Paraview batch mode
 

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.

Not directly answering your qu
 

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?)

I didn't try vtk files for ani
 

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.

Well, I tried again. I am sure
 

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It could be due to a stack violation caused by e.g. bad use of pointers or an out of date shared library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?

Nah you're supposed to switch
 

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

There's a little button on the
 

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

Now it's working fine. Thank
 

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

Hi, I would like to be use t
 

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