[Paraview] particle traces from point data

[Alex Barrie]

I am attaching the first input file here. Each file has an incremented
number in the filename and then I load them all at once using the Point3D
reader. I just go to open and select the group, I don't do anything special
to load them. Paraview detects them all as part of the same group, and I
can play the animation just fine with the VCR controls. Is there a
different way to load them specifically as a series?

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Joachim Pouderoux <
joachim.pouderoux at kitware.com> wrote:

> Alex,
>
> Again, could you specify how you are loading your files?
> If you open them as a file series, then your data should be considered as
> temporal and the filter should work.
> See https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Animating_legacy_VTK_file_series
>
> Best,
>
> *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD
>
> *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team*
> *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>*
>
>
> 2017-12-01 14:11 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abarrie at gmail.com>:
>
>> I was able to find this thread that mentions that maybe the input data
>> set needs to have a DATA_TIME_STEPS key, but I am not sure how to specify
>> this with the point3d data.
>> https://public.kitware.com/pipermail/paraview/2016-February/036211.html
>>
>> Is there a way just to use whatever mechanism the animate functionality
>> uses?
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Alex Barrie <abarrie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I have one file per timestep and each file is a list of points, X,
>>> Y, Z, C with one point per line. I am loading it with the 'Point3D' input.
>>> Thanks!
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Joachim Pouderoux <
>>> joachim.pouderoux at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alex,
>>>>
>>>> Could you specify how is your data split over time? Do you have one
>>>> file per timestep? How do you load your data with ParaView?
>>>>
>>>> Joachim
>>>>
>>>> *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD
>>>>
>>>> *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team*
>>>> *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2017-11-30 9:55 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abarrie at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, I see it now - I missed it because it wasn't in the "Temporal"
>>>>> tab.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I apply this filter, however, I get an error about a missing
>>>>> DATA_TIME_STEPS information key. Is this something I can specify or does it
>>>>> have to be in the raw data somehow?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Joachim Pouderoux <
>>>>> joachim.pouderoux at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alex,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think here the filter "Temporal Particles to Pathlines" should do
>>>>>> the trick.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Joachim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team*
>>>>>> *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2017-11-29 14:33 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abarrie at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have animated particles which are imported from point data
>>>>>>> (x,y,z). I want to add a particle trace, but I am not sure what to put for
>>>>>>> the 'seed'. I am not using a vector field, but rather just a list of
>>>>>>> particle positions that updates over time. How can I just add a trace to
>>>>>>> each particle in the list?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>
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