[Paraview] automation of the visualization of a csv file

2014-03-25 Thread Avijit Ashe
I need to write a custom script in Ubuntu that can read a csv file into paraview and visualize it. The way, I do it now, is to read the file using file->open and then applying a table2point filter. I am using version 3.14.1 which gets installed vis sudo update on Ubuntu 12.04 I've surveyed the int

Re: [Paraview] Is Paraview the right program?

2014-03-25 Thread Marco Nawijn
Hello Florian, Yes! Paraview is definitely a good choice. I would also recommend to use VTK for managing some of the FEM related datastructures. In particular, I would recommend to use one or more of the grid/cell classes. This also provides you automatically with different export formats (see for

Re: [Paraview] Is Paraview the right program?

2014-03-25 Thread Armin Wehrfritz
Hi, ParaView offers you a lot of visualisation and data handling options, so yes definitely the right choice. :) Concerning the file format: The VTK data-structures are well suited for such kind of data, however I personally find the learning curve of VTK rather steep. Meaning, it might be q

[Paraview] How to get table data out of PlotSelectionOverTime with python?

2014-03-25 Thread Joshua Murphy
Hello all, I am in need of getting the raw table data out of the PlotSelectionOverTime filter with Python… This would be the Row Data that is displayed in the Spreadsheet view. How do I access this information from Python? I have checked the Point Data and Field Data, and they both return ze

Re: [Paraview] Is Paraview the right program?

2014-03-25 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
I would only use an ASCII-based format if the data are small, but I usually use the VTK legacy format as a quick-and-dirty approach. I find it a bit easier to generate and read than the XML formats. If you get to the point of creating larger or parallel meshes, you probably want to move to a binary

[Paraview] Get coordinates of a streamtrace

2014-03-25 Thread Mohammad Mirzadeh
Hi guys, Given a streamtrace object, how can I access its xyz coordinates in python? I was able to get access to all the points arrays defined on it but no luck with the xyz coordinates. Thanks ___ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-so

Re: [Paraview] automation of the visualization of a csv file

2014-03-25 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
ParaView has Python scripting abilities. It can also trace the actions you do (such as file->open and table to point filter) and build Python scripts that replicate those actions. There are several documents that describe scripting in ParaView. One is the ParaView tutorial (http://www.paraview.

[Paraview] Export vectorial images in Paraview

2014-03-25 Thread Enrique Lizarraga-Garcia
Hi All, I would like to export scenes and save them as vectorial images (eps for example). I am using Paraview 3.98.1. I have read in some emails that this feature was not available in previous versions, and I was wondering if it is/will be added now. Thank you very much, Enrique _