Not sure why it isn't garbage collecting for you, but you might try moving the entire pipeline setup out of the loop and then inside the loop just call the two set filenames to modify the existing pipeline before calling Write().
David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. R&D Engineer 21 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-881-4909 On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Sebastian <sebastianst...@web.de> wrote: > Hello Karl, > > thank you for your message. I am using Paraview 3.14.1 (64bit). > > This is what my script looks like: > > # SETTINGS > directory_pvtu = '/scratch/mesh3mm_SEM/' > directory_csv = '/scratch/mesh3mm_SEM/Z085_velocity_data/' > file_number_start = 373527 > file_number_end = 640332 > file_interval = 693 > file_name_pvtu = 'mesh3mm_SEM###file_number###.pvtu' > file_name_csv = 'mesh3mm_SEM###file_number###.csv' > > print 'Script started!' > > try: paraview.simple > except: from paraview.simple import * > > while file_number_start <= file_number_end : > > current_file_name_pvtu = file_name_pvtu.replace('###file_number###', > str(file_number_start)) > current_file = XMLPartitionedUnstructuredGridReader( > FileName=[directory_pvtu > + current_file_name_pvtu] ) > > current_file.PointArrayStatus = ['Velocity'] > > SetActiveSource(current_file) > > Slice1 = Slice( SliceType = 'Plane' ) > Slice1.SliceOffsetValues = [0.0] > Slice1.SliceType.Origin = [0.0, 0.0, 0.136711] > Slice1.SliceType.Normal = [0.0, 0.0, 1.0] > > SetActiveSource(Slice1) > > Slice2 = Slice( SliceType = 'Plane' ) > Slice2.SliceOffsetValues = [0.0] > Slice2.SliceType.Origin = [0.0, 0.227757, 0.0] > Slice2.SliceType.Normal = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0] > > UpdatePipeline() > current_file_name_csv = file_name_csv.replace('###file_number###', > str(file_number_start)) > writer = CreateWriter(directory_csv + current_file_name_csv, Slice2) > writer.FieldAssociation = 'Points' > writer.UpdatePipeline() > del writer > > Delete(Slice2) > Delete(Slice1) > Delete(current_file) > > files_to_go = (file_number_end-file_number_start)/file_interval > if files_to_go == 1: > case_word = 'file' > else: > case_word = 'files' > print current_file_name_csv + ' created, ' + str(files_to_go) + ' more ' + > case_word + ' to go!' > > file_number_start += file_interval > > print 'Script finished!' > > Best, > Sebastian > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > 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 Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview