[Paraview] Animating a sequence of exodus files

[David Neckels]

David Neckels wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> Thank you for the response.
> It sounds like I may need to write a *.vtk output filter; maybe a 
> converter from exodus->*vtk.
>
> I know when I worked with Sierra (at Sandia) we would write a new file 
> each time the mesh adapted(file.e, file-s0002.e, file-s0003.e, ...); 
> the ensight8 tool automatically would read the suite of files and 
> automate stepping through the time steps in each file and switching to 
> the next file, etc...
>
> I will try the *vtk approach for now, however...
>
> Thanks!
> David N.
>
> Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> You are using the exodus format in a way that it was not really
>> intended, and its confusing ParaView.  The exodus format has the concept
>> of time built into it, and ParaView uses that mechanism to support time.
>> In addition, it is common for a large parallel simulation to dump out
>> multiple files, each with a spatial partition of the data.  Thus,
>> ParaView will assume that your multiple files partition space and not
>> time.  It will read in the geometry of all the files at once.
>>
>> Your best bet is to either combine the files into a single using exodus'
>> built concept of time or to convert the files into a different format.
>>
>> -Ken
>>
>>   
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>>> bounces+kmorel=sandia.gov at paraview.org] On Behalf Of David Neckels
>>> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 1:20 PM
>>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>>> Subject: [Paraview] Animating a sequence of exodus files
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a sequence of exodus files, each of which has a single time
>>>     
>> step
>>   
>>> of a mesh in a different refinement state.
>>> I wish to view these files as an animation, so I have named them:
>>> file_000.g
>>> file_001.g
>>> file_002.g
>>> etc...
>>>
>>> I was hoping that I could load the first file into paraview and that
>>> animation would be automatic.  This was the way paraview works with
>>>     
>> .vtk
>>   
>>> files, anyhow:
>>> file_000.vtk
>>> file_001.vtk, etc...
>>>
>>> Do I have to make sure the time step variable in the exodus files has
>>>     
>> a
>>   
>>> certain sequence, or something like this??
>>>
>>> -David N.
>>>
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>>> David Neckels, PhD
>>> NCAR, Boulder CO
>>> (303) 497-1209
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>
> -- 
> David Neckels, PhD
> NCAR, Boulder CO
> (303) 497-1209
>   


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David Neckels, PhD
NCAR, Boulder CO
(303) 497-1209

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