[Paraview] [EXTERNAL] displaying simulation time rather than time step

[David E DeMarle]

I think that Sean is on the right track and suggest that a Python Animation
cue is the way to go.

Attached is a state file to demonstrate. Load the state file in ParaView,
open Views->Animation View and double click on the existing Python track to
see the script that gets the pipeline time and feeds it into a text source
for display. I've left the parts about reading the file and mapping the
Animation time into the corresponding simulation time as an exercise to the
reader.

Note: many time varying file formats produce the data time for you so this
translation is unnecessary and the Annotate Time filter will do what you
want it to.




David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Phil Amburn <phil.amburn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
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> Can we talk?  I’m not smart enough to understand your suggestion (hate it
> when that happens).
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> If I get something worked out, even a hack, I’ll post the solution back to
> this list.
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> Thanks!
>
> Phil
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>
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> *From:* ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *
> Sean.Ziegeler at engilitycorp.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2014 3:41 PM
> *To:* paraview at paraview.org
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] [EXTERNAL] displaying simulation time rather
> than time step
>
>
>
> Hey Phil,
> You *might* be able to hack it with a combination of a Programmable Filter
> and a Python Annotation Filter.  Use the Programmable Filter to add a
> FieldData value to each time step that is a string with the appropriate
> date.  Then use the Python Annotation Filter to display the date as an
> annotation.
>
> The first part is the hard one.  The Programmable Filter could either (1)
> read the file once to get all the dates, or (2) compute the dates using the
> starting date, the time step value, and Python's datetime module.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* ParaView [paraview-bounces at paraview.org] on behalf of Scott, W
> Alan [wascott at sandia.gov]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2014 5:17 PM
> *To:* Phil Amburn; paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] [EXTERNAL] displaying simulation time rather
> than time step
>
> Phil,
>
> I have no idea how to put out what you are asking for, but it is a really
> good idea.  If you don’t get an answer, be sure to write up a bug report/
> feature request.
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>
> Alan
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>
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> *From:* ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org
> <paraview-bounces at paraview.org>] *On Behalf Of *Phil Amburn
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2014 3:26 PM
> *To:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] displaying simulation time rather than
> time step
>
>
>
> I would like to do something similar to the Annotate Time filter, but
> rather than displaying the time step number, I need to display simulation
> date and time.
>
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> I have a text file with the actual simulation date and time associated
> with each time step.  Here are the first few lines of that file
>
>
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> Time step   Time step output, Actual time
>
> 0               0.00,           4/1/2013 15:00
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> 1               65.83,          4/1/2013 15:01
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> 2               125.88,         4/1/2013 15:02
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> 3               201.00,         4/1/2013 15:03
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> 4               268.65,         4/1/2013 15:04
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> 5               328.83,         4/1/2013 15:05
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> 6               366.46,         4/1/2013 15:06
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>
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> …
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> So, rather than Time: 0 at the bottom of the 3D window, I’d like to have
> 4/1/2013 15:00
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>
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> Any thoughts / recommendations on how to accomplish this task will be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
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