[Paraview] ParaView Digest, Vol 114, Issue 20
Samuel Key
samuelkey at bresnan.net
Thu Oct 10 10:35:33 EDT 2013
Jimmy,
OK, if you are looking for a binary, portable, single-file format, take
a look at the ExodusII reader in ParaView. Since it is in current use by
a number of ParaView-supporting organizations, it is likely one of the
best supported reader implementations in ParaView. It allows the direct
selection of element blocks, node-sets, side-sets, et cetera without use
of the Extract Block filter. (The ExodusII database contains only one
copy of the nodal point coordinates and finite element connectivity for
all time steps. However, for big models and a large number of time
steps, the single file can get very large -- 4GB and up.)
You will have to obtain, compile, install and implement an ExodusII
writer in your customer's simulation software. To get a look at the
source and documentation go here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/exodusii/
and here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/seacas/?source=recommended
Regards,
Sam Key
On 10/9/2013 11:57 PM, Jimmy Chen wrote:
> Samuel,
>
> Thank you very much for the timely help. The pvd example is very
> helpful. Although the client may still want all segments in a single
> file, at least we now know what tool to use for the segment-selection
> interface. I'll keep looking for a single-file format but I doubt
> there is any.
>
> Thanks,
> Jimmy
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:23:31 -0600
> From: Samuel Key <samuelkey at bresnan.net>
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Which polygon file reader in Paraview has
> interface to show/hide separate segments?
> To: paraview at paraview.org
> Message-ID: <52542373.1030108 at bresnan.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>
> Jimmy,
>
> I have attached a file named 'fmavto.pvd' that is an ASCII-text file. It
> is a meta-file that references a series of XML-formatted *.vtu files.
>
> ParaView reads the *.pvd file and then knows how to "assemble" the files
> referenced within the *.pvd file. The important key-words in the *.pvd
> files are 'timestep=...' and 'file=...' Note that the individual *.vtu
> files contain the data needed for a displayable graphics object.
>
> The key-word 'name=...' is gratuitous user-information. The key-word
> 'name=...' for a couple of ParaView versions around 2007 would pass this
> user-information to the Extract Block filter; currently (PV version
> 4.0.1) the ASCII-text strings are no longer passed to the Extract Block
> filter.
>
> However, the Extract Block filter does reflect the structure implied by
> the *.pvd file; the filter simply uses the ubiquitous and
> not-very-helpful C-language off-set addresses of 0,1,2,3,... for the
> block names.
>
> Because of the large number of ASCII-text files that can be generated in
> a transient dynamic simulation with multiple material domains using the
> vtk-formats, sometime back I switched to the EnSight binary-formatted
> output. In this format it is possible to provide names that will appear
> in the Extract Block filter.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
>
> Sam Key
>
> On 10/7/2013 8:35 PM, Jimmy Chen wrote:
>> Samuel,
>>
>> Thank you very much for the quick reply. I tried your EnSight example
>> and could select different polygons by using "Extract Blocks" filter.
>> VTK's example EnSight datasets also allows doing so.
>>
>> Besides, *.vtp or *.pvtp files are not working for me. What content
>> should be put into vtp files to enable Paraview "Extract Blocks"? If
>> you also have a working vtp example that will be very helpful.
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> Jimmy
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:03:40 -0600
>> From: Samuel Key <samuelkey at bresnan.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Which polygon file reader in Paraview has
>> interface to show/hide separate segments?
>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>> Message-ID: <5252CD4C.7090805 at bresnan.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>>
>> Jimmy,
>>
>> I have had success with two different ParaView readers doing what you
>> have described.
>>
>> It is material domains that I want to examine as distinct. However,
>> ParaView does not care if it is a serially-generated set of material
>> domain, a set of processor domain results, or any criterion you want to
>> use. Each domain needs to be a "displayable graphics object."
>>
>> Case(1) *.vtp XML format
>>
>> Case(2) EnSight Gold format using that format's Part-construct.
>>
>> In either case, ParaView's Extract Group filter allows one to select any
>> combination of domains to display. Multiple extracted sub-domains can
>> appear together in one window and/or in separate windows.
>>
>> A small file that will let you explore this capability is attached.
>>
>> Samuel W Key
>> FMA Development, LLC
>> 1005 39th Ave NE
>> Great Falls, Montana 59404
>> USA
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/6/2013 9:14 PM, Jimmy Chen wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We generate several segments of polygonal meshes and our client wants
>>> to store them into a single file and to view on Paraview. Since the
>>> data contains several pre-segmented mesh pieces, they want to view
>>> each piece separately in Paraview. Is there a file format supporting
>>> composite datasets and has a Paraview interface to show some of them?
