# Animation of steady files

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-steady-files/17409
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 26, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-steady-files/17409 "2026-01-26T09:11:20Z")
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### Author: ![ompe2026](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@ompe2026](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ompe2026)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-steady-files/17409/1 "2026-01-26T09:11:20Z")

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Hello,

I’am using paraview 5.13 and I want to do an animation of steady files. I got file0.cgns, file1.cgns, file2.cgns and so on. I would like to to a video which shows how mesh and Mach number vary. I tried with time manager but it doesn’t work. Could someone help me ?

Thx

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-steady-files/17409/2 "2026-01-28T08:46:56Z")

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I dont think cgns reader support file series.You may need to use another format.