[Paraview] Load series of VTK files

[Ian Krukow]

Yes, that would work. I could write me a script for renaming the files. 
But I would rather avoid that, as I get the result files from a project 
partner with the simulation time in the filename. So, they are named 
something like
file_t=0.0012.vtu
file_t=0.0024.vtu
...
As soon as t passes 1, ParaView sees a new series. In addition, the 
first timestep has a different filename, because it is a steady-state 
solution. I could remove the dots in the time values and rename the 
steady-state solution, but I would have to do it every time I get a new 
file series. Therefore, I have been looking for another solution.

Kind regards
Ian



Am 06.03.2015 um 11:56 schrieb dkxls23 at gmail.com:
> Have you tried to name the files like this:
> fileName.0000.vtu
> fileName.0001.vtu
> fileName.0002.vtu
> ...
>
> ParaView should recognize them as a time series.
>
> That typically worked for me (cannot test it though at the moment).
>
> -Armin
>
>
>
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> On Fri Mar 6 12:36:01 2015 GMT+0200, Ian Krukow wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to load a series of VTU files, which are all stored in one
>> directory, but not numbered in a way that ParaView recognises them as
>> one series. In a python script, I can do it like this:
>>
>> import glob
>> import paraview.simple as pv
>> pattern = 'directory/*.vtu'
>> files = glob.glob(pattern)
>> reader = pv.XMLUnstructuredGridReader( FileName=files )
>>
>> The directory may be an input parameter to the script.
>> How can I transfer this into the GUI with the directory as a parameter?
>>
>> I have looked at python macros, but obviously it is not possible to
>> define any parameters there.
>> Is it possible to run a script from the python shell with a parameter?
>> I also took a look at the Programmable Source. It should be a possible
>> solution, but I have not found much explanation of what to do.
>>
>> Any ideas are welcome.
>> Kind regards
>> Ian
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