[Paraview] transient data

[Karthik Ram Srinivasan]

Hi,

Just a follow up question. Does it also work if I collect *.vtk files
as opposed to the *.vtu,*.vts,*.vtr... files. I have a bunch of vtk
files that i need to animate. One option would be to create *.vtu
files (thanks Sam)  and add a pvd xml file to collect the vtu's. But I
already have the vtk's, so its much easier if I can collect them.

Thanks for the help

Karthik

On 6/11/07, Bruno Fletcher <brunofletcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> You can to create an XML based *.pvd file which will link all the
> *.vts files in paraview. The file should look something like this:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <VTKFile type="Collection" version="0.1" byte_order="LittleEndian"
> compressor="vtkZLibDataCompressor">
>  <Collection>
>  <DataSet timestep="0" group="" part="0" file="Foo_001.vts "/>
> <DataSet timestep="1" group="" part="0" file=" Foo_002.vts"/>
> <DataSet timestep="2" group="" part="0" file=" Foo_003.vts "/>
>  </Collection>
> </VTKFile>
>
> "DataSet timestep" tells paraview which timestep it should animate,
> and "part" is a variable that you could increment if you had a
> multi-block dataset (each block should have its own file).
>
> Save the file with the pvd extension, and open the pvd file within
> ParaView to animate.
>
> This is what I've been doing. Not sure if this is the best practice :).
>
> Cheers,
> Bruno Fletcher
>
> On 6/11/07, Oliver Gloth <oliver.gloth at engits.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have been using ParaView for quite some time no to visualise CFD data. So
> > far I have created multiple data files to visualise transient data:
> >
> >
> >
> > Foo_001.vts
> >
> > Foo_002.vts
> >
> > Foo_003.vts
> >
> >
> >
> > ParaView used to automatically enable the filename as a parameter for an
> > animation. Apparently this feature is not supported in the current release,
> > but will be back in the future. Is there a better way to deal with transient
> > data files? What would be the recommended best practice to create an
> > animation from a transient simulation?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any advice,
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> >
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