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==AVS UCD Reader==
==AVS UCD Reader==


 
Reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.The AVS UCD
Read binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.
reader reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD
 
format. The default file extension is .inp. The output of
The AVS UCD reader reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.<br>
this reader is unstructured grid. This supports reading a
The default file extension is .inp. The output of this reader is<br>
file series.
unstructured grid. This supports reading a file series.<br>


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| '''Restrictions'''
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| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
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The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than 1 file is
specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will
pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


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| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
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This property contains a list of the cell-centered arrays to read.


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The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
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The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
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This property contains a list of the point-centered arrays to read.


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The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
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|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
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Available timestep values.
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==COSMO Reader==
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==BYU Reader==


Read a cosmology file into a vtkUnstructuredGrid.
Reads Movie.BYU files to produce polygonal data.The BYU reader reads
 
data stored in Movie.BYU format. The expected file
The Cosmology reader reads a binary file of particle location, <br>
extension is .g. The datasets resulting from reading these
velocity, and id creating a vtkUnstructuredGrid. The default <br>
files are polygonal.
file extension is .cosmo. Reads LANL Cosmo format or Gadget format.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
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| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
The list of files to be read by the reader.


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| '''Cosmo Format'''<br>''(CosmoFormat)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
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If checked, the data will be read as the LANL Cosmo format.  If unchecked, the data will be read as Gadget-2 format.
 
| 1
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Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
This property specifies the file name for the BYU
 
reader.
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| '''overlap (shared point/ghost cell gap distance)'''<br>''(Overlap)''
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The space in rL units to extend processor particle ownership for ghost particles/cells.  Needed for correct halo calculation when halos cross processor boundaries in parallel computation.


| 5
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The value must be greater than or equal to 0.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


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| '''rL (physical box side length)'''<br>''(RL)''
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The box side length used to wrap particles around if they exceed rL (or less than 0) in any dimension.
| 90.1408
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The value must be greater than or equal to 0.
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==CML Molecule Reader==


==CSV Reader==
A reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML)
This is a reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML) which
describes chemical information using XML.


Read a comma-separated values file into a 1D rectilinear grid.
The CSV reader reads a comma-separated values file into a 1D rectilinear<br>
grid. If the file was saved using the CSVWriter, then the rectilinear<br>
grid's points and point data can be restored as well as the cell data.<br>
Otherwise all the data in the CSV file is treated as cell data. The<br>
default file extension is .csv.<br>
This can read file series as well.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
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| '''Restrictions'''
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| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the CML file
name
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The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be
a csv file. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to
file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and
provide 1 file per time step.


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| '''Detect Numeric Columns'''<br>''(DetectNumericColumns)''
|
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When set to true, the reader will detect numeric columns and create
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
vtkDoubleArray or vtkIntArray for those instead of vtkStringArray.
 
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==CSV Reader==


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Reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D rectilinear grid.The CSV
|
reader reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
rectilinear grid. If the file was saved using the
CSVWriter, then the rectilinear grid's points and point
data can be restored as well as the cell data. Otherwise
all the data in the CSV file is treated as cell data. The
default file extension is .csv as well as .txt.
This can read file series as well.


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| '''Field Delimiter Characters'''<br>''(FieldDelimiterCharacters)''
| '''Property'''
|
| '''Description'''
This property lists the characters that may be used to separate fields.  For
| '''Default Value(s)'''
example, a value of "," indicates a comma-separated value file.  A
| '''Restrictions'''
value of ".:;" indicates that columns may be separated by a
period, colon or semicolon.  The order of the characters in the text
string does not matter.


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|-
|-
| '''Have Headers'''<br>''(HaveHeaders)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be a csv file. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
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If the value of this property is 1, treat the first line of the file as headers.


| 1
|
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Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|


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| '''Merge Consecutive Delimiters'''<br>''(MergeConsecutiveDelimiters)''
|
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Whether to merge successive delimiters.  Use this if (for example) your fields are separated
by spaces but you don't know exactly how many.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
| '''Use String Delimiter'''<br>''(UseStringDelimiter)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
This property indicates whether to use the string delimiter.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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==DEM Reader==
==DEM Reader==


 
Reads a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) file.The DEM reader
Read a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) file.
reads Digital Elevation Model files containing elevation
 
values derived from the U. S. Geologic Survey. The default
The DEM reader reads Digital Elevation Model files containing elevation values derived from the U. S. Geologic Survey. The default file extension is .dem. This reader produces uniform rectilinear (image/volume) data output.<br>
file extension is .dem. This reader produces uniform
rectilinear (image/volume) data output.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
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| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the DEM
(Digital Elevation Map) reader.
|
 
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the DEM (Digital Elevation Map) reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


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==DICOM Reader (Single File)==


==Enzo Reader==
Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a lone file.
DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version
of the reader reads a single file (as opposed to a collection of
files). The DICOM reader currently only supports uncompressed
files.


Read multi-block dataset from an Enzo file.
This Enzo reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''Block Output Type'''<br>''(BlockOutputType)''
|
The property indicates the output type of each block, either vtkImageData (by default) or vtkRectilinearGrid.
| 0
|
The value must be one of the following: Image Data (0), Rectilinear Grid (1).


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| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Enzo reader.


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DICOM file to load. This version of the reader only supports
| �
loading one file at a time.
|-
| '''Load Particles'''<br>''(LoadParticles)''
|
Load particles when on.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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| '''Max Level'''<br>''(MaxLevel)''
|
|
Do not blocks above this level.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


| 100
| �
|}
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==DICOM Reader (directory)==


==ExodusIIReader==
Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a directory containing a file.
 
DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version
 
of the reader will look at all files in the same directory of the
Read an Exodus II file to produce an unstructured grid.
selected file and load them as planes of the same data set. It is
typically for 3D medical scanners to store planes as set of files
in a directory.


The Exodus reader loads Exodus II files and produces an unstructured grid output. The default file extensions are .g, .e, .ex2, .ex2v2, .exo, .gen, .exoII, .exii, .0, .00, .000, and .0000 .<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Exodus reader.


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A file in the directory of files to be loaded. The DICOM reader
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will actually load all valid DICOM files in the same directory as
|-
this file as part of the same dataset. This is typical of how
| '''Use Meta File'''<br>''(UseMetaFile)''
DICOM files are often stored.
 
|
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
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==ENZO AMR Particles Reader==
 
Reads AMR particles from an ENZO datasetThe
Enzo particles reader loads particle simulation data
stored in Enzo HDF5 format. The output of this reader is
MultiBlock dataset where each block is a vtkPolyData that
holds the particles (points) and corresponding particle
data.
 
