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<DIV>I just realized that I still need to know the format of the csv file. Can I use:</DIV>
<DIV>x,y,z,d (where d is the diameter of the particle)? How will paraview know which colum to use to scale particle size (ie, d)?</DIV>
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<DIV>I will have 1000 time steps. Does it mean that I have to load the csv files indivisually? Is there a possibility of using vtu/pvd format (still need to know the vtu/pvd format though)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Pei<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Berk Geveci <berk.geveci@kitware.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Pei-Ying Hsieh <phsieh2005@yahoo.com>; ParaView Mailing List <paraview@paraview.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, December 17, 2009 9:13:33 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Paraview] particle animation<BR></FONT><BR>The simplest thing to do is to create a series is to create a series<BR>of csv files. Like foo1.csv, foo2.csv etc. Then you load this series<BR>into ParaView. You apply Table to Points and Glyph (make sure to<BR>switch to 3D view), then you hit play.<BR><BR>Note: ParaView does not support 2D data natively. You will have to add<BR>a fake z value.<BR><BR>-berk<BR><BR>On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Pei-Ying Hsieh <<A href="mailto:phsieh2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:phsieh2005@yahoo.com">phsieh2005@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> HI, Berk,<BR>><BR>> Sorry that I did not make it clear. I meant animation. The particles move<BR>> under magnetic field. I calculated new particle positions after each time<BR>> step. I would like to show the movement of the particles.<BR>><BR>> Best,<BR>><BR>> Pei<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: Berk Geveci <<A href="mailto:berk.geveci@kitware.com" ymailto="mailto:berk.geveci@kitware.com">berk.geveci@kitware.com</A>><BR>> To: Pei-Ying Hsieh <<A href="mailto:phsieh2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:phsieh2005@yahoo.com">phsieh2005@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> Cc: <A href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" ymailto="mailto:paraview@paraview.org">paraview@paraview.org</A><BR>> Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 8:30:45 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] particle animation<BR>><BR>> When you say "plot the particles as a function of time", do you
mean<BR>> an animation or the paths of the particles in 2D?<BR>><BR>> -berk<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Pei-Ying Hsieh <<A href="mailto:phsieh2005@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:phsieh2005@yahoo.com">phsieh2005@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> wrote:<BR>>> Dear ParaView experts:<BR>>><BR>>> I did a simple calculations of particle motion under magnetic fields using<BR>>> perl. I would like to plot the particles as a function of time.<BR>>> What format should I use to save for paraview to be able to read in? The<BR>>> particles has attributes of: size, time, coordinate in X, coordinate in Y,<BR>>> and coordinate in Z. The particles were initially randomly distributed<BR>>> within a (Xmin, Ymin, Xmax, Ymax) domain. There is no mesh required.<BR>>><BR>>> Is there any examples/tutorials on something like this?<BR>>><BR>>> It will be
highly appreciated if someone can point to me a direction.<BR>>><BR>>> Pei<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> Powered by <A href="http://www.kitware.com/" target=_blank>www.kitware.com</A><BR>>><BR>>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at<BR>>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html<BR>>><BR>>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at:<BR>>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView<BR>>><BR>>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<BR>>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview<BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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