Hi,

I figured using a PVD file does the job, for example

<VTKFile type="Collection" version="1.0" byte_order="LittleEndian" 
header_type="UInt64">
  <Collection>
    <DataSet part="0" file="sphere_0.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="1" file="sphere_1.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="2" file="sphere_2.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="3" file="sphere_3.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="4" file="sphere_4.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="5" file="sphere_5.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="6" file="sphere_6.vtu"/>
    <DataSet part="7" file="sphere_7.vtu"/>
  </Collection>
</VTKFile>

I’m still interested in getting .pvtu files to work though, if anyone has an 
idea of how to get it to work with polyhedral cells…

Best,
Vincent

From: "<Le Chenadec>", Vincent Le Chenadec 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 2:40 PM
To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Parallel XML VTK with arbitrary polyhedra

Hi there,

I’m attempting to write a parallel XML file to source unstructured data to read 
in Paraview (written from an in-house fortran CFD code). Everything works out 
of the box when I use zoo elements (hexahedra, tetrahedra, …), not so when 
using arbitrary polyhedra.

I’m attaching a sample test (a sphere discretized on a 16x16x16 lattice, see 
sphere1.png). The .vtu files I dump seem to be valid, for the external 
boundaries are displayed accurately when visualizing them separately (see 
attached sphere2.png to see the partitioning).

When loading the .pvtu file, however, the external boundary considers only the 
zoo elements (hex only, in this case), not the polyhedral cells. Paraview also 
crashes whenever I apply a filter, which suggests I’m doing something wrong.

I’m most likely missing something in the .pvtu file? I tried a few things, e.g. 
adding a <PCells/> element where with <PDataArray/>’s referencing the faces and 
faceoffsets arrays specific to polyhedral cells, but no success so far… Any 
input is much welcome at this point!

Thanks,
Vincent

PS: I’m using the 4.2.0 built of Paraview. The ASCII .vtu and .pvtu files I use 
are attached in a tarball.
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