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|-
| '''Animate Vibrations'''<br>''(AnimateVibrations)''
| '''Property'''
|
| '''Description'''
If this flag is on and HasModeShapes is also on, then this reader
| '''Default Value(s)'''
will report a continuous time range [0,1] and animate the
| '''Restrictions'''
displacements in a periodic sinusoid.  If this flag is off and
HasModeShapes is on, this reader ignores time.  This flag has no
effect if HasModeShapes is off.


| 1
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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| '''Apply Displacements'''<br>''(ApplyDisplacements)''
|
|
Geometric locations can include displacements. When this option is on, the nodal positions are 'displaced' by the standard exodus displacement vector. If displacements are turned 'off', the user can explicitly add them by applying a warp filter.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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| '''Displacement Magnitude'''<br>''(DisplacementMagnitude)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
When displacements are being applied, they are scaled by this amount.  Set to 1 for no scaling.


| 1
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Edge Blocks'''<br>''(EdgeBlocks)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| �
|
| �
Available timestep values.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''Edge Map Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeMapArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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==EnSight Master Server Reader==
 
Reads files in EnSight's Master Server format.The EnSight
Master Server reader reads EnSight's parallel files. The
master file ususally has a .sos extension and may point to
multiple .case files. The output is a multi-block
dataset.
 
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|-
| '''Edge Set Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetArrayStatus)''
| '''Property'''
| �
| '''Description'''
| �
| '''Default Value(s)'''
|
| '''Restrictions'''
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Edge Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetResultArrayStatus)''
|'''CaseFileName''' (CaseFileName)
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|
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This property specifies the name of the .sos file for
the EnSight Master Server reader.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Edge Variables'''<br>''(EdgeVariables)''
|'''ByteOrder''' (ByteOrder)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
This property indicates the byte order of the binary
 
file(s).
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|
0
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* BigEndian (0)
* LittleEndian (1)
|-
|-
| '''Element Blocks'''<br>''(ElementBlocks)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| �
|
| �
Available timestep values.
| �
|-
| '''Element Map Array Status'''<br>''(ElementMapArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''Element Set Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Element Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetResultArrayStatus)''
|'''SetTimeValue''' (SetTimeValue)
| �
|
| �
This property indicates which time value to
read.
|
0.0
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Element Variables'''<br>''(ElementVariables)''
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''Exodus Model Metadata'''<br>''(ExodusModelMetadata)''
| �
| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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| '''Face Blocks'''<br>''(FaceBlocks)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
| '''Face Map Array Status'''<br>''(FaceMapArrayStatus)''
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
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|
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This property lists which cell-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''Face Set Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetArrayStatus)''
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|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
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|-
| '''Face Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetResultArrayStatus)''
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''Face Variables'''<br>''(FaceVariables)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''File Pattern'''<br>''(FilePattern)''
|
|
This property contains a text string specifying the pattern used to load files. There are two parts to it: the prefix (%s) and the file number (%i). The format used is the same as that used for printf.


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|-
|-
| '''File Prefix'''<br>''(FilePrefix)''
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
This property specifies the file root used with the file pattern to format a file name. (See the File Pattern property.)


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| �
|-
| '''File Range'''<br>''(FileRange)''
|
|
This property controls the indices of the first and last files to be read.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
 
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==EnSight Reader==
 
Reads EnSight 6 and Gold files.The EnSight reader reads
files in the format produced by CEI's EnSight. EnSight 6
and Gold files (both ASCII and binary) are supported. The
default extension is .case. The output of this reader is a
multi-block dataset.


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| '''Generate Global Element Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalElementIdArray)''
| '''Property'''
| �
| '''Description'''
| 1
| '''Default Value(s)'''
|
| '''Restrictions'''
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
|-
| '''Generate Global Node Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalNodeIdArray)''
|'''CaseFileName''' (CaseFileName)
| �
|
| 1
This property specifies the case file name for the
EnSight reader.
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Generate Object Id Cell Array'''<br>''(GenerateObjectIdCellArray)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| �
|
| 1
Available timestep values.
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
| '''Global Variables'''<br>''(GlobalVariables)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Has Mode Shapes'''<br>''(HasModeShapes)''
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
|
Some simulations overload the Exodus time steps to represent mode
shapes.  In this case, it does not make sense to iterate over the
"time steps", because they are not meant to be played in order.
Rather, each represents the vibration at a different "mode."
Setting the value of this property to 1 changes the semantics of the reader to not
report the time steps to downstream filters.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
| '''Mode Shape'''<br>''(ModeShape)''
|
|
Specify the current mode shape when HasModeShapes in on.


| 1
| �
|-
|-
| '''Node Map Array Status'''<br>''(NodeMapArrayStatus)''
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
| �
|
| �
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
| '''Node Set Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
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|-
|-
| '''Node Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetResultArrayStatus)''
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
| '''Point Variables'''<br>''(PointVariables)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
| '''Side Set Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Side Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetResultArrayStatus)''
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
| �
|
| �
This property lists which point-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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| '''XML File Name'''<br>''(XMLFileName)''
|
|
This property specifies the name of an XML file containing part and material descriptions and a mapping to element blocks.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


| �
| �
|}
|}


==Enzo Reader==


==Restarted Sim Exodus Reader==
Read hierarchical box dataset from an Enzo file.
 
This Enzo reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The
 
output of this reader is a hierarchical-box
Read collections of Exodus output files from simulations that were restarted.
dataset.
 
