[Paraview] Animating pvd files using python script

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Still pass in the "reader" to AnimateReader() call. You are not
"modifying the data", merely how it's rendered.

Utkarsh

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Alexis Chan <alexisc at cs.unc.edu> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I created pvd files from vtm file series to enable animation in ParaView via
> Python script. I want to modify the display properties of the dataset before
> animating them. But i got a runtime exception in the "AnimateReader" step.
> That's understandable since "dp" is not a reader. How can I animate the
> modified data?
>
> from paraview.simple import *
>
> from paraview import servermanager
>
> reader = PVDReader(FileName="TestCase.pvd")
>
> dp = GetDisplayProperties(reader)
>
> dp.Representation='Surface'
>
> for a in reader.PointData:
>
>    if (a.GetName() == 'Velocity'):
>
>    range = a.GetRange()
>
>    dp.LookupTable = GetLookupTableForArray(a.GetName(), 1,RGBPoints =
> [range[0], 0, 0, 1, range[1], 1, 0, 0],ColorSpace = "Diverging")
>
>    dp.ColorArrayName = a.GetName()
>
>    Render()
>
>    AnimateReader(dp,filename="TestCase.avi")
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Alexis
>
>
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