Johan,
The procedure will actually only work if you apply the attached patch first and
recompile PV from CVS. (Because in current CVS the Tecplot reader is not called
as a subproxy of vtkFileSeriesReader, but directly.)
Sven
----- Original Message -----
From: Hom Nath Gharti <[email protected]>
To: Johan de Koning <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
Sent: 11/11/09 15:46:43
Subject: [Paraview] loading multiple files in one go
> you might try:
>
> let say you have file names test01.tec, test02.tec ....etc.
>
> when you open the file in paraview you will see something like:
>
> test..tec
>
> just click that (not within the + sign) to load all the files at once.
> Then hit the play button to play animation. You can also look -> View
> -> Animation View for more detail.
>
> Does this work?
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Johan de Koning
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have 40 *.tec Tecplot files containing a grid that represents a
>> temperature state that changes over time. I want to visualize the
>> temperature change.
>> How can I load all the files in one go and the make a movie of the
>> temperture change?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Johan
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diff --git a/Qt/Components/Resources/XML/ParaViewReaders.xml b/Qt/Components/Resources/XML/ParaViewReaders.xml
index 0daaadb..8156d98 100644
--- a/Qt/Components/Resources/XML/ParaViewReaders.xml
+++ b/Qt/Components/Resources/XML/ParaViewReaders.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
extensions="sos SOS"
file_description="EnSight Master Server Files">
</Reader>
- <Reader name="tecplotreader"
+ <Reader name="tecplotseriesreader"
extensions="tec TEC Tec tp TP"
file_description="Tecplot Files">
</Reader>
diff --git a/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/readers.xml b/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/readers.xml
index b21fe22..e250dbb 100644
--- a/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/readers.xml
+++ b/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/readers.xml
@@ -1812,6 +1812,54 @@
<!-- End ExodusIIReaderCore -->
</SourceProxy>
+ <SourceProxy name="tecplotreader" class="vtkTecplotReader"
+ label="Tecplot Reader">
+ <Documentation
+ short_help="Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format."
+ long_help="Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format.">
+ The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid.
+ </Documentation>
+
+ <StringVectorProperty
+ name="FileName"
+ command="SetFileName"
+ animateable="0"
+ number_of_elements="1">
+ <FileListDomain name="files"/>
+ <Documentation>
+ This property specifies the file name for the Tecplot reader.
+ </Documentation>
+ </StringVectorProperty>
+
+ <StringVectorProperty
+ name="DataArrayInfo"
+ information_only="1">
+ <ArraySelectionInformationHelper attribute_name="Data"/>
+ </StringVectorProperty>
+
+ <StringVectorProperty
+ name="DataArrayStatus"
+ command="SetDataArrayStatus"
+ number_of_elements="0"
+ repeat_command="1"
+ number_of_elements_per_command="2"
+ element_types="2 0"
+ information_property="DataArrayInfo"
+ label="Data Arrays">
+
+ <ArraySelectionDomain name="array_list">
+ <RequiredProperties>
+ <Property name="DataArrayInfo" function="ArrayList"/>
+ </RequiredProperties>
+ </ArraySelectionDomain>
+
+ <Documentation>
+ This property lists what dataset attribute arrays (point data and cell data) to read.
+ </Documentation>
+ </StringVectorProperty>
+ <!-- End tecplotreader-->
+ </SourceProxy>
+
<!-- End of "internal_sources" -->
</ProxyGroup>
@@ -2927,54 +2975,6 @@
<!-- End spcthreader-->
</SourceProxy>
- <SourceProxy name="tecplotreader" class="vtkTecplotReader"
- label="Tecplot Reader">
- <Documentation
- short_help="Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format."
- long_help="Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format.">
- The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid.
- </Documentation>
-
- <StringVectorProperty
- name="FileName"
- command="SetFileName"
- animateable="0"
- number_of_elements="1">
- <FileListDomain name="files"/>
- <Documentation>
- This property specifies the file name for the Tecplot reader.
- </Documentation>
- </StringVectorProperty>
-
- <StringVectorProperty
- name="DataArrayInfo"
- information_only="1">
- <ArraySelectionInformationHelper attribute_name="Data"/>
- </StringVectorProperty>
-
- <StringVectorProperty
- name="DataArrayStatus"
- command="SetDataArrayStatus"
- number_of_elements="0"
- repeat_command="1"
- number_of_elements_per_command="2"
- element_types="2 0"
- information_property="DataArrayInfo"
- label="Data Arrays">
-
- <ArraySelectionDomain name="array_list">
- <RequiredProperties>
- <Property name="DataArrayInfo" function="ArrayList"/>
- </RequiredProperties>
- </ArraySelectionDomain>
-
- <Documentation>
- This property lists what dataset attribute arrays (point data and cell data) to read.
- </Documentation>
- </StringVectorProperty>
- <!-- End tecplotreader-->
- </SourceProxy>
-
<FileSeriesReaderProxy name="SPCTHRestartReader"
class="vtkFileSeriesReader"
label="Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader"
@@ -5239,6 +5239,60 @@
<!-- End of CSVReader -->
</FileSeriesReaderProxy>
+ <FileSeriesReaderProxy name="tecplotseriesreader"
+ class="vtkFileSeriesReader"
+ label="Tecplot Reader"
+ file_name_method="SetFileName">
+ <Documentation
+ short_help="Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format."
+ long_help="Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format.">
+ The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file series.
+ </Documentation>
+
+ <SubProxy>
+ <Proxy name="Reader"
+ proxygroup="internal_sources" proxyname="tecplotreader">
+ </Proxy>
+ <ExposedProperties>
+ <Property name="DataArrayInfo" />
+ <Property name="DataArrayStatus" />
+ </ExposedProperties>
+ </SubProxy>
+
+ <StringVectorProperty name="FileNameInfo"
+ command="GetCurrentFileName"
+ information_only="1" >
+ <SimpleStringInformationHelper />
+ </StringVectorProperty>
+
+
+ <StringVectorProperty
+ name="FileNames"
+ clean_command="RemoveAllFileNames"
+ command="AddFileName"
+ animateable="0"
+ number_of_elements="0"
+ repeat_command="1"
+ information_property="FileNameInfo" >
+ <FileListDomain name="files"/>
+ <Documentation>
+ The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than 1 file is
+ specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will
+ pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.
+ </Documentation>
+ </StringVectorProperty>
+
+ <DoubleVectorProperty
+ name="TimestepValues"
+ repeatable="1"
+ information_only="1">
+ <TimeStepsInformationHelper/>
+ <Documentation>
+ Available timestep values.
+ </Documentation>
+ </DoubleVectorProperty>
+ <!-- End of tecplotseriesreader -->
+ </FileSeriesReaderProxy>
</ProxyGroup>
</ServerManagerConfiguration>
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