When a simulation that outputs exodus files is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files.  When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files.  This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Use Meta File'''<br>''(UseMetaFile)''
|
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
|-
| '''Animate Vibrations'''<br>''(AnimateVibrations)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
If this flag is on and HasModeShapes is also on, then this reader
will report a continuous time range [0,1] and animate the
displacements in a periodic sinusoid.  If this flag is off and
HasModeShapes is on, this reader ignores time.  This flag has no
effect if HasModeShapes is off.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
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|-
| '''Apply Displacements'''<br>''(ApplyDisplacements)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
Geometric locations can include displacements. When this option is on, the nodal positions are 'displaced' by the standard exodus displacement vector. If displacements are turned 'off', the user can explicitly add them by applying a warp filter.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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| '''Displacement Magnitude'''<br>''(DisplacementMagnitude)''
|
When displacements are being applied, they are scaled by this amount.  Set to 1 for no scaling.


| 1
|}
| �
 
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==ExodusIIReader==
| '''Edge Blocks'''<br>''(EdgeBlocks)''
| �
| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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Reads an Exodus II file to produce an unstructured grid.The Exodus reader loads
|-
Exodus II files and produces an unstructured grid output.
| '''Edge Map Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeMapArrayStatus)''
The default file extensions are .g, .e, .ex2, .ex2v2,
| �
.exo, .gen, .exoII, .exii, .0, .00, .000, and .0000. The
| �
file format is described fully at:
|
http://endo.sandia.gov/SEACAS/Documentation/exodusII.pdf.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
Each Exodus file contains a single set of points with 2-D
or 3-D coordinates plus one or more blocks, sets, and
maps. Block group elements (or their bounding edges or
faces) of the same type together. Sets select subsets
(across all the blocks in a file) of elements, sides of
elements (which may be of mixed dimensionality), bounding
faces of volumetric elements, or bounding edges of
volumetric or areal elements. Each block or set may have
multiple result variables, each of which defines a value
per element, per timestep. The elements (cells), faces of
elements (when enumerated in face blocks), edges of
elements (when enumerated in edge blocks), and nodes
(points) in a file may be assigned an arbitrary integer
number by an element map, face map, edge map, or node map,
respectively. Usually, only a single map of each type
exists and is employed to assign a unique global ID to
entities across multiple files which partition a large
mesh for a distributed-memory calculation. However here
may be multiply maps of each type and there are no
constraints which force the integers to be unique. The
connectivity of elements is constant across all of the
timesteps in any single Exodus II file. However, multiple
files which specify a single time-evolution of a mesh may
be used to represent meshes which exhibit changes in
connectivity infrequently. Field variable mode_shape[0]
represents the time step (t_index) if HasModeShapes is
not set or the ModeShape otherwise.


�
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|-
|-
| '''Edge Set Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetArrayStatus)''
| '''Property'''
| �
| '''Description'''
| �
| '''Default Value(s)'''
|
| '''Restrictions'''
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Edge Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(EdgeSetResultArrayStatus)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Edge Variables'''<br>''(EdgeVariables)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Element Blocks'''<br>''(ElementBlocks)''
| �
| �
| �
|-
| '''Element Map Array Status'''<br>''(ElementMapArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Element Set Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetArrayStatus)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
This property specifies the file name for the Exodus
 
reader.
�
|-
| '''Element Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(ElementSetResultArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Element Variables'''<br>''(ElementVariables)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Exodus Model Metadata'''<br>''(ExodusModelMetadata)''
|'''UseMetaFile''' (UseMetaFile)
| �
| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this
 
proxy to work.
�
|-
| '''Face Blocks'''<br>''(FaceBlocks)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
0
 
�
|-
| '''Face Map Array Status'''<br>''(FaceMapArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Face Set Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetArrayStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Face Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(FaceSetResultArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Face Variables'''<br>''(FaceVariables)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Generate Global Element Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalElementIdArray)''
| �
| 1
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|}
|-
 
| '''Generate Global Node Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateGlobalNodeIdArray)''
==FLASH AMR Particles Reader==
| �
| 1
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
Reads AMR particles from FLASH datasetThe
|-
Flash particles reader loads particle simulation data
| '''Generate Object Id Cell Array'''<br>''(GenerateObjectIdCellArray)''
stored in Flash format. The output of this reader is a
| �
MultiBlock dataset where each block is vtkPolyData that
| 1
holds the particles and corresponding particle
|
data.
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
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|-
|-
| '''Global Variables'''<br>''(GlobalVariables)''
| '''Property'''
| �
| '''Description'''
| �
| '''Default Value(s)'''
|
| '''Restrictions'''
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Has Mode Shapes'''<br>''(HasModeShapes)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
Some simulations overload the Exodus time steps to represent mode
shapes.  In this case, it does not make sense to iterate over the
"time steps", because they are not meant to be played in order.
Rather, each represents the vibration at a different "mode."
Setting the value of this property to 1 changes the semantics of the reader to not
report the time steps to downstream filters.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
| '''Mode Shape'''<br>''(ModeShape)''
|
|
Specify the current mode shape when HasModeShapes in on.


| 1
| �
|-
|-
| '''Node Map Array Status'''<br>''(NodeMapArrayStatus)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of files to be read by the
 
reader.
�
|-
| '''Node Set Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Node Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(NodeSetResultArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Point Variables'''<br>''(PointVariables)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
Available timestep values.
 
�
|-
| '''Side Set Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Side Set Result Array Status'''<br>''(SideSetResultArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''XML File Name'''<br>''(XMLFileName)''
|
This property specifies the name of an XML file containing part and material descriptions and a mapping to element blocks.


| �
| �
|}
|}


==FacetReader==


==Flash Reader==
Reads ASCII files stored in Facet format.The Facet
Reader reads files in Facet format: a simple ASCII file
format listing point coordinates and connectivity between
these points. The default file extension is .facet. The
output of the Facet Reader is polygonal.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the Facet
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


|}


Read multi-block dataset from a Flash file.
==Flash Reader==


This Flash reader loads data stored in Flash format. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.<br>
Read hierarchical box dataset from a Flash dataset.
This Flash reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The
output of this reader is a hierarchical-box
dataset.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Block Output Type'''<br>''(BlockOutputType)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The property indicates the output type of each block, either vtkImageData (by default) or vtkRectilinearGrid.


| 0
|
|
The value must be one of the following: Image Data (0), Rectilinear Grid (1).


�
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Flash reader.


| �
| �
|-
|-
| '''Load Morton Curve'''<br>''(LoadMortonCurve)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
Generate morton curve when on.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Load Particles'''<br>''(LoadParticles)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
Load particles when on.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
 
|}
|}


 
==Fluent Case Reader==
==FLUENTReader==
 


Reads a dataset in Fluent file format.
Reads a dataset in Fluent file format.
 
FLUENTReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It
FLUENTReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads .cas and<br>
reads .cas and .dat files stored in FLUENT native format
.dat files stored in FLUENT native format.<br>
(or a file series of the same.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
Select which cell-centered arrays to read.
The name of the files to load.
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
|
Set the file  name for the FLUENT reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


| �
| �
|}
|}


==Gaussian Cube Reader==


==Image Reader==
Produce polygonal data by reading a Gaussian Cube file.The Gaussian
 
Cube reader produces polygonal data by reading data files
 
produced by the Gaussian software package. The expected
Read raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified.
file extension is .cube.
 
