[Paraview] Load series of VTK files

[dkxls23 at gmail.com]

Well, if you don't want to rename the data files then you could use a PVD wrapper file:
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Data_formats

Never created one myself, but you could write out one from paraview and modify it.

But maybe somebody else has a better idea altogether...

-Armin




On Fri Mar 6 15:13:17 2015 GMT+0200, Ian Krukow wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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