[General] Animation of rotating domain in ParaView

JackyS · May 24, 2013, 07:28

Hi,

I'm fairly new to OpenFOAM and ParaView and have been playing around with the tutorials. One of the examples is the mixerVessel2D from the multiphase tutorials using MRFInterFoam. The calculation works fine and the results are plausible, but for the beauty of it all I would like to animate the rotation of the rotating domain.

I have been searching the internet and I found some examples on youtube but no information on how to do it. I would appreciate any suggestion,

Jack

wyldckat · May 25, 2013, 13:00

Greetings Jack and welcome to the forum!

There are two possibilities:

Animate only the camera movement: http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaVie...ing_the_Camera
Calculate the movement of the points and transform accordingly... problem is that for this one, you either need:
- A time field pre-calculated, so that you can use with the normal calculator filter - see section "Working with Point Coordinates": http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaVie...nt_Coordinates
- ParaView built with Python, so that you can use the "Python Calculator" for calculating this rotation directly in code, or even by using the "Programmable Filter".

Best regards,
Bruno

JackyS · May 27, 2013, 09:32

Hi Bruno,

thank you for the quick answer, you helped me a lot.
I'll make sure and try it out.

Best regards,
Jack

May 24, 2013, 07:28	Animation of rotating domain in ParaView	#1
JackyS New Member Mathias Braun Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I'm fairly new to OpenFOAM and ParaView and have been playing around with the tutorials. One of the examples is the mixerVessel2D from the multiphase tutorials using MRFInterFoam. The calculation works fine and the results are plausible, but for the beauty of it all I would like to animate the rotation of the rotating domain. I have been searching the internet and I found some examples on youtube but no information on how to do it. I would appreciate any suggestion, Jack

May 25, 2013, 13:00		#2
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,975 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings Jack and welcome to the forum! There are two possibilities: Animate only the camera movement: http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaVie...ing_the_Camera Calculate the movement of the points and transform accordingly... problem is that for this one, you either need: A time field pre-calculated, so that you can use with the normal calculator filter - see section "Working with Point Coordinates": http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaVie...nt_Coordinates ParaView built with Python, so that you can use the "Python Calculator" for calculating this rotation directly in code, or even by using the "Programmable Filter". Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

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May 27, 2013, 09:32		#3
JackyS New Member Mathias Braun Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi Bruno, thank you for the quick answer, you helped me a lot. I'll make sure and try it out. Best regards, Jack