The Image reader reads raw regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is provided, the user must specify information about the size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the dataset.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Data Byte Order'''<br>''(DataByteOrder)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the Gaussian
Cube reader.
|
|
This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s).


| 0
|
|
The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1).
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
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|-
|-
| '''Data Extent'''<br>''(DataExtent)''
|'''HBScale''' (HBScale)
|
A scaling factor to compute bonds with hydrogen
atoms.
|
|
This property specifies the minimum and maximum index values of the data in each dimension (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax).
1.0
 
| 0 0 0 0 0 0
| �
|-
| '''Data Origin'''<br>''(DataOrigin)''
|
|
The coordinate contained in this property specifies the position of the point with index (0,0,0).


| 0 0 0
| �
|-
|-
| '''Data Scalar Type'''<br>''(DataScalarType)''
|'''BScale''' (BScale)
|
|
The value of this property indicates the scalar type of the pixels/voxels in the file(s): short, int, float ...
A scaling factor to compute bonds between non-hydrogen
 
atoms
| 4
|
|
The value must be one of the following: char (2), unsigned char (3), short (4), unsigned short (5), int (6), unsigned int (7), long (8), unsigned long (9), float (10), double (11).
1.0
 
�
|-
| '''Data Spacing'''<br>''(DataSpacing)''
|
|
This property specifies the size of a voxel in each dimension.


| 1 1 1
| �
|-
| '''File Dimensionality'''<br>''(FileDimensionality)''
|
This property indicates whether the file(s) in this dataset contain slices (2D) or volumes (3D).


| 3
|}
|
The value must be one of the following: 2 (2), 3 (3).


�
==Image Reader==
|-
| '''File Lower Left'''<br>''(FileLowerLeft)''
|
This property determines whether the data originates in the lower left corner (on) or the upper left corner (off).  Most scientific data is written with a right-handed axes that originates in the lower left corner.  However, several 2D image file formats write the image from the upper left corner.


| 1
Reads raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified.
|
The Image reader reads raw, regular, rectilinear grid
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
(image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is
provided, the user must specify information about the
size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the
dataset.


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|-
|-
| '''File Pattern'''<br>''(FilePattern)''
| '''Property'''
|
| '''Description'''
The text string contained in the property specifies the format string to determine the file names necessary for reading this dataset. In creating the filenames, %s will be replaced by the prefix and %d by a digit which represents the slice number in Z. The format string is the same as that used by printf.
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


| %s
| �
|-
|-
| '''File Prefix'''<br>''(FilePrefix)''
|'''FilePrefix''' (FilePrefix)
|
The text string contained in this property specifies the
file prefix (directory plus common initial part of file name) for the
raw binary uniform rectilinear grid dataset.
|
|
The text string contained in this property specifies the file prefix (directory plus common initial part of file name) for the raw binary uniform rectilinear grid dataset.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Number Of Scalar Components'''<br>''(NumberOfScalarComponents)''
|'''FilePattern''' (FilePattern)
|
The text string contained in the property specifies the
format string to determine the file names necessary for reading this
dataset. In creating the filenames, %s will be replaced by the prefix
and %d by a digit which represents the slice number in Z. The format
string is the same as that used by printf.
|
%s
|
|
This property specifies the number of componenets the scalar value at each pixel or voxel has (e.g., RGB - 3 scalar components).


| 1
| �
|-
|-
| '''Scalar Array Name'''<br>''(ScalarArrayName)''
|'''DataScalarType''' (DataScalarType)
|
|
This property contains a text string listing a name to assign to the point-centered data array read.
The value of this property indicates the scalar type of
 
the pixels/voxels in the file(s): short, int, float ...
| ImageFile
|
| �
4
|}
|
 
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
 
* char (2)
==Legacy VTK Reader==
* unsigned char (3)
 
* short (4)
 
* unsigned short (5)
Read files stored in VTK's legacy file format.
* int (6)
 
* unsigned int (7)
The Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's legacy file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .vtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectiinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal. This reader also supports file series.<br>
* long (8)
 
* unsigned long (9)
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* float (10)
* double (11)
|-
|'''DataByteOrder''' (DataByteOrder)
|
This property indicates the byte order of the binary
file(s).
|
0
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* BigEndian (0)
* LittleEndian (1)
|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''FileDimensionality''' (FileDimensionality)
| '''Description'''
|
| '''Default Value(s)'''
This property indicates whether the file(s) in this
| '''Restrictions'''
dataset contain slices (2D) or volumes (3D).
|
3
|
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
* 2 (2)
* 3 (3)
|-
|-
| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)''
|'''DataOrigin''' (DataOrigin)
|
The coordinate contained in this property specifies the
position of the point with index (0,0,0).
|
0.0 0.0 0.0
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|-
| �
|'''DataSpacing''' (DataSpacing)
|}
|
This property specifies the size of a voxel in each
dimension.
|
1.0 1.0 1.0
|


|-
|'''DataExtent''' (DataExtent)
|
This property specifies the minimum and maximum index
values of the data in each dimension (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin,
zmax).
|
0 0 0 0 0 0
|
|-
|'''NumberOfScalarComponents''' (NumberOfScalarComponents)
|
This property specifies the number of components the
scalar value at each pixel or voxel has (e.g., RGB - 3 scalar
components).
|
1
|
|-
|'''ScalarArrayName''' (ScalarArrayName)
|
This property contains a text string listing a name to
assign to the point-centered data array read.
|
ImageFile
|


==LSDynaReader==
|-
|'''FileLowerLeft''' (FileLowerLeft)
|
This property determines whether the data originates in
the lower left corner (on) or the upper left corner (off). Most
scientific data is written with a right-handed axes that originates in
the lower left corner. However, several 2D image file formats write the
image from the upper left corner.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


|}


Read LS-Dyna databases (d3plot).
==JPEG Series Reader==


This reader reads LS-Dyna databases.<br>
Reads a series of JPEG files into an time sequence of image datas.The JPEG series
reader reads JPEG files. The output is a time sequence of
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .jpg or .jpeg.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Beam Arrays'''<br>''(BeamArrayStatus)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
Select which beam arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
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|-
|-
| '''Deformed Mesh'''<br>''(DeformedMesh)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
Should the mesh be deformed over time (if the Deflection node array is set to load)?


