[Paraview] Visualising time-dependent field and time-dependent scalars at the same time

[Michael Jackson]

On Dec 18, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Daniele Avitabile wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a time-dependent field u(x,y,z,t) and two scalars s1(t),  
> s2(t). At the time being, for each time frame I have a separate .vtk  
> file
>
> u(x,y,z,t0) -> step_0000.vtk
> u(x,y,z,t1) -> step_0001.vtk
> u(x,y,z,t2) -> step_0002.vtk
> etc.
>
> whereas the corresponding scalar quantities are stored synchronously  
> in a single column-formatted file
> s1(t0)   s2(t0)
> s1(t1)   s2(t1)
> s1(t2)   s2(t2)
> etc.
>
> I usually visualise the .vtk file and animate u. Since s1(t) and  
> s2(t) are influencing the overall dynamics, I wold need to looad and  
> visualise s1 and s2 at the same time, possibly animate them  
> synchronously.
>
> What is the best way to achieve this? If you have any smart  
> suggestions as to how store s1(t) and s2(t) within the .vtk file I  
> would be grateful. Please note that s1 and s2 are *not* probation  
> points of the field u, but they are totally diferent quantities.
>
> Best.
>
> Daniele
>


Can you store s1 and s2 as scalars of the vtk data set? This means it  
would have to be included in each vtk file but would solve the problem.

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
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