[Paraview] Tracing a particle's trajectory over time in paraview?

[John Biddiscombe]

Ivan

For fast particle rendering, you might like to try sparticles, (I've 
just uploaded my latest build = v1.4)
http://www.cscs.ch/a-display.php?id=170
it uses a custom vtk mapper which renders particles using the GPU and is 
quite fast (I use it on datasets up to a million of so particles, but it 
starts getting a little unresponsive with that many and I'm actively 
improving it).

I has been my intention of integrating the mapper with paraview, but it 
is still on the "Todo" list (now that ParaQ source is available I'll try 
to start on it).

It should read all manner of Ensight files without any problems - note 
that internally, it caches particle data locally using an HDF5 format, 
so you can convert your Ensight->HDF5 using the tool!

Since you're on the ETHZ domain, you can ask for any improvements you 
like (off list) and if you have any problems please don't hesitate to 
get in touch.

regards

JB


> Hi,
>     I am looking for a way to draw a particle's trajectory over time. 
> I have an Ensight Gold multi-step data-set containing
> a bunch of particles and their positions at each time step. I would 
> like to extract the actual paths out of it. It shouldn't
> be complicated, but I couldn't find a way to do it in paraview. Is it 
> possible?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ivan Guajana
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