[Paraview] Animating vtp files

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Alex,

I am not sure how to resolve this. Do you think you can try to give me
a screencapture? I believe screentoaster.com supports linux as well.

Utkarsh

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Alexandre Souza<costamfix at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Utkarsh,
> Thanks for the output.
> Now I see the problem : Even if  I select the root file when opening,
> the only file opened is the
> *000.vtp. If I check the time caption in the Information tab : Index
> and Value are blank.
> Any suggestion for a solution would be helpful.
> Alex
> P.S. sorry for my ugly english (I am a non-native speaker).
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Utkarsh
> Ayachit<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>> I am not sure what's the problem. I've attached a link with a screen
>> capture of opening a vtp file series.
>>
>> http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stVEtVS0RIR11WSV5cX1lbUVVX
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Alexandre Souza<costamfix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> I just downloaded and installed paraview-3.6.1-Linux64-x86.tar.gz
>>> I selected the root group of the file, pressed apply and pressed play
>>> : no animation produced.
>>> There are something I missed ?
>>> Alex
>>> P.S. When I select the root group of the *.vtp files and apply only
>>> the first vtp file is showed in the tree.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Utkarsh
>>> Ayachit<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> I won;t be surprised if that version doesn't support loading of file
>>>> series. You may want to upgrade to 3.6.
>>>>
>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Alexandre Souza<costamfix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Utkarsh,
>>>>> Paraview 3.3.0
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Utkarsh
>>>>> Ayachit<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>> What version of ParaView are you using?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Alexandre Souza<costamfix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Utkarsh,
>>>>>>> I just followed your clue. Unfortunatelly no sphere changing.
>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Utkarsh
>>>>>>> Ayachit<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Alex,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Attached is a zip file with a bunch of vtp files. Try loading this
>>>>>>>> dataset. When opening the data file, select the root of the group i.e.
>>>>>>>> singleSphereAnimation_source93T..vtp
>>>>>>>> Hit "Apply" and then hit play. Doe you see the sphere changing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Alexandre Souza<costamfix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>>>> Sorry for bothering you again. Are you just loading the  *1.vtp file,
>>>>>>>>> aplying the glyph and pressing the play button ?
>>>>>>>>> In case not, could you please tell me exact command
>>>>>>>>> sequence/adjustment for generating the animation ?
>>>>>>>>> I am really not a Paraview seasoned user.
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>> P.S.  Regarding the another approach : File -> Save Animation
>>>>>>>>> should then save each step into a separate image file that you can
>>>>>>>>> then concatenate into a video if necessary.
>>>>>>>>> Is there a way of automating the image saving at each time step (I
>>>>>>>>> have dozens of sequential vtp files).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:25 PM, David Doria<daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Alexandre Souza <costamfix at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your output.
>>>>>>>>>>> In attach is some vtp files.
>>>>>>>>>>> One thing I forgot to mention after load the vtp file I apply the
>>>>>>>>>>> Filters->Glyph with the following settings :
>>>>>>>>>>> Display Tab -> Color By Diameter
>>>>>>>>>>>   Reescale to Data Range
>>>>>>>>>>> Properties Tab ->
>>>>>>>>>>> Scalars - diameter
>>>>>>>>>>> Radius - 0.001.
>>>>>>>>>>> Vector - Velocity
>>>>>>>>>>> Glyph type - sphere
>>>>>>>>>>> Scale mode - off
>>>>>>>>>>> Scale factor - 1
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> P.S. As I mentioned  it displays the
>>>>>>>>>>>  first file  but I don't know how to get to the next file in this
>>>>>>>>>>> structure.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not exactly sure what it wrong with it, but there is something in the
>>>>>>>>>> 00000.vtp file that is breaking it. Try opening that file by itself and
>>>>>>>>>> using the glyph filter - I am not seeing anything when I do that. However,
>>>>>>>>>> if I remove that file and use 00001 to 00006, the animation works properly!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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