Patrick,
I believe you are having multiple problems with your dataset.  Here is what i 
found:

·         Your dataset appears to be good.  It is a bunch of points (nodes) 
(cell type vertex).  It displays well.  Read in all of the data, hit apply.  Go 
to the last time step, then color by Displacement (point).  You see  you have 
displacement data in your bar.  You can actually see this displacement.  Go 
back to time step 0, then in the properties tab, change Displacement Magnitude 
to 1000000 (one million).  Go to last timestep.  (We had to do this because 
your displacement is tiny in relationship to the length of the bar itself.)  To 
see the length of the bar, Properties tab, Show Axes.

·         It is difficult, but you can plot a point over time.  The trick is 
you need to select one point.  Zoom is your friend here.  I rolled the beam 
around until I could see one point at the bottom.  Then, Select Points On 
(little icon upper left of the 3d window), and rubber band select a point.  
Now, Filters/ Data Analysis/ Plot Selection Over Time.  You see gobs of plots.  
Properties tab, slide down, Series Parameters. turn off the plots you don’t 
want.  I used only displacement magnitude.  You see your displacement.
Alan

From: ParaView [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of patrick 
savidge
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 12:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Trouble plotting variables

Hi Everyone,

I am fairly new to paraview and am having a little difficulty. I have a 
simulation of an elastic bar undergoing a body force and I want to plot it's 
particle displacement as a function of time. I have followed many tutorials, 
but my plot does not show any data. The simulation which I'm trying to do this 
for is found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8yl7RuERTNjR3FiZFhPNWVaOTA/view?usp=sharing

Unlike many simulations I have seen run by Paraview, mine object is not a solid 
body but rather a collection of node points. Could this be why the plot is not 
working?

Thank you for your help!

Patrick Savidge

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Patrick Savidge
University of California, Berkeley
Mechanical Engineering, 2017
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
(951)5536642
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