[Paraview] Why are multiple csv files written?

[Dan Lipsa]

Alex,
I assume your exodus file has 5 time steps. Try writer.UpdatePipelien()
without any parameters. It should only write time step 0.
You can also load your exodus file and/or cvs files in ParaView to look at
them.

Dan


On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Alex Lindsay <adlinds3 at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> I am running this simple script:
>
> from paraview.simple import *
>
> path = "/home/lindsayad/gdrive/MooseOutput/"
> file_name =
> "DCPlasma_argon_energy_variable_trans_for_compare_townsend_spline_new_form_var_iz_var_el_new_ip_trans_coeffs_small_plasma_radius_gold_out"
> inp = path + file_name + ".e"
> out = path + file_name + ".csv"
>
> reader = ExodusIIReader(FileName=inp)
> tsteps = reader.TimestepValues
> writer = CreateWriter(out, reader)
> writer.UpdatePipeline(time=tsteps[len(tsteps)-1])
>
> When I run the script, 5 csv files are written, with suffix *0.csv,
> *1.csv, ..., *4.csv. The *0.csv file contains the data I want; however, the
> other 4 files are empty. Why are these 4 empty files written, and how can I
> prevent it from happening?
>
> Alex
>
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