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''ReadAsImageStack''' (ReadAsImageStack)
|
|
Set the file name for the LSDyna reader.


| �
When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than
| �
a temporal file series.
|-
 
| '''Part Arrays'''<br>''(PartArrayStatus)''
|
|
Select which part arrays to read.
1
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


�
|}
|-
 
| '''Particle Arrays'''<br>''(ParticleArrayStatus)''
==LSDynaReader==
|
Select which particle arrays to read.


| �
Read LS-Dyna databases (d3plot).This reader
|
reads LS-Dyna databases.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
| '''Property'''
|
| '''Description'''
Select which point-centered arrays to read.
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''


| �
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
Set the file name for the LSDyna reader.
 
�
|-
| '''Remove Deleted Cells'''<br>''(RemoveDeletedCells)''
|
|
Should cells that have been deleted (failed structurally, for example) be removed from the mesh?


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
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|-
|-
| '''Rigid Body Arrays'''<br>''(RigidBodyArrayStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Select which rigid body arrays to load.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Road Surface Arrays'''<br>''(RoadSurfaceArrayStatus)''
|
|
Select which road surface arrays to read.


| �
|-
|'''SolidArrayInfo''' (SolidArrayInfo)
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Shell Arrays'''<br>''(ShellArrayStatus)''
|
|
Select which shell arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Solid Arrays'''<br>''(SolidArrayStatus)''
|'''Solid Arrays''' (SolidArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which solid arrays to read.
Select which solid arrays to read.
|


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''ThickShellArrayInfo''' (ThickShellArrayInfo)
|


�
|-
| '''Split by Material Id'''<br>''(SplitByMaterialId)''
|
|
Should each material have its own mesh, or should there be one mesh for all materials?


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
|-
| '''Thick Shell Arrays'''<br>''(ThickShellArrayStatus)''
|'''Thick Shell Arrays''' (ThickShellArrayStatus)
|
|
Select which thick shell arrays to read.
Select which thick shell arrays to read.
|


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''ShellArrayInfo''' (ShellArrayInfo)
|


�
|
|}


|


==Meta Image reader==
|-
|'''Shell Arrays''' (ShellArrayStatus)
|
Select which shell arrays to read.
|


|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''RigidBodyArrayInfo''' (RigidBodyArrayInfo)
|


Read binary UNC meta image data.
|


The Meta Image Reader reads binary UNC meta image data, and produces uniform rectilinear (image/volume) data. The default file extensions are .mhd and .mha.<br>
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''Rigid Body Arrays''' (RigidBodyArrayStatus)
| '''Description'''
|
| '''Default Value(s)'''
Select which rigid body arrays to load.
| '''Restrictions'''
|
 
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''RoadSurfaceArrayInfo''' (RoadSurfaceArrayInfo)
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Meta Image reader.


| �
|
| �
|}


|


==MFIXReader==
|-
|'''Road Surface Arrays''' (RoadSurfaceArrayStatus)
|
Select which road surface arrays to
read.
|


|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''BeamArrayInfo''' (BeamArrayInfo)
|


Reads a dataset in MFIX file format.
|


vtkMFIXReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads a restart<br>
|
file and a set of sp files.  The restart file contains the mesh <br>
information.  MFIX meshes are either cylindrical or rectilinear, but <br>
this reader will convert them to an unstructured grid.  The sp files <br>
contain transient data for the cells.  Each sp file has one or more <br>
variables stored inside it.<br>


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''Beam Arrays''' (BeamArrayStatus)
| '''Description'''
|
| '''Default Value(s)'''
Select which beam arrays to read.
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|
|
Select which cell-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
�
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''ParticleArrayInfo''' (ParticleArrayInfo)
|
|
Set the file name for the MFIX reader.


| �
|
| �
|}


|


==NetCDF MPAS reader==
|-
|'''Particle Arrays''' (ParticleArrayStatus)
|
Select which particle arrays to read.
|


 
|
Read unstructured grid data from a file.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
 
The Image reader reads unstructured grid from a file.  Grid is dual grid.<br>
 
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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Cell Array Status'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
|
This property lists which netCDF dual-grid cell variables to load.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
|
This property specifies the file name to read.


| �
| �
|-
|-
| '''Point Array Status'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
Select which point-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
This property lists which netCDF dual-grid point variables to load.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
�
|-
|-
| '''Vertical Level'''<br>''(VerticalLevel)''
|'''PartArrayInfo''' (PartArrayInfo)
| �
| 0
| �
|}
 
 
==NetCDF POP reader==
 
 
Read raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified.
 
The Image reader reads raw regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is provided, the user must specify information about the size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the dataset.<br>
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
|
This property specifies the file name to read.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Stride'''<br>''(Stride)''
|
|
This property indicate the number of indices per dimension (i,j,k) to skip between each point included
in this output.


| 1 1 1
|
|
The value must be greater than or equal to (1, 1, 1).


�
|-
|-
| '''Variables'''<br>''(VariableArrayStatus)''
|'''Part Arrays''' (PartArrayStatus)
|
Select which part arrays to read.
|
|
This property lists which netCDF variables to load.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''DeformedMesh''' (DeformedMesh)
|
Should the mesh be deformed over time (if the Deflection
node array is set to load)?
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''RemoveDeletedCells''' (RemoveDeletedCells)
|
Should cells that have been deleted (failed
structurally, for example) be removed from the mesh?
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


�
|}
|}


==Legacy VTK Reader==


==NetCDF Reader==
Reads files stored in VTK's legacy file format.The Legacy VTK reader
 
loads files stored in VTK's legacy file format (before VTK
 
4.2, although still supported). The expected file
Read regular arrays from netCDF files. Will also read any topological information specified by the COARDS and CF conventions.
extension is .vtk. The type of the dataset may be
 
structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume),
Reads arrays from netCDF files into structured VTK data sets. In<br>
non-uniform rectiinear grid, unstructured grid, or
the absence of any other information, the files will be read as<br>
polygonal. This reader also supports file
image data. This reader will also look for meta information<br>
series.
specified by the CF convention that specify things like topology<br>
and time. This information can cause the output to be a nonuniform<br>
rectilinear grid or curvilinear (structured) grid.  Details on the<br>
CF convention can be found at http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/.  It should<br>
be noted that the CF convention is a superset of the COARDS<br>
convention, so COARDS conventions will also be recognized.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The name of the files to load.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Dimensions'''<br>''(Dimensions)''
|
|
Load the grid with the given dimensions.  Any arrays that conform
to these dimensions will be loaded.


| �
|
|
.


