[Paraview] Python Scripting Memory Overload

[David E DeMarle]

Not sure why it isn't garbage collecting for you, but you might try
moving the entire pipeline setup out of the loop and then inside the
loop just call the two set filenames to modify the existing pipeline
before calling Write().

David E DeMarle
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Sebastian <sebastiansturm at web.de> wrote:
> Hello Karl,
>
> thank you for your message. I am using Paraview 3.14.1 (64bit).
>
> This is what my script looks like:
>
> # SETTINGS
> directory_pvtu    = '/scratch/mesh3mm_SEM/'
> directory_csv     = '/scratch/mesh3mm_SEM/Z085_velocity_data/'
> file_number_start = 373527
> file_number_end   = 640332
> file_interval     = 693
> file_name_pvtu    = 'mesh3mm_SEM###file_number###.pvtu'
> file_name_csv     = 'mesh3mm_SEM###file_number###.csv'
>
> print 'Script started!'
>
> try: paraview.simple
> except: from paraview.simple import *
>
> while file_number_start <= file_number_end :
>
>   current_file_name_pvtu = file_name_pvtu.replace('###file_number###',
> str(file_number_start))
>   current_file = XMLPartitionedUnstructuredGridReader( FileName=[directory_pvtu
> + current_file_name_pvtu] )
>
>   current_file.PointArrayStatus = ['Velocity']
>
>   SetActiveSource(current_file)
>
>   Slice1 = Slice( SliceType = 'Plane' )
>   Slice1.SliceOffsetValues = [0.0]
>   Slice1.SliceType.Origin = [0.0, 0.0, 0.136711]
>   Slice1.SliceType.Normal = [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]
>
>   SetActiveSource(Slice1)
>
>   Slice2 = Slice( SliceType = 'Plane' )
>   Slice2.SliceOffsetValues = [0.0]
>   Slice2.SliceType.Origin = [0.0, 0.227757, 0.0]
>   Slice2.SliceType.Normal = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
>
>   UpdatePipeline()
>   current_file_name_csv = file_name_csv.replace('###file_number###',
> str(file_number_start))
>   writer = CreateWriter(directory_csv + current_file_name_csv, Slice2)
>   writer.FieldAssociation = 'Points'
>   writer.UpdatePipeline()
>   del writer
>
>   Delete(Slice2)
>   Delete(Slice1)
>   Delete(current_file)
>
>   files_to_go = (file_number_end-file_number_start)/file_interval
>   if files_to_go == 1:
>     case_word = 'file'
>   else:
>     case_word = 'files'
>   print current_file_name_csv + ' created, ' + str(files_to_go) + ' more ' +
> case_word + ' to go!'
>
>   file_number_start += file_interval
>
> print 'Script finished!'
>
> Best,
> Sebastian
>
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