Hello!
I have a bunch of files like this:
scene_110_0.obj
scene_110_1.obj
scene_110_2.obj
scene_110_3.obj
how to open them a group of files? Right now the paraview opens only the first file: scene_110_0.obj.
Similar naming works with pvtu files, but why does not work with obj files?
Best regards,
Evgenii
ParaView thinks this is a time series, so it opens the first time step and then it will let you step through the series.
To open them as a list of files, expand the series, select all the files and then open them.
Dan
Dan,
it does not work. Paraview opens selected files as a separate files
Evgenii
You can group them afterwards using Group Datasets
Dan,
Paraview ‘Group Dataset’ combines/merges all my dataset into one dataset in one timestep (as different partitions). However, I need separate file representation for different timesteps.
Evgenii
Sorry, I don’t really understand what you need.
You can also try Append Datasets which does merging instead of grouping in a multiblock dataset (partitioneddatasetcollection).
I am sorry, it seems that I explain very poorly.
I have a bunch of object files: example_1.obj, example_2.obj, example_3.obj etc. which corresponds to different times (let’s say t=1, 2, 3, correspondingly), then I want to create an animation using these files.
However, I faced with the problem: Paraview can’t interpret 1, 2, 3 in filenames example_1.obj, example_2.obj, example_3.obj as a timestep and Paraview opens only
Oh, I see.
You are right, support is not there for reading a time series of OBJs. It should not be hard to add, unless there is a specific reason why it wasn’t added already.
I would file a bug report about that, as the UI suggests it was open as a file series.
To get around this, I would convert your files to vtp using a VTK or ParaView script.
Dan
Dan,
Thank you very much! The idea to convert to vtk is a good idea)
Best regards,
Evgenii