[Paraview] Creating animation from timeSeries of data

Sun Nov 12 23:50:34 EST 2006

Each of my files is one timestep. I trimmed down .pvd file to include only
filename and timestep. When I loaded the file in paraview (by open Data),
paraview crashed! :-(
My files are data_UVWP.72.vtk to data_UVWP.236.vtk. I have pasted my .pvd
file. What should I put in part and name tag, if I must, so that paraview
does not crash. I am trying different combinations, till now with no
success. Do I need to select .pvd from 'Open Data' or 'import package'?
Let me know your comments, they're invaluable to me!
thnx
Adi

tag in your pvd file:-->
    <DataSet timestep="0001" part="001" file="fmavto.m001.t001.vtu"
name="Asmb:FRAME Part:FRONT Matl:ALUMINUM"/>

My .pvd file:-->

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!--
   Title: FRAME SECTION (w/ SUBCYCLING)
 Program:  FMA-3D
 Version:  V27.12
    Date: 28-MAY-2006
    Time: 20:19:29
 -->

<!--
 Last Problem Time:   2.0000378E-02
 Last Cycle Number:     3551
 -->

<VTKFile type="Collection" version="0.1" byte_order="LittleEndian">
  <Collection>
    <DataSet timestep="0001" file="data_UVWP.72.vtk" />
    <DataSet timestep="0002" file="data_UVWP.73.vtk" />
    <DataSet timestep="0003" file="data_UVWP.74.vtk" />
  </Collection>
</VTKFile>

On 11/12/06, SamuelKey <samuelkey at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Adi--
>
> Here is the *.pvd file.
>
> I mastered the vtk un-structured grid data formats but could not write
> from Fortran the Appended Binary block. (ASCII-formatted files were too
> bulky)
>
> You may have seen me asking questions about *.pvd not working as
> advertised. With PV 2.4.4 they fixed the *.pvd file reader -- works nice
> now.
>
> My preferred format today is the EnSight Gold binary format. It is much
> more compact. While each results variable has its own file, all time
> steps are in that file. It still requires mesh connectivity at each time
> step, but it is a way handle mesh adaptivity.
>
> Each reader in PV has a "different" level of integration, that is, the
> reader determines (up to a limit) how effective and versatile is the
> display capabilities of PV.
>
> A better reader is the Exodus-II reader even though the Exodus-II
> database is less versatile than the EnSight database.
>
> Good luck with the *.pvd format.
>
> --Sam
>
>
> Aditya Saurabh wrote:
> > Hey Sam,
> > Can you please send me the file directly to my email. I think the
> > mailing list scrubbed it. I guess it's only a small file which lists
> > all timeseries as a collection in xml format.
> > I read your messages an year back abt similar problem u faced, were
> > they solved?
> > Thanks
> > Adi
> >
> >
> >     Message: 2
> >     Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:31:47 -0700
> >     From: SamuelKey < samuelkey at comcast.net
> >     <mailto:samuelkey at comcast.net>>
> >     Subject: Re: [Paraview] Creating animation from timeSeries of data
> >     To: Aditya Saurabh <saurabh.aditya at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:saurabh.aditya at gmail.com>>
> >     Cc: ParaView at paraview.org <mailto:ParaView at paraview.org>
> >     Message-ID: <4557CB03.8080409 at comcast.net
> >     <mailto:4557CB03.8080409 at comcast.net>>
> >     Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> >     Adi--
> >
> >     You might try the attached *.pvd file as an example of a method to
> >     tell
> >     PV 2.4.4 (won't work in older versions) you have time series data.
> The
> >     animation  capability should work. (name="..." is an as-yet
> >     undocumented
> >     feature that conveys part names to the Extract Groups filter's
> >     face sheet)
> >
> >     --Sam
> >
> >     Aditya Saurabh wrote:
> >     > Hi!
> >     > I need help here.
> >     > I have around 200 time series of turbulent flow dataset, each in a
> >     > separate legacy vtk file. Each one has velocity(vector) and
> pressure
> >     > (scalar). I have already applied filters on one of the files to
> >     create
> >     > a wonderful velocity streamline around vorticity isosurfaces. I
> >     tried
> >     > to animate the series of filters on the complete time series.
> >     However,
> >     > it didn't work out. I added all files in timeseries. Then I
> selected
> >     > Tracks -> property as filename and added each file as a separate
> >     > keyframe. Let me know if I am doing something wrong in this or if
> I
> >     > missed something. I have read tutorials on
> >     >
> >
> http://www.psc.edu/general/software/packages/paraview/tutorial/pvt.php?s=5
> >     > and http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:AnimationTutorial and
> >     > several others. However, most of them miss on creating animation
> >     from
> >     > timeseries data when each snapshot is in a different vtk file.
> >     Please
> >     > help me. I have to submit this animation urgently.
> >     > Thanks in advance.
> >     > Adi
> >     >
> >     >
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