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July 8, 2013, 06:18 |
what is a vtk format?
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izna O'connor
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Hello all,
I have downloaded a file online which contain the vtk.. what is the vtk? why we use it? how can i open and view it? Thanks you all for a kind reply |
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July 8, 2013, 10:50 |
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Hi,
VTK is a visualization library that is used to program the paraview visualization software. Paraview is also the default program to open *.vtk files. See http://www.vtk.org/ and http://www.paraview.org/. For OpenFoam postprocessing a minor extension called ParaFoam is usually used. This information and Google should give you a decent overview. Good luck! Cutter |
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July 9, 2013, 01:15 |
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izna O'connor
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thanks.. i always use paraview for all my viewing purposes..
recently i acquired a file where i found vtk format as well as paraview format. hence i was confuse.. Thanks for your kind reply Cutter |
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July 9, 2013, 02:04 |
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Bernhard
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Do you think paraFoam is still relevant? With paraview 4 now released, including the nice reload button, I don't see any advantage of paraFoam over Paraview.
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July 9, 2013, 03:26 |
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Oh, thanks for the good news. This feature will certainly improve the whole OF postprocessing workflow. Hopefully relative paths within state files are implemented too. Time to compile a new paraview...
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