�
|-
|-
| '''Replace Fill Value With Nan'''<br>''(ReplaceFillValueWithNan)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
If on, any float or double variable read that has a _FillValue
attribute will have that fill value replaced with a not-a-number
(NaN) value.  The advantage of setting these to NaN values is
that, if implemented properly by the system and careful math
operations are used, they can implicitly be ignored by
calculations like finding the range of the values.  That said,
this option should be used with caution as VTK does not fully
support NaN values and therefore odd calculations may occur.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Spherical Coordinates'''<br>''(SphericalCoordinates)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
If on, then data with latitude/longitude dimensions will be
Available timestep values.
read in as curvilinear data shaped like spherical coordinates.
If false, then the data will always be read in Cartesian
coordinates.
 
| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
| '''Vertical Bias'''<br>''(VerticalBias)''
|
|
The bias of the vertical component of spherical coordinates.  It
is common to write the vertical component with respect to
something other than the center of the sphere (for example, the
surface).  In this case, it might be necessary to scale and/or
bias the vertical height.  The height will become height*scale +
bias.  Keep in mind that if the positive attribute of the
vertical dimension is down, then the height is negated.  The
scaling will be adjusted if it results in invalid (negative)
vertical values.


| 0
| �
|-
| '''Vertical Scale'''<br>''(VerticalScale)''
|
The scale of the vertical component of spherical coordinates.  It
is common to write the vertical component with respect to
something other than the center of the sphere (for example, the
surface).  In this case, it might be necessary to scale and/or
bias the vertical height.  The height will become height*scale +
bias.  Keep in mind that if the positive attribute of the
vertical dimension is down, then the height is negated.  The
scaling will be adjusted if it results in invalid (negative)
vertical values.


| 1
| �
|}
|}


==MFIXReader==


==Nrrd Reader==
Reads a dataset in MFIX file format.
 
vtkMFIXReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It
 
reads a restart file and a set of sp files. The restart
Read raw image files with Nrrd meta data.
file contains the mesh information. MFIX meshes are either
 
cylindrical or rectilinear, but this reader will convert
The Nrrd reader reads raw image data much like the Raw Image Reader<br>
them to an unstructured grid. The sp files contain
except that it will also read metadata information in the Nrrd format.<br>
transient data for the cells. Each sp file has one or more
This means that the reader will automatically set information like file<br>
variables stored inside it.
dimensions.<br><br><br>
There are several limitations on what type of nrrd files we can<br>
read. This reader only supports nrrd files in raw format.  Other<br>
encodings like ascii and hex will result in errors.  When reading in<br>
detached headers, this only supports reading one file that is<br>
detached.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''Data VOI'''<br>''(DataVOI)''
|
The data volume of interest (VOI).  The VOI is a sub-extent of the
data that you want loaded.  Setting a VOI is useful when reading
from a large data set and you are only interested in a small
portion of the data.  If left containing all 0's, then the reader
will load in the entire data set.


| 0 0 0 0 0 0
| �
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
Set the file name for the MFIX reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
Select which cell-centered arrays to
read.
|
|
The name of the file to read (or the meta data file that will
point to the actual file).


| �
|
| �
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|}
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|


|


==OpenFOAMReader==
|




Sorry, no help is currently available.
|}


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==MRC Series Reader==


Reads a series of MRC files into an time sequence of image datas.The MRC series
reader reads MRC files. The output is a time sequence of
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .mrc but .ali, .st and .rec are also
recognized.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Add dimensional units to array names'''<br>''(AddDimensionsToArrayNames)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
Read dimensional units from field data and add them to array names as human-readable string.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Cache mesh'''<br>''(CacheMesh)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Cache the OpenFOAM mesh between GUI selection changes.
Available timestep values.
 
| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
| '''Case Type'''<br>''(CaseType)''
|
|
The property indicates whether decomposed mesh or reconstructed mesh should be read


| 1
|
The value must be one of the following: Decomposed Case (0), Reconstructed Case (1).


�
|}
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrays)''
| �
| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
==Meta File Series Reader==
|-
| '''Create cell-to-point filtered data'''<br>''(CreateCellToPoint)''
|
Create point data from cell data. Beware: the filter does not do inverse distance weighting.


| 1
Reads a series of meta images.Read a series
|
of meta images. The file extension is .mhd
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
|-
| '''Decompose polyhedra'''<br>''(DecomposePolyhedra)''
| '''Property'''
|
| '''Description'''
Decompose polyhedra into tetrahedra and pyramids.
| '''Default Value(s)'''
 
| '''Restrictions'''
| 1
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
| �
| �
| �
|-
|-
| '''Lagrangian Arrays'''<br>''(LagrangianArrays)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''List timesteps according to controlDict'''<br>''(ListTimeStepsByControlDict)''
|
|
List time directories listed according to the settings in controlDict.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
|-
| '''Mesh Regions'''<br>''(MeshRegions)''
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
| �
|
| �
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the meta format. The standard extension is .mhd. If
more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series
mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one
file per time step.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrays)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Lagrangian positions are in OF 1.3 binary format'''<br>''(PositionsIsIn13Format)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
Set if Lagrangian positions files are in OpenFOAM 1.3 binary format.
Available timestep values.
 
| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
| '''Read zones'''<br>''(ReadZones)''
|
|
Read point/face/cell-Zones?


| 0
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|}
|}


==NetCDF CAM reader==


==PLOT3D Reader==
Reads unstructured grid data from NetCDF files. There are 2 files, a points+fields file which is set as FileName and a cell connectivity file set as ConnectivityFileName.
 
This reader reads in unstructured grid data from a NetCDF
 
file. The grid data is in a set of planes as quadrilateral
Read ASCII or binary PLOT3D files.
cells. The reader creates hex cells in order to create a
 
volumetric grid.
PLOT3D is a plotting package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear (structured grid) datasets.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Q File Name'''<br>''(QFileName)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The list of .q (solution) files for the PLOT3D reader. This can be
more than 1. If more that 1 file is specified, the reader will switch
to file-series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time
and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Binary File'''<br>''(BinaryFile)''
|
|
This property indicates whether the data files are binary.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
|-
| '''Byte Order'''<br>''(ByteOrder)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
This property specifies the byte order of any binary file(s).


