# vtm, pvd format.

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtm-pvd-format/5148
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtm-pvd-format/5148 "2020-08-21T07:53:51Z")
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#### Post date: [August 21, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtm-pvd-format/5148/1 "2020-08-21T07:53:51Z")

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How can I dump the LAMMMPS output files into the vtm, pvd format.

I think pvd used for the summarizing the time step information and vtm used for dumping the data into some particular post folder