Alex, Again, could you specify how you are loading your files? If you open them as a file series, then your data should be considered as temporal and the filter should work. See https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Animating_legacy_VTK_file_series
Best, *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team* *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>* 2017-12-01 14:11 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abar...@gmail.com>: > I was able to find this thread that mentions that maybe the input data set > needs to have a DATA_TIME_STEPS key, but I am not sure how to specify this > with the point3d data. > https://public.kitware.com/pipermail/paraview/2016-February/036211.html > > Is there a way just to use whatever mechanism the animate functionality > uses? > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Alex Barrie <abar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes, I have one file per timestep and each file is a list of points, X, >> Y, Z, C with one point per line. I am loading it with the 'Point3D' input. >> Thanks! >> Alex >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Joachim Pouderoux < >> joachim.pouder...@kitware.com> wrote: >> >>> Alex, >>> >>> Could you specify how is your data split over time? Do you have one file >>> per timestep? How do you load your data with ParaView? >>> >>> Joachim >>> >>> *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD >>> >>> *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team* >>> *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>* >>> >>> >>> 2017-11-30 9:55 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abar...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Thanks, I see it now - I missed it because it wasn't in the "Temporal" >>>> tab. >>>> >>>> When I apply this filter, however, I get an error about a missing >>>> DATA_TIME_STEPS information key. Is this something I can specify or does it >>>> have to be in the raw data somehow? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Alex >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Joachim Pouderoux < >>>> joachim.pouder...@kitware.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Alex, >>>>> >>>>> I think here the filter "Temporal Particles to Pathlines" should do >>>>> the trick. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Joachim >>>>> >>>>> *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD >>>>> >>>>> *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team* >>>>> *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2017-11-29 14:33 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abar...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have animated particles which are imported from point data (x,y,z). >>>>>> I want to add a particle trace, but I am not sure what to put for the >>>>>> 'seed'. I am not using a vector field, but rather just a list of particle >>>>>> positions that updates over time. How can I just add a trace to each >>>>>> particle in the list? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Alex >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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