| 0
|
|
The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1).
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
This property specifies the .xyz (geometry) file name for the PLOT3D reader.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Force Read'''<br>''(ForceRead)''
|
|
This property indicates whether to attempt to read the file even if it appears corrupt


| 0
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|}
 
==NetCDF MPAS reader==
 
Reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file.
This reader reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file.
It creates a dual grid It assumes the grid is in the
global domain. By default, it creates a spherical view of
vertical layer 0. It assumes it is ocean data. It gives
several options to change the view to multilayer (all
vertical layers will have a thickness determined by the
value in the slider), lat/lon projection or atmospheric
(vertical layers go out away from the center of the
sphere, instead of down towards the center as they do for
ocean data). It doesn't handle data in the rectangular
domain. This is not a parallel reader. It expects one .nc
file of data. It can display cell or vertex-centered data,
but not edge data. When converted to the dual grid,
cell-centered data becomes vertex-centered and vice-versa.
NOTES: When using this reader, it is important that you
remember to do the following: 1. When changing a selected
variable, remember to select it also in the drop down box
to color by. It doesn't color by that variable
automatically 2. When selecting multilayer sphere view,
start with layer thickness around 100,000 3. When
selecting multilayer lat/lon view, start with layer
thickness around 10 4. Always click the -Z orientation
after making a switch from lat/lon to sphere, from single
to multilayer or changing thickness. 5. Be conservative on
the number of changes you make before hitting Apply, since
there may be bugs in this reader. Just make one change and
then hit Apply. For problems, contact Christine Ahrens
(cahrens@lanl.gov)
 
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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|-
| '''Functions'''<br>''(Functions)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name to read. It should
be an MPAS format NetCDF file ending in .nc.
|
|
This property lists which functions (point-centered arrays) to compute.


| �
|
|
The value must be one of the following: Scalar - Pressure (110), Scalar - Temperature (120), Scalar - Enthalpy (130), Scalar - Internal energy (140), Scalar - Kinetic energy (144), Scalar - Velocity magnitude (153), Scalar - Entropy (170), Scalar - Swirl. (184), Vector - Velocity (200), Vector - Vorticity (201), Vector - Pressure gradient (210).
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Has Byte Count'''<br>''(HasByteCount)''
|'''UseDimensionedArrayNames''' (UseDimensionedArrayNames)
|
This property ensures that the dimension info is always
shown in the ParaView GUI.
|
1
|
|
This property indicates whether this file uses Fortran leading-trailing byte counts.
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
|-
| 0
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
| '''I Blanking'''<br>''(IBlanking)''
|
|
This property indicates whether this dataset has visibility information.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
|-
| '''Multi Grid'''<br>''(MultiGrid)''
|'''PointArrayStatus''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid point
variables to load.
|
|
This property indicates whether these files have multiple-block information.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Two Dimensional Geometry'''<br>''(TwoDimensionalGeometry)''
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
|
This property indicates whether the data is two- or three-dimensional.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|
|}


|-
|'''CellArrayStatus''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid cell
variables to load.
|


==Particles Reader==
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''DimensionInfo''' (DimensionInfo)
|
 
|
 
|


|-
|'''Extra Dimension Indices''' (DimensionCurrentIndex)
|


Read particle data.
|


vtkParticleReader reads either a binary or a text file of particles.<br>
|
Each particle can have associated with it an optional scalar value. So<br>
the format is: x, y, z, scalar (all floats or doubles). The text file<br>
can consist of a comma delimited set of values. In most cases<br>
vtkParticleReader can automatically determine whether the file is text<br>
or binary.  The data can be either float or double.  Progress updates<br>
are provided.  With respect to binary files, random access into the file<br>
to read pieces is supported.<br>


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''ShowMultilayerView''' (ShowMultilayerView)
| '''Description'''
|
| '''Default Value(s)'''
This property indicates whether to show multiple layers
| '''Restrictions'''
in one view, with each vertical level having the same thickness,
specified by the layer thickness slider. For ocean data, the layers
correspond to data at vertical level whose number increases towards the
center of the sphere. For atmospheric data, the layers correspond to
data at vertical levels increasing away from the
center.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''DimensionList''' (DimensionList)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Byte Order'''<br>''(ByteOrder)''
|
|
Set/Get the byte ordering of the file you are trying to read in.


| 0
|
|
The value must be one of the following: BigEndian (0), LittleEndian (1).


�
|-
|-
| '''Data Type'''<br>''(DataType)''
|'''Vertical Dimension''' (VerticalDimension)
|
|
Get/Set the data type.  The options are:
- Float (10) (default) single precision floating point.
- Double (11) double precision floating point.


| 10
|
|
The value must be one of the following: Float (10), Double (11).
nVertLevels
 
|
�
The value(s) can be one of the following:
|-
|'''ProjectLatLon''' (ProjectLatLon)
|
This property indicates whether to view the data in the
lat/lon projection.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|-
| '''File Type'''<br>''(FileType)''
|'''IsAtmosphere''' (IsAtmosphere)
|
|
Set the file type. The options are:
This property indicates whether data is atmospheric.
- Unknown (0) (default) the reader will attempt to determine the file
Checking this ensures the vertical levels will go up away from the
type. If this fails then you should set the file type yourself.
sphere instead of down towards the center.
- Text (1) the file type is text.
|
- Binary (2) the file type is binary.
0
 
| 0
|
|
The value must be one of the following: Unknown (0), Text (1), Binary (2).
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Has Scalar'''<br>''(HasScalar)''
|'''LayerThicknessRangeInfo''' (LayerThicknessRangeInfo)
|
|
Default: 1. If 1 then each particle has a value associated with it.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|
|}


|-
|'''Layer Thickness''' (LayerThickness)
|
This property specifies how thick the layer should be if
viewing the data in multilayer view. Each layer corresponds to a
vertical level. A good starting point is 100,000 for the spherical view
and 10 for the lat/lon projection. Click on -Z after applying this
change, since the scale may change drastically.
|
10
|


==Phasta Reader==
|-
|'''CenterLonRangeInfo''' (CenterLonRangeInfo)
|


|


Read the parallel Phasta meta-file and the underlying Phasta files.
|


This Phasta reader reads files stored in the Phasta (a CFD package) format. The expected file extension is .pht. The output of this reader is a multipiece data set.<br>
|-
|'''Center Longitude''' (CenterLon)
|
This property specifies where the center will be viewed
for a lat/lon projection.
|
180
|


{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the Phasta reader.