>>>
>>> We have looked into .vtp and .pvtp formats.
>>> For .vtp XML format, although we can store different segment in
>>> different <piece> tags, Paraview seem to regard them as one piece of
>>> data.
>>> For .pvtp format, each component is stored into a different file,
>>> which is not what our client want.
>>>
>>> Although we can always create our reader plugin for Paraview, I am
>>> wondering whether there already exists this kind of file format saving
>>> segments in one file, with a segment-selectable Paraview interface.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks and have a nice day.
>>> Jimmy Chen
>> _______________________________________________
>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>
>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>>
>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView
>>
>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>>
> -------------- next part --------------
> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
> Name: Copy of fmavto.pvd
> Type: text/xml
> Size: 5356 bytes
> Desc: not available
> URL: <http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/attachments/20131008/8ba2936c/attachment-0001.bin>
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <paraview-request at paraview.org> wrote:
>> Send ParaView mailing list submissions to
>> paraview at paraview.org
>>
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>> paraview-request at paraview.org
>>
>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>> paraview-owner at paraview.org
>>
>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>> than "Re: Contents of ParaView digest..."
>>
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Re: How to connect to X Server automatically when
>> doingcatalyst live data visualization. (Andy Bauer)
>> 2. Re: Which polygon file reader in Paraview has interface to
>> show/hide separate segments? (Samuel Key)
>> 3. Re: Plotting an integrated variable over time (Moreland, Kenneth)
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:43:31 -0400
>> From: Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] How to connect to X Server automatically when
>> doingcatalyst live data visualization.
>> To: ??? <xiemaojin at sccas.cn>
>> Cc: paraview <paraview at paraview.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAMaOp+HUCFfDz+3hvBedr-fFq0CBQuAdvAUmydR9fQSucnNXxA at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think this is an issue with the set up of your cluster. Unless ParaView
>> uses OSMesa to do rendering it needs a window for rendering.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 5:40 AM, ??? <xiemaojin at sccas.cn> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> I'm annoying by a Paraview catalyst problem. When doing parallel live data
>>> insitu visualization in client-server mode, I have to manually login to all
>>> desktops of all server nodes first, else it'll complain that "cannot
>>> connect to X Server"
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> As our simulation cluster equips with two CUDA enable GPU cards in each
>>> node, how should I configure it to make Paraview take use of GPU
>>> acceleration function while don't need to login to desktops each time I
>>> decide to launch a parallel visualization task?
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> I have some fundamental knowledge about parallel visualization with OpenGL
>>> and Cg/GLSL under Linux cluster, that's I have to configure XDisplay under
>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and call XOpenDisplay() in my code to make GPU
>>> acceleration available. Does this similar to paraview or help to understand
>>> the Paraview's style?
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> BTW, is there a way to make the visualization nodes available to multiple
>>> end users? Currently, if one login to the node?s desktop, others cannot
>>> login to the nodes? desktop again.
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> My environment is a GPU cluster, CentOS and Paraview 4.0.0
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Maojin XIE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>>
>>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at
>>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>>>
>>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at:
>>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView
>>>
>>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>>>
>>>
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> URL: <http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/attachments/20131008/8654647b/attachment-0001.htm>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:23:31 -0600
>> From: Samuel Key <samuelkey at bresnan.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Which polygon file reader in Paraview has
>> interface to show/hide separate segments?
>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>> Message-ID: <52542373.1030108 at bresnan.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>>
>> Jimmy,
>>
>> I have attached a file named 'fmavto.pvd' that is an ASCII-text file. It
>> is a meta-file that references a series of XML-formatted *.vtu files.
>>
>> ParaView reads the *.pvd file and then knows how to "assemble" the files
>> referenced within the *.pvd file. The important key-words in the *.pvd
>> files are 'timestep=...' and 'file=...' Note that the individual *.vtu
>> files contain the data needed for a displayable graphics object.
>>
>> The key-word 'name=...' is gratuitous user-information. The key-word
>> 'name=...' for a couple of ParaView versions around 2007 would pass this
>> user-information to the Extract Block filter; currently (PV version
>> 4.0.1) the ASCII-text strings are no longer passed to the Extract Block
>> filter.
>>
>> However, the Extract Block filter does reflect the structure implied by
>> the *.pvd file; the filter simply uses the ubiquitous and
>> not-very-helpful C-language off-set addresses of 0,1,2,3,... for the
>> block names.
