[OpenFOAM] Paraview batch mode

liu · March 17, 2006, 13:00

Did anyone use paraview batch mode to create animation? My simulation data is huge. When I use GUI mode, it just crashed. So I tried my luck with batch mode. But it ended up with following error message:

ERROR: In ../../../../../paraview-2.2.0/Servers/Common/vtkProcessModule.cxx, line 548
vtkPVProcessModule (0x9ace538): Cannot create object of type "vtkFoamReader".
while processing
Message 0 = New
Argument 0 = string_value {vtkFoamReader}
Argument 1 = id_value {89}

ERROR: In ../../../../../paraview-2.2.0/Servers/Common/vtkProcessModule.cxx, line 550
vtkPVProcessModule (0x9ace538): Aborting execution for debugging purposes.

mattijs · March 17, 2006, 13:30

Not directly answering your question but can you do your animation on vtk files (so using foamToVTK)?

(I assume you have deselected the cache/record buttons in the animation panel?)

liu · March 17, 2006, 13:35

I didn't try vtk files for animation (I don't know how to do it honestly). Also my data is so huge that I can't afford to convert every time step to vtk files. That will double the data size.

When I use the GUI to record the animation, paraview complains about not enough memory and then terminated. Maybe that's because I didn't use cache. I will try it.

liu · March 17, 2006, 13:50

Well, I tried again. I am sure the cache is one. The problem is still like that. Here is the message of paraview:

new cannot satisfy memory request.
This does not necessarily mean you have run out of virtual memory.
It could be due to a stack violation caused by e.g. bad use of pointers or an out of date shared library
/home/liu19/research/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.2/bin/paraFoam: line 57: 10034 Aborted paraview paraFoam.pvs

Any thought?

eugene · March 17, 2006, 14:04

Nah you're supposed to switch the cash OFF, otherwise it keeps everything for each timestep.

hjasak · March 17, 2006, 14:29

There's a little button on the Animation Control panel which say "Record All properties". Switch that off and all will be well.

I have done 500-odd frame animations this way so if the case fits into memory you should not have a problem.

Enjoy,

Hrv

liu · March 17, 2006, 15:14

Now it's working fine.
Thank you, guys.

kmurphy · July 20, 2006, 13:17

Hi,
I would like to be use the paraview batch mode but I get a similar error to that reported in the original post in this thread. Does anyone know of a solution?

Regards,
KM

March 17, 2006, 13:00	Paraview batch mode	#1
liu Senior Member Xiaofeng Liu Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	Did anyone use paraview batch mode to create animation? My simulation data is huge. When I use GUI mode, it just crashed. So I tried my luck with batch mode. But it ended up with following error message: ERROR: In ../../../../../paraview-2.2.0/Servers/Common/vtkProcessModule.cxx, line 548 vtkPVProcessModule (0x9ace538): Cannot create object of type "vtkFoamReader". while processing Message 0 = New Argument 0 = string_value {vtkFoamReader} Argument 1 = id_value {89} ERROR: In ../../../../../paraview-2.2.0/Servers/Common/vtkProcessModule.cxx, line 550 vtkPVProcessModule (0x9ace538): Aborting execution for debugging purposes. __________________ Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Penn State University 223B Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 Web: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/

March 17, 2006, 13:30	Not directly answering your qu	#2
mattijs Senior Member Mattijs Janssens Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,419 Rep Power: 26	Not directly answering your question but can you do your animation on vtk files (so using foamToVTK)? (I assume you have deselected the cache/record buttons in the animation panel?)

March 17, 2006, 13:35	I didn't try vtk files for ani	#3
liu Senior Member Xiaofeng Liu Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	I didn't try vtk files for animation (I don't know how to do it honestly). Also my data is so huge that I can't afford to convert every time step to vtk files. That will double the data size. When I use the GUI to record the animation, paraview complains about not enough memory and then terminated. Maybe that's because I didn't use cache. I will try it. __________________ Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Penn State University 223B Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 Web: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/

March 17, 2006, 13:50	Well, I tried again. I am sure	#4
liu Senior Member Xiaofeng Liu Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	Well, I tried again. I am sure the cache is one. The problem is still like that. Here is the message of paraview: new cannot satisfy memory request. This does not necessarily mean you have run out of virtual memory. It could be due to a stack violation caused by e.g. bad use of pointers or an out of date shared library /home/liu19/research/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.2/bin/paraFoam: line 57: 10034 Aborted paraview paraFoam.pvs Any thought? __________________ Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Penn State University 223B Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 Web: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/

March 17, 2006, 14:04	Nah you're supposed to switch	#5
eugene Senior Member Eugene de Villiers Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 725 Rep Power: 21	Nah you're supposed to switch the cash OFF, otherwise it keeps everything for each timestep.

March 17, 2006, 14:29	There's a little button on the	#6
hjasak Senior Member Hrvoje Jasak Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, England Posts: 1,905 Rep Power: 33	There's a little button on the Animation Control panel which say "Record All properties". Switch that off and all will be well. I have done 500-odd frame animations this way so if the case fits into memory you should not have a problem. Enjoy, Hrv __________________ Hrvoje Jasak Providing commercial FOAM/OpenFOAM and CFD Consulting: http://wikki.co.uk

March 17, 2006, 15:14	Now it's working fine. Thank	#7
liu Senior Member Xiaofeng Liu Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	Now it's working fine. Thank you, guys. __________________ Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Penn State University 223B Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 Web: http://water.engr.psu.edu/liu/

July 20, 2006, 13:17	Hi, I would like to be use t	#8
kmurphy New Member kmurphy Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 17	Hi, I would like to be use the paraview batch mode but I get a similar error to that reported in the original post in this thread. Does anyone know of a solution? Regards, KM

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