Animating on two different 'levels'

[JoranZwet (Joran)]

Hi there,

I work in topology optimization and our results usually consists of the design and various relevant fields (think: temperature, displacement, forces, stresses) in vti files for all optimization iterations. We use the [name].[number].vti format in order to animate how the design and fields evolve throughout the optimization process.

This works very well in most cases, however I run into a problem when each optimization iteration is also optimizing for a transient process. In my case I now have a transient thermal analysis of N time steps for each optimization iteration, and I want to be able to animate both using the same files. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks in advance!

Joran

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

@JoranZwet

In my case I now have a transient thermal analysis of N time steps for each optimization iteration, and I want to be able to animate both using the same files. Is there any way to do this?

So you have two different temporal dimensions ?
The simplest way to handle that would be to write .series file for the different animations you want.

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/v5.5.0/Documentation/release/ParaView-5.5.0.md#json-based-new-meta-file-format-for-series-added

best,