>>
>> Because of the large number of ASCII-text files that can be generated in
>> a transient dynamic simulation with multiple material domains using the
>> vtk-formats, sometime back I switched to the EnSight binary-formatted
>> output. In this format it is possible to provide names that will appear
>> in the Extract Block filter.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sam Key
>>
>> On 10/7/2013 8:35 PM, Jimmy Chen wrote:
>>> Samuel,
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for the quick reply. I tried your EnSight example
>>> and could select different polygons by using "Extract Blocks" filter.
>>> VTK's example EnSight datasets also allows doing so.
>>>
>>> Besides, *.vtp or *.pvtp files are not working for me. What content
>>> should be put into vtp files to enable Paraview "Extract Blocks"? If
>>> you also have a working vtp example that will be very helpful.
>>>
>>> Thanks and best regards,
>>> Jimmy
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:03:40 -0600
>>> From: Samuel Key <samuelkey at bresnan.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Which polygon file reader in Paraview has
>>> interface to show/hide separate segments?
>>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>>> Message-ID: <5252CD4C.7090805 at bresnan.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>>>
>>> Jimmy,
>>>
>>> I have had success with two different ParaView readers doing what you
>>> have described.
>>>
>>> It is material domains that I want to examine as distinct. However,
>>> ParaView does not care if it is a serially-generated set of material
>>> domain, a set of processor domain results, or any criterion you want to
>>> use. Each domain needs to be a "displayable graphics object."
>>>
>>> Case(1) *.vtp XML format
>>>
>>> Case(2) EnSight Gold format using that format's Part-construct.
>>>
>>> In either case, ParaView's Extract Group filter allows one to select any
>>> combination of domains to display. Multiple extracted sub-domains can
>>> appear together in one window and/or in separate windows.
>>>
>>> A small file that will let you explore this capability is attached.
>>>
>>> Samuel W Key
>>> FMA Development, LLC
>>> 1005 39th Ave NE
>>> Great Falls, Montana 59404
>>> USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/6/2013 9:14 PM, Jimmy Chen wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> We generate several segments of polygonal meshes and our client wants
>>>> to store them into a single file and to view on Paraview. Since the
>>>> data contains several pre-segmented mesh pieces, they want to view
>>>> each piece separately in Paraview. Is there a file format supporting
>>>> composite datasets and has a Paraview interface to show some of them?
>>>>
>>>> We have looked into .vtp and .pvtp formats.
>>>> For .vtp XML format, although we can store different segment in
>>>> different <piece> tags, Paraview seem to regard them as one piece of
>>>> data.
>>>> For .pvtp format, each component is stored into a different file,
>>>> which is not what our client want.
>>>>
>>>> Although we can always create our reader plugin for Paraview, I am
>>>> wondering whether there already exists this kind of file format saving
>>>> segments in one file, with a segment-selectable Paraview interface.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and have a nice day.
>>>> Jimmy Chen
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>>
>>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>>>
>>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView
>>>
>>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>>>
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: Copy of fmavto.pvd
>> Type: text/xml
>> Size: 5356 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> URL: <http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/attachments/20131008/8ba2936c/attachment-0001.bin>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:23:30 +0000
>> From: "Moreland, Kenneth" <kmorel at sandia.gov>
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Plotting an integrated variable over time
>> To: "Scott, W Alan" <wascott at sandia.gov>, "paraview at paraview.org"
>> <paraview at paraview.org>
>> Message-ID: <CE797EEE.112CB%kmorel at sandia.gov>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> After you run the IntegrateVariables filter, you probably see the results in a new spreadsheet view. Just select the row containing the integrated variables and run the Plot Selection Over Time filter.
>>
>> -Ken
>>
>> From: <Scott>, Walter Scott <wascott at sandia.gov<mailto:wascott at sandia.gov>>
>> Date: Monday, October 7, 2013 7:38 PM
>> To: "paraview at paraview.org<mailto:paraview at paraview.org>" <paraview at paraview.org<mailto:paraview at paraview.org>>
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Plotting an integrated variable over time
>>
>> A customer of mine asked the following:
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to plot a variable that has been created using the PythonCalculator filter. First, I create a Cell variable. Then, I would like to integrate/sum all values for this variable and plot this result as a function of time.
>>
>> I can use the "IntegrateVariables" filter to look at results individually, but how can I create a variable that can be plotted within ParaView?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> URL: <http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/attachments/20131008/8f193883/attachment-0001.htm>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>
>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>>
>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView
>>
>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>>
>>
>> End of ParaView Digest, Vol 114, Issue 20
>> *****************************************
> _______________________________________________
> Powered by www.kitware.com
>
> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>
> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView
>
> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
>
More information about the ParaView
mailing list