[Paraview] viewing Gadget2 simulations

[George Zagaris]

Hi Tim,

I believe the position vector is used as the xyz position of the particles
that are being rendered, so, you cannot color by the position. Do you see
any particles when you open the file?

Best,
George


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Tim Haines <thaines at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:

> Greetings, all.
>
> I am a PhD student in astrophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
> working on dynamics simulations with Gadget2. To test my setup, I ran the
> galaxy collision simulation included with the Gadget2 distribution, and
> generated a sequence of snapshots. I am trying to view these snapshots in
> Paraview (3.98.0-enhanced 64-bit), but I cannot see the position vector
> data. The object inspector only shows the ghost, mass, tag, and velocity
> fields. Using the snapshot extraction codes provided with the Gadget2
> distribution, I was able to see that the position data is indeed present in
> the snapshot files.
>
> Has anyone had the problem before?
>
> I have searched through the mailing list archives, read through the user's
> manual, and read over the 2011 ApJ paper, all to no avail.
>
> Many thanks for your help in advance.
>
> - Tim
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