when I create a ParaView Data file format file .pvd,how to choose reader

ParaView Support
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here is my temp.pvb file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<VTKFile version="0.1" compressor="vtkZLibDataCompressor" byte_order="BigEndian">
	<Collection>
		<DataSet timestep="0" group="" part="0" file="temperature0.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="1" group="" part="0" file="temperature1.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="2" group="" part="0" file="temperature2.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="3" group="" part="0" file="temperature3.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="4" group="" part="0" file="temperature4.vtu" />
	</Collection>
</VTKFile>

when I want open this pvb file on the Paraview GUI,it tell me choose one reader,and Try to select a lot of readers, but not display the pvb file correctly
choosePVBReader
the temperature.vtu file can display correctly, it shows as follows:

vtuone
vtuone1536Ă—651 253 KB

while reader should I pick?

2

The correct extension is pvd and not pvb :slight_smile:

3

My file suffix is PVD, and the problem description text is wrong. the screenshot of Select

choosePVBReader1
the reader, which indicates that the file name is temperature.pvd

4

OK.

In the Open file dialog, can you select ParaView Data File (*.pvd) as “files of type” entry ?

5

It looks like the type attribute is missing.

<VTKFile type="Collection" version="0.1" compressor="vtkZLibDataCompressor" byte_order="BigEndian">
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6

the type is “Collection”

7

After select ParaView Data File (*.pvd) as “files of type” entry when open the file, still pop up the choose reader window

8

Can you share a file then please ?

9

temperature0.vtu (1.4 MB)

10

temperature0.vtu is the file you want

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temperature.pvd (489 Bytes)
temperature0.vtu (1.4 MB)
temperature1.vtu (1.4 MB)
temperature2.vtu (1.4 MB)
temperature3.vtu (1.4 MB)
temperature4.vtu (1.4 MB)

12

this is all about temperature.pvd

13

The VTKFile tag requires a type="Collection" attribute to be a valid pvd file. Making that change allows me to load the file.

temperature.pvd (507 Bytes)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<VTKFile type="Collection" version="0.1" compressor="vtkZLibDataCompressor" byte_order="BigEndian">
	<Collection>
		<DataSet timestep="0" group="" part="0" file="temperature0.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="1" group="" part="0" file="temperature1.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="2" group="" part="0" file="temperature2.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="3" group="" part="0" file="temperature3.vtu" />
		<DataSet timestep="4" group="" part="0" file="temperature4.vtu" />
	</Collection>
</VTKFile>
14

thanks very much,after add the type=“Collection” *.pvd file can be opened by paraview.
but it doesn’t display as animation