[Paraview] How to make movies using trajectory data of granular particles

[Ashish Bhateja]

Thanks Ken for your kind help.
I have changed the format of my input file to .vtk, and can visualize
the particle's configuration easily.

Thanks.

Ashish
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 14:22 -0700, Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> Hmm.  Sounds like there is something wrong with the format of your
> data or something is wrong with ParaView’s reader or your data file is
> using some feature that ParaView’s reader does not support.  At any
> rate, there is not enough information here to diagnose the problem.
>  It would help if you posted your data.  Hopefully someone on the list
> who knows more about the XYZ molecular data format can look into it.
>  (I have never used it.)
> 
> -Ken
> 
> 
> On 1/25/10 9:50 PM, "Ashish Bhateja" <ashishbh at iitk.ac.in> wrote:
> 
>         I am using XYZ molecular data file.
>         
>         Ashish
>         
>         On 26-Jan-10, at 12:56 AM, Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>         
>                 Could you be more specific about what format your
>                 files are in?  Many different file formats use
>                 the .xyz extension, and the .dat extension is so
>                 generic as to provide no real information whatsoever.
>                  ParaView provides two readers that read files that
>                 use the .xyz extension: XYZ Molecular data files and
>                 PLOT3D files.  However, as neither of these files have
>                 an associated .dat file, I don’t think either of those
>                 is what you want, which is probably ParaView is not
>                 reading the data correctly.
>                  
>                  -Ken
>                  
>                  
>                  On 1/25/10 7:57 AM, "Ashish Bhateja"
>                 <ashishbh at iitk.ac.in> wrote:
>                  
>                  
>                         I loaded the trajectory using .xyz and .dat
>                         files (separately). But it gives an error.
>                          The thins is that .xyz file contains the
>                         trajectory data and its not opening. 
>                          Whereas, with .dat file there is no error but
>                         lines are displayed instead of  individual
>                         particles.
>                          
>                          Please help me in this issue.
>                          
>                          Thanks.
>                          
>                          Ashish
>                          On 25-Jan-10, at 8:18 PM, Biddiscombe, John
>                         A. wrote:
>                          
>                          
>                                 To load your data, if you have not
>                                 done so already, search this list for
>                                 many postings of the same question.
>                                   
>                                  To display trajectories, use the
>                                 “Particle Pathlines” filter
>                                   
>                                  JB
>                                   
>                                  From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org
>                                 [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
>                                 On Behalf Of Ashish Bhateja
>                                  Sent: 25 January 2010 15:37
>                                  To: Paraview Mailing List
>                                  Subject: [Paraview] How to make
>                                 movies using trajectory data of
>                                 granular particles
>                                   
>                                  Dear Friends,
>                                   
>                                  I am new to Paraview. I am having
>                                 trajectory data from simulation of
>                                 granular particles.
>                                  I tried a lot to make a movie in
>                                 Paraview but couldn't find the way to
>                                 do it.
>                                   
>                                  Please tell me the procedure to make
>                                 movies from granular particle's
>                                 trajectory data.
>                                   
>                                  Thanks.
>                                   
>                                  With best wishes,
>                                   
>                                  Ashish
>                                  
>                         
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>                          
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>                  
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> 
>    ****      Kenneth Moreland
>     ***      Sandia National Laboratories
> ***********  
> *** *** ***  email: kmorel at sandia.gov
> **  ***  **  phone: (505) 844-8919
>     ***      web:   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kmorel
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