[Paraview] Load series of VTK files

[Marco Nawijn]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 3:06 PM, <dkxls23 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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What about creating symbolic links (or shortcuts) to the
real files. In this way you preserve the original filenames.

PVD wrapper files also worked fine for me in the past.
I have not used them recently however.

Marco
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