Alex, The problem appears because the output of this Visit-based reader is a multiblock.
Here is a workaround: apply a *Merge Block* filter on your input data, then apply the *Temporal Particles To Pathline* filter. Best, *Joachim Pouderoux*, PhD *Technical Expert - Scientific Computing Team* *Kitware SAS <http://www.kitware.fr>* 2017-12-01 14:58 GMT-04:00 Alex Barrie <abar...@gmail.com>: > I am attaching the first input file here. Each file has an incremented > number in the filename and then I load them all at once using the Point3D > reader. I just go to open and select the group, I don't do anything special > to load them. Paraview detects them all as part of the same group, and I > can play the animation just fine with the VCR controls. Is there a > different way to load them specifically as a series? > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Joachim Pouderoux < > joachim.pouder...@kitware.com> wrote: > >> 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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