[Paraview] Too many open files

Carolyn Stancoff cstancoff at gmail.com
Thu May 13 09:05:52 EDT 2010


I can view 500 time steps.  My problem is when it goes to time step 509.  My
guess is that there is a limit of 512 open files somewhere.

Carolyn

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Samuel Key <samuelkey at bresnan.net> wrote:

> Oops, here is the attachment.
>
>
> Samuel Key wrote:
>
> Carolyn,
>
> I am not sure which EnSight format you are using. I have attached an
> EnSight case-file that is typical for me and functions with only a small set
> of files, but with a large number of time steps. In this format, each
> cell/point variable has its own file; each file contains the data at all
> time steps. I have used this EnSight binary format for at least 500 time
> steps.
>
> Another aspect of the EnSight reader in ParaView allows you to load ("open
> the files") for only those cell and/or point datum arrays that you wish to
> view -- see the check marks just below the green "Apply" button. Only the
> data with a check-mark is read; one may turn-off the checks by clicking on
> them.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Sam Key
>
>
>
> Carolyn Stancoff wrote:
>
> I have data for 630 time steps in EnSight format.  When I try to play the
> data I get that there are too many open files (nothing after time step 509
> is displayed).  Is there something I can change in Windows or ParaView to
> allow more open files?  Since I currently have each time step data in its
> own file, can I write all the data to a single file?  Or do the files need
> to stay open after they have been read?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carolyn
>
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> FORMAT
> type: ensight gold
> GEOMETRY
> model:                   1  1  fmaego.data.geom    change_coords_only
> VARIABLE
> vector per node:         1  1  Displacement          fmaego.data.ndis
> vector per node:         1  1  Velocity              fmaego.data.nvel
> vector per node:         1  1  Acceleration          fmaego.data.nacc
> scalar per element:      1  1  Material              fmaego.data.emat
> scalar per element:      1  1  Material-State        fmaego.data.esta
> scalar per element:      1  1  Pressure              fmaego.data.eprs
> scalar per element:      1  1  Bulk-Strain           fmaego.data.elnv
> scalar per element:      1  1  Strain-Energy-Density fmaego.data.esed
> scalar per element:      1  1  Effective-Stress      fmaego.data.edev
> vector per element:      1  1  Stress*Vel            fmaego.data.estv
> tensor symm per element: 1  1  Stress                fmaego.data.estr
> TIME
> time set:                1
> number of steps:       201
> time values:                  5.196730760241E-07      1.002968963254E-04
>      2.000741029179E-04      3.003708790416E-04      4.001478731634E-04
>      5.004445399233E-04      6.002214859248E-04      7.005181261602E-04
>      8.002952341828E-04      9.000724132358E-04      1.000369296886E-03
>      1.100146514875E-03      1.200443352457E-03      1.300220421660E-03
>      1.400517099910E-03      1.500294041644E-03      1.600071004277E-03
>      1.700367727048E-03      1.800144863650E-03      1.900441750115E-03
>      2.000218938720E-03      2.100515794906E-03      2.200292991238E-03
>      2.300070197422E-03      2.400367051387E-03      2.500144229106E-03
>      2.600441086479E-03      2.700218295098E-03      2.800515117326E-03
>      2.900292164742E-03      3.000069177668E-03      3.100365821446E-03
>      3.200142836239E-03      3.300439653783E-03      3.400216849596E-03
>      3.500513718102E-03      3.600290917459E-03      3.700068111120E-03
>      3.800364913407E-03      3.900141999835E-03      4.000438703894E-03
>      4.100215731207E-03      4.200512517403E-03      4.300289711083E-03
>      4.400066908828E-03      4.500363752591E-03      4.600140937096E-03
