vtm file format

ParaView Support
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I have a user using vtm file formats. He is creating a .pvd file, pointing to vtm files, pointing to vtr files. So, my questions:

  • Where is documentation on vtm files? Google fails here…
  • Are there examples of vtm files?
  • Do vtm files spread the called vtr files among different servers when run on a parallel cluster?
  • Is there a way to have ParaView write .vtm files?
    Thanks,
    Alan
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After using this post: https://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2018-January/100605.html and vtk parts from the Examples directory, I believe that vtm files DO spread across pvservers. This really isn’t sufficient documentation, however.

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It should be documented here: VTK File Formats - VTK documentation

But it is missing.

Are there examples of vtm files?

They are a few in the testing data, but you can actually generate some very easily, by just saving a composite data from ParaView

Do vtm files spread the called vtr files among different servers when run on a parallel cluster?

Yes

Is there a way to have ParaView write .vtm files?

File → SaveData on any composite data will do the trick