[Paraview] Particle Simulation and Paraview modification?

[Berk Geveci]

What information do you have to extact a particular particle? Are they
labeled? Do they have ids?

On 1/8/06, Viksit Gaur <vik.list.vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm developing a particle simulation system for some physics
> experiments, and I'm exploring VTK and Paraview to do so. Till now,
> the extensive (and excellent) documentation available for both leads
> me to believe that since both are being used extensively, they should
> solve my purpose.
>
> That said, I wanted to gauge an opinion on the method I've thought I
> should use -
>
> The simulation is of certain particles whose coordinates are given in
> time steps, and they need to be represented by glyphs - spheres,
> boxes, and so on. I would then like to be able to see these particles
> move over a given time period, and have the ability to track a certain
> particle through its sequences.
>
> How I think I could go about it, is:
> We use a custom format to represent the simulation data, and thus I
> would need to create a VTKReader for this. Next, this reader has to be
> included with Paraview, and data can be loaded. The next part is what
> I'm unsure about - to be able to zero in and select a particular
> particle from the simulation, does Paraview source need to be
> modified? Or can i write TCL scripts to do so? Or, better still, is
> this functionality provided already?
>
> Thank you,
> Cheers!
>
> Viksit
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