>      4.700437810394E-03      4.800215011644E-03      4.900511836185E-03
>      5.000288931712E-03      5.100066042243E-03      5.200362867868E-03
>      5.300140072953E-03      5.400436946040E-03      5.500214116633E-03
>      5.600510954474E-03      5.700288152063E-03      5.800065347829E-03
>      5.900362163656E-03      6.000139259510E-03      6.100436004140E-03
>      6.200213148723E-03      6.300510029835E-03      6.400287199732E-03
>      6.500064273664E-03      6.600360972689E-03      6.700138070826E-03
>      6.800434908687E-03      6.900212113630E-03      7.000509004257E-03
>      7.100286216871E-03      7.200063369915E-03      7.300360096268E-03
>      7.400137034301E-03      7.500433582155E-03      7.600210460185E-03
>      7.700507027005E-03      7.800284008849E-03      7.900061107069E-03
>      8.000357912640E-03      8.100135061104E-03      8.200431865296E-03
>      8.300208895674E-03      8.400505512643E-03      8.500282424461E-03
>      8.600059345256E-03      8.700356022798E-03      8.800133143587E-03
>      8.900430027925E-03      9.000207204519E-03      9.100504044841E-03
>      9.200281255239E-03      9.300058457784E-03      9.400355264674E-03
>      9.500132330655E-03      9.600429097241E-03      9.700206244075E-03
>      9.800503114836E-03      9.900280290909E-03      1.000005741673E-02
>      1.010035422942E-02      1.020013139809E-02      1.030042827600E-02
>      1.040020541528E-02      1.050050221218E-02      1.060027932137E-02
>      1.070005646959E-02      1.080035334544E-02      1.090013051827E-02
>      1.100042733019E-02      1.110020443054E-02      1.120050124054E-02
>      1.130027844414E-02      1.140005564148E-02      1.150035251318E-02
>      1.160012971438E-02      1.170042658322E-02      1.180020373272E-02
>      1.190050045280E-02      1.200027742511E-02      1.210005438921E-02
>      1.220035106839E-02      1.230012815590E-02      1.240042502046E-02
>      1.250020221774E-02      1.260049909022E-02      1.270027629071E-02
>      1.280005342482E-02      1.290035014500E-02      1.300012719102E-02
>      1.310042391126E-02      1.320020101052E-02      1.330049788595E-02
>      1.340027508749E-02      1.350005224313E-02      1.360034897969E-02
>      1.370012609023E-02      1.380042296449E-02      1.390020018019E-02
>      1.400049706763E-02      1.410027424655E-02      1.420005145602E-02
>      1.430034823958E-02      1.440012531690E-02      1.450042196984E-02
>      1.460019892685E-02      1.470049566145E-02      1.480027279565E-02
>      1.490004999189E-02      1.500034686208E-02      1.510012406475E-02
>      1.520042095940E-02      1.530019811375E-02      1.540049482781E-02
>      1.550027181960E-02      1.560004880256E-02      1.570034547300E-02
>      1.580012258155E-02      1.590041945894E-02      1.600019667267E-02
>      1.610049356579E-02      1.620027073971E-02      1.630004778025E-02
>      1.640034442828E-02      1.650012134021E-02      1.660041787724E-02
>      1.670019484604E-02      1.680049156964E-02      1.690026865619E-02
>      1.700004585962E-02      1.710034274974E-02      1.720011988040E-02
>      1.730041665667E-02      1.740019371103E-02      1.750049033238E-02
>      1.760026732293E-02      1.770004441988E-02      1.780034126212E-02
>      1.790011845138E-02      1.800041523239E-02      1.810019233856E-02
>      1.820048913913E-02      1.830026632915E-02      1.840004353665E-02
>      1.850034041247E-02      1.860011761471E-02      1.870041449164E-02
>      1.880019163406E-02      1.890048837065E-02      1.900026539316E-02
>      1.910004238475E-02      1.920033911476E-02      1.930011627667E-02
>      1.940041314536E-02      1.950019033952E-02      1.960048721190E-02
>      1.970026440918E-02      1.980004160732E-02      1.990033842206E-02
>      2.000011547959E-02
> FILE
> file set:                   1
> number of steps:          201
>
>
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