTU file? Any hints?
>
> Thanks,
> Christoph
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I have the same or sililar question. I compute on a cluster and write 
separate vtk files for each processor. Example using 4 processors.
P0.vtk
P1.vtk
P2.vtk
P3.vtk

Question: If I run the ParaView_mpi, how do I  get processor "0" to read 
P0.vtk, and processor "1" P1.vtk, and  ...?
It would seem that the pvclient should use a tile display (4 in this 
case). How does one use ParaView in this manner?
Stephen