[Paraview] transient data

[SamuelKey]

Karthik--

The *.pvd meta-file can only reference xml-formatted files, not legacy 
legacy files.

--Sam



Karthik Ram Srinivasan wrote:
> 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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