<div dir="ltr"><div>Simon,<br><br></div>Selecting the reader in the pipeline browser and calling GetActiveSource() in the python shell should return a reference to the reader.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Su, Simon M CTR USAF (US) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.m.su.ctr@mail.mil" target="_blank">simon.m.su.ctr@mail.mil</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">






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<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma">Hello,<br>
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<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting</a> has the example on how to list the variables in a dataset.
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<pre><span>>>></span> reader = ExodusIIReader<span>(</span>FileName=<span>'.../can.ex2'</span><span>)</span>
<span># These variables are currently selected</span>
<span>>>></span> reader.<span>PointVariables</span>
<span>[</span><span>'DISPL'</span>, <span>'VEL'</span>, <span>'ACCL'</span><span>]</span>
<span># These are available in the file</span>
<span>>>></span> reader.<span>PointVariables</span>.<span>Available</span>
<span>[</span><span>'DISPL'</span>, <span>'VEL'</span>, <span>'ACCL'</span><span>]</span>
<span># Enable the DISPL array only</span>
<span>>>></span> reader.<span>PointVariables</span> = <span>[</span><span>'DISPL'</span><span>]</span>
<span># Force read</span>
<span>>>></span> reader.<span>UpdatePipeline</span><span>(</span><span>)</span>
<span># Now check the output. Note: GlobalNodeId is generated automatically by the reader.</span>
<span>>>></span> reader.<span>PointData</span><span>[</span>:<span>]</span>
<span>[</span>Array: GlobalNodeId, Array: PedigreeNodeId, Array: DISPL<span>]<br>====================<br></span></pre>
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If I am doing this in ParaView GUI and I load the can.ex2 data manually and then use Tools->Python Shell to get to python, how do I get a list of the variable? Who would be the parent of PointVariables.Available?  <????>.PointVariables.Available ?<br>


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thanks<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-simon<br>
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