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
>>>>>
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