[ngj]

Dear all,

I am working on a small conversion tool for a specific mesh type in OF into VTK format (UNSTRUCTURED_GRID). The file names are given a name and a incrementing index, though, I would also like to be able to put a string with the actual time in animations, etc.

Therefore, I have added this part into the VTK file:

FIELD FieldData 1
TIME 1 1 double
204.0048

and this makes it possible for me to see this variable in the Information tab in ParaView.

My question is how I can get this data in a string in paraview, i.e. similar to the Annotate Time filter, though, this does not work on my case. I have uploaded a small VTK sample for your convenience here:

http://www.student.dtu.dk/~ngja/vtkSample.tar.gz

Thank you for your attention,

Niels

[wyldckat]

Hi Niels,

I gave it a few shots in ParaView and Googled around to check on this topic... and I think I've seen where you've gotten this idea: http://www.visitusers.org/index.php?...e_in_VTK_files

Problem is that this specific time information is something that VisIt implemented:

Since VTK files do not have a specific construct for doing so, VisIt implements a convention where CYCLE and TIME values can be added as FieldData in the file.

If you do switch to VisIt, I think you should move the time information closer to the beginning of the file:

# vtk DataFile Version 2.0
faMesh
ASCII
DATASET UNSTRUCTURED_GRID
FIELD FieldData 1
TIME 1 1 double
204.0028
POINTS 1763 float

Because the wiki page clearly states that:

Pay attention that the field data comes right after the DATASET type in the VTK file.

If you do want time associated with your VTK files, you'll have to use the XML version of VTK files, as presented here: http://paraview.org/Wiki/images/2/20...n-ParaView.ppt

Best regards,
Bruno

[ngj]

Hi Bruno,

Thank you very much. This have given me some directions to work with. Most appreciated.

Kind regards,

Niels