[Paraview] Probe location in a script

[Armin Wehrfritz]

Here is a little script that shows you how to read and write dataset in 
ParaView using a simple for loop.

Hope this helps.

-Armin




On 07/02/2015 05:47 PM, mctolille at netcourrier.com wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I actually already used tracing in order to find the
> command:
>      Probelocation.ProbeType.Center = [10.0,20.0,30.0]
>
> But the problem is that I don't know how to access to the data (rho, vx,
> vy...) at that location in the python script
>
> And since tracing does not capture "Save data", I don't even know how to
> write the data in a file
>
> Cheers,
> Mc Fly
>
>
>
>
> Date : 02/07/2015 15:55:04 CEST
>
> Hi McFly,
>
> The Python Tracing facility in ParaView is perfect for this kind of
> task. It records a trace of your actions in the ParaView GUI to a Python
> script that you can modify a bit to process a bunch of files. To turn on
> tracing, choose the Tools -> Start Trace menu item.
>
> More info on tracing is available in the ParaView User Guide [1] under
> section 1.6.2.
>
> Best regards,
> Cory
>
> [1] http://www.paraview.org/paraview-guide/
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 9:39 AM, <mctolille at netcourrier.com
> <mailto:mctolille at netcourrier.com>> wrote:
>
>     __
>
>     Hi everybody,
>
>     I am a new Paraview user. I am trying to extract points from a bunch
>     of vtu files. It is pretty easily done with "probe location". But
>     since I have a lot of files, I would like to automatize the process
>     (with a macro or a python script).
>
>     Could someone maybe show me how it's done?
>
>     My best guess is that I should have the following in a python script:
>     Probelocation.ProbeType.Center = [10.0,20.0,30.0]
>     assuming I want to probe at x=10, y=20, z=30. But then, I don't
>     really know how to retrieve the variables values at that location.
>
>     Thanks a lot,
>     Mc Fly
>
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