[Paraview] Can I generate a single file that contains data and filter settings?

[Wyatt Spear]

Thanks, I'll take a look at this. My use case is pretty severely
underutilizing ParaView's capabilities though. I'm rendering very large
multi-variable heat maps. So color mapped 2d points are all I need
rendered, (until I can figure out how to map glyph height to another
variable).

=Wyatt


On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 8:52 AM Samuel Key <samuelkey at bresnan.net> wrote:

> Wyatt--
>
> While ParaView can read CSV files and subsequently generate images, the
> CSV format for simulation results limits the functionality available to you
> in ParaView. My suggestion is that you write your simulation results in a
> format that contains geometry information, as well as, Point and Cell
> centered values like displacement, velocity, acceleration, temperature,
> concentrations, volume fractions, *et cetera.*
> The attached document is a good place to start. (This document is very
> concise and very complete, but the information is only written down once.
> As a result, the format information is sometimes not located where you need
> it.)
>
> If your simulations are concerned with the deformation of 3-D solids and
> structures, I can provide you with FORTRAN95 routines that you can use to
> write VTK-formatted simulation results.
>
> Once you can generate VTK-formatted datum sets, The File > Save State
> command will generate *.pvsm files that will let you "recreate" a
> previously constructed Browser Pipeline. (The PV *.pvsm reader gives you
> the opportunity to select a different datum set.)
>
> There is a small two-cell mesh file attached that might be helpful to you
> when constructing a VTK-formatted file writer in your application.
>
> --Sam
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/27/2018 8:46 AM, Wyatt Spear wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Currently I am using my own application to generate a simple CSV file
> which can be loaded up in ParaView. I then create the visualization I want
> with a few manual filter operations.
>
> What I would like is to generate a file, preferably still with a field for
> CSV-like raw data, that tells ParaView to load the data and then apply the
> filters I want, so the view I want is immediately available upon loading
> the file and the raw data is available if I want to try other filters.
>
> I've taken a look at vpt and pvd files saved from my intended view but I'm
> not seeing much correspondence between the CSV data I generate, the filters
> I apply and the data fields in there. I'm also pondering the save-state and
> trace/macro features of ParaView but I suspect those won't quite square
> with my aim of generating a file in an external application which includes
> data.
>
> Could someone point me toward a proper way to do this? If it comes down to
> plugin development I'm willing to take a look at that.
>
> Thanks,
> Wyatt Spear
>
>
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