[Paraview] pvtu files

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

This is currently no supported. Looking
at vtkXMLPDataReader::CreatePieceFileName(..), the value of "Source"
attribute is always treated as a being relative to the location of the pvtu
file.

Utkarsh


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Tom T <tomt147 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to write a .pvtu file so I can run paraview in parallel. My
> code works and paraview displays the 4 vtu files properly. Now I am trying
> to modify the <Piece Source="fields-0000-0000.vtu"/> path so that the
> field-0000-000*.vtu files do not have to be in the same directory as the
> .pvtu file. I managed to successfully implement the path changes for
> accessing the .vtu files when they are either one directory up or down
>
> <Piece Source="../fields-0000-0000.vtu"/>    ## this accesses the file one
> directory up
>
> <Piece Source="level1/fields-0000-0000.vtu"/> ## this accesses the file in
> the directory level1 which is within the directory in which the .pvtu file
> is
>
> My question is how I would have to change the path syntax to be able to
> access the fields-...-.vtu files in a completely different directory?
>
> <Piece Source="~/home/tom/fields-0000-0000.vtu"/> ##this syntax doesn't
> work
> <Piece Source="/home/tom/fields-0000-0000.vtu"/> ##this syntax doesn't
> work either
>
>
> Can I access the files if they are stored on a different node (while
> running paraview in parallel)?
>
> <Piece Source="node14:/scratch/tom/fields-0000-0000.vtu"/> ##this syntax
> doesn't work either...
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Here's my .pvtu file
> ----------------------------------------
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <VTKFile type="PUnstructuredGrid">
> <PUnstructuredGrid GhostLevel="0">
> <PPointData>
> <PDataArray type="Float64" Name="displacements" NumberOfComponents="3"/>
> <PDataArray type="Float64" Name="velocities" NumberOfComponents="3"/>
> <PDataArray type="Float64" Name="stresses" NumberOfComponents="9"/>
> ...
> </PPointData>
> <PCellData>
> </PCellData>
> <PPoints>
> <PDataArray type="Float32" NumberOfComponents="3"/>
> </PPoints>
> <Piece Source="fields-0000-0000.vtu"/>
> <Piece Source="fields-0000-0001.vtu"/>
> <Piece Source="fields-0000-0002.vtu"/>
> <Piece Source="fields-0000-0003.vtu"/>
>
>
> </PUnstructuredGrid>
> </VTKFile>
>
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