Hello all, I have the following situation: I have multiple dataset created by the same simulation, evolving in time. I'm currently presented wit two options to preserve time information:
Option 1: I create a pvd in the form: <?xml version='1.0'?> <VTKFile type='Collection' version='0.1'> <Collection> <DataSet timestep='0' part='1' name='Planes' file='PLANES.vtu'/> <DataSet timestep='0' part='2' name='WaveGages' file='WaveGage_00000.vtu'/> <DataSet timestep='0' part='3' name='Particles' file='PART_00000.vtu'/> <DataSet timestep='0.00049' part='1' name='Planes' file='PLANES.vtu'/> <DataSet timestep='0.00049' part='2' name='WaveGages' file='WaveGage_00001.vtu'/> <DataSet timestep='0.00049' part='3' name='Particles' file='PART_00001.vtu'/> <!-- etc for the other timesteps --> </Collection> </VTKFile> which is efficient (single index file) but annoying UI-wise (since the names of the data sets are not used in the muti-block inspector or in the extract block filter) Option 2: I have the pvd point, for each timestep, to a single .vtm file which in turns points to the multiple vtu files for that timestep: so the pvd is like <?xml version='1.0'?> <VTKFile type='Collection' version='0.1'> <Collection> <DataSet timestep='0' group='' part='0' file='data_00000.vtm'/> <DataSet timestep='0.00049' group='' part='0' file='data_00001.vtm'/> </Collection> </VTKFile> and each vtm is like: <?xml version='1.0'?> <VTKFile type='vtkMultiBlockDataSet' version='1.0'> <vtkMultiBlockDataSet> <DataSet index='0' name='Planes' file='PLANES.vtu'/> <DataSet index='1' name='WaveGages' file='WaveGage_00000.vtu'/> <DataSet index='2' name='Particles' file='PART_00000.vtu'/> </vtkMultiBlockDataSet> </VTKFile> This has the advantage that the name of each dataset appears in the block extraction tool, but the disadvantage that I have to create one additional file per timestep (which may be a LOT of extra files) I've also tried Option 3: a pvd pointing to one pvd per block, and each pvd having the time series for that block, but this simply segfaults paraview. So my question is: is there a way to combine the compactness offered Option 1 with the possibility to see the block names in the UI offered by Option 2? I've also tried to play around with the group option in the pvd dataset entries, to no effect (and I'm still not clear on the difference between group and part, so any clarification on this is also welcome). Thanks in advance and best regards, -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
