vtk is a valid extension but maybe not for the writer factory for some reason.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Ian Krukow <i.kru...@tu-braunschweig.de>wrote: > Ok, that helps for a possible solution. Thanks! > With > > writer = CreateWriter('sol_i=0.vtm') > writer.UpdatePipeline() > > I get an XML file, that can be loaded back into ParaView. > --- > Still the behaviour I noticed before remains strange. > > I used the extension ".vtk". From the GUI, I chose "Save Data", and then > "Legacy VTK Files(*.vtk)", which should be a valid option, because it is > explicitly offered. The pvpython commands were > > writer = DataSetWriter(slice) > writer.FileName = 'sol_i=0.vtk' > writer.FileType = "Ascii" > writer.UpdatePipeline() > > The result of both is the same, i.e. a file with the following structure: > > # vtk DataFile Version 3.0 > vtk output > ASCII > DATASET MULTIBLOCK > CHILDREN 96 > CHILD 0 > # vtk DataFile Version 3.0 > vtk output > ASCII > DATASET POLYDATA > POINTS 39714 float > ... > POLYGONS 77132 308528 > ... > POINT_DATA 39714 > ... > ENDCHILD > CHILD 0 > # vtk DataFile Version 3.0 > vtk output > ASCII > DATASET POLYDATA > POINTS 219146 float > ... > ENDCHILD > CHILD 0 > ... > ENDCHILD > ... > > Each part between "CHILD 0" and "ENDCHILD" would be a complete Legacy VTK > file in itself. > The ParaView version is 3.14.1. > > By the way, when I use > > writer = CreateWriter('sol_i=0.vtk') > > I get the following error message: > > ERROR: In [...]\src\ParaViewCore\**ServerManager\**vtkSMWriterFactory.cxx, > line 374 > vtkSMWriterFactory: No matching writer found for extension: vtk > > Is ".vtk" not a valid file extension? > > > > Am 28.11.2012 19:55, schrieb Sebastien Jourdain: > >> There is no multi-block legacy format. What file extension did you try >> to write ? It should be .vtm by default. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ian Krukow >> <i.kru...@tu-braunschweig.de >> <mailto:i.krukow@tu-**braunschweig.de<i.kru...@tu-braunschweig.de>>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have loaded an EnSight file (results from an external code) into >> ParaView, taken a slice from it and saved it in Legacy VTK format. >> The result is a VTK file with multiblock datasets. When I try to >> load it again, ParaView does not recognise the file format and asks >> me to choose a reader. Why does ParaView not know the format of a >> file, that it has written itself? >> >> The written VTK file contains several "CHILDREN" with part of the >> data (I suppose that it is just divided) plus several empty >> CHILDREN. If I put the data of a single CHILD into a seperate file, >> I can load it into ParaView without any problems. >> Now, I could manipulate the file "by hand" (or script), so that I >> get a file I can use again in ParaView, but I just do not think, >> that this is the way it is supposed to be. Can somebody help me? >> >> Best regards >> Ian >> ______________________________**___________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com <http://www.kitware.com> >> >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> >> http://www.kitware.com/__**opensource/opensource.html<http://www.kitware.com/__opensource/opensource.html> >> >> >> <http://www.kitware.com/**opensource/opensource.html<http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html> >> > >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/__**ParaView<http://paraview.org/Wiki/__ParaView>< >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/**ParaView <http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView>> >> >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> >> http://www.paraview.org/__**mailman/listinfo/paraview<http://www.paraview.org/__mailman/listinfo/paraview> >> >> <http://www.paraview.org/**mailman/listinfo/paraview<http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview> >> > >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/** > opensource/opensource.html<http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html> > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/**ParaView <http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView> > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/**mailman/listinfo/paraview<http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview> >
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