| �
|
| �
|}


|


==proSTAR (STARCD) Reader==


|}


Reads geometry in proSTAR (STARCD) file format.
==NetCDF POP reader==


ProStarReader creates an unstructured grid dataset.<br>
Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file.
It reads .cel/.vrt files stored in proSTAR (STARCD) ASCII format.<br>
The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a
NetCDF file.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
Set the file name for the proSTAR (STARCD) reader.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Scale Factor'''<br>''(ScaleFactor)''
|
|
Scaling factor for the points


| 0
|
| �
 
|}
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


|


==PVD Reader==


|}


Load a dataset stored in ParaView's PVD file format.
==NetCDF Reader==


The PVD reader reads data stored in ParaView's PVD file format. The .pvd file is essentially a header file that collects together other data files stored in VTK's XML-based file format.<br>
Reads regular arrays from netCDF files. Will also read any topological information specified by the COARDS and CF conventions.Reads
arrays from netCDF files into structured VTK data sets. In
the absence of any other information, the files will be
read as image data. This reader will also look for meta
information specified by the CF convention that specify
things like topology and time. This information can cause
the output to be a nonuniform rectilinear grid or
curvilinear (structured) grid. Details on the CF
convention can be found at http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/. It
should be noted that the CF convention is a superset of
the COARDS convention, so COARDS conventions will also be
recognized.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The name of the files to load.
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the PVD reader.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|}
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
This magic property sends time information to the
animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation
to visit the time steps defined in the file.
|


|


==SESAME Reader==


|}


Read SESAME data files, producing rectilinear grids.
==Nrrd Reader==


The SESAME reader reads SESAME data files, and outputs rectilinear grids. The expected file extension is .sesame.<br>
Reads raw image files with Nrrd meta data.The
Nrrd reader reads raw image data much like the Raw Image
Reader except that it will also read metadata information
in the Nrrd format. This means that the reader will
automatically set information like file dimensions. There
are several limitations on what type of nrrd files we can
read. This reader only supports nrrd files in raw format.
Other encodings like ascii and hex will result in errors.
When reading in detached headers, this only supports
reading one file that is detached.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The name of the file to read (or the meta data file that
will point to the actual file).
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the SESAME reader.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Table Id'''<br>''(TableId)''
|'''Data VOI''' (DataVOI)
|
|
This proeprty indicates which table to read.
The data volume of interest (VOI). The VOI is a
 
sub-extent of the data that you want loaded. Setting a VOI is useful
| -1
when reading from a large data set and you are only interested in a
small portion of the data. If left containing all 0's, then the reader
will load in the entire data set.
|
0 0 0 0 0 0
|
|
The value must be one of the following:.
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|}
==SLAC Particle Data Reader==
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The SLAC Particle data reader.<br>


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|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
A list of files to be read in a time series.
| �
| �
|}
|}


==OpenFOAMReader==


==SLAC Data Reader==
Reads OpenFOAM data files, producing multi-block dataset.The OpenFOAM reader
 
reads OpenFOAM data files and outputs multi-block
 
datasets. Mesh information and time dependent data are
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supported. The OpenFOAM format is described fully at
 
http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/basic-file-format.php
A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several<br>
other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).<br>
The underlying format uses netCDF to store arrays, but also imposes<br>
several conventions to form an unstructured grid of elements.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''Mesh File Name'''<br>''(MeshFileName)''
|
The name of the mesh file to load.


| �
| �
|-
|-
| '''Mode File Name'''<br>''(ModeFileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
The name of the mode files to load.  The points in the mode file should be the same as the mesh file.
This property specifies the file name for the
 
reader.
| �
| �
|-
| '''Read External Surface'''<br>''(ReadExternalSurface)''
|
|
If on, read the external surfaces of the data set.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
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|-
|-
| '''Read Internal Volume'''<br>''(ReadInternalVolume)''
|'''CaseType''' (CaseType)
|
|
If on, read the internal volume of the data set.
The property indicates whether decomposed mesh or
 
reconstructed mesh should be read
| 0
|
1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:
 
* Decomposed Case (0)
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* Reconstructed Case (1)
|-
|-
| '''Read Midpoints'''<br>''(ReadMidpoints)''
|'''Create cell-to-point filtered data''' (CreateCellToPoint)
|
|
If on, reads midpoint information for external surfaces and builds
Create point data from cell data. Beware: the filter
quadratic surface triangles.
does not do inverse distance weighting.
 
|
| 0
1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
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|}
 
 
==Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader==
 
 
Read collections of SPCTH files from simulations that were restarted.
 
When a CTH simulation is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files.  When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files.  This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.<br>
 
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|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''Add dimensional units to array names''' (AddDimensionsToArrayNames)
| '''Description'''
|
| '''Default Value(s)'''
Read dimensional units from field data and add them to
| '''Restrictions'''
array names as human-readable string.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Use Meta File'''<br>''(UseMetaFile)''
|
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''PatchArrayInfo''' (PatchArrayInfo)
|
 
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
|-
| '''Distribute Files'''<br>''(DistributeFiles)''
|'''MeshRegions''' (MeshRegions)
|
|
In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the reader will distribute files or blocks.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|-
| '''Down Convert Volume Fraction'''<br>''(DownConvertVolumeFraction)''
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
 
|
|
If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned char.


| 1
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


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|-
|-
| '''Generate Active Block Array'''<br>''(GenerateActiveBlockArray)''
|'''CellArrays''' (CellArrays)
|
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the active status of a block.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|-
| '''Generate Block Id Array'''<br>''(GenerateBlockIdArray)''
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
 
|
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores a unique blockId for each block.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|-
|-
| '''Generate Level Array'''<br>''(GenerateLevelArray)''
|'''PointArrays''' (PointArrays)
|
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the level of each block.


| 0
|
|
Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.


�
|
|}
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''LagrangianArrayInfo''' (LagrangianArrayInfo)
|


|


==Tecplot Reader==
|


|-
|'''LagrangianArrays''' (LagrangianArrays)
|


Read files in the Tecplot ASCII file format.
|


The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file series.<br>
|
 
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
|-
| '''Property'''
|'''Cache mesh''' (CacheMesh)
| '''Description'''
|
| '''Default Value(s)'''
Cache the OpenFOAM mesh between GUI selection
| '''Restrictions'''
changes.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|-
| '''File Names'''<br>''(FileNames)''
|'''Decompose polyhedra''' (DecomposePolyhedra)
|
Decompose polyhedra into tetrahedra and
pyramids.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader.
1
 
|
| �
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
| �
|-
|-
| '''Data Arrays'''<br>''(DataArrayStatus)''
|'''List timesteps according to controlDict''' (ListTimeStepsByControlDict)
|
List time directories listed according to the settings
in controlDict.
|
|
This property lists what dataset attribute arrays (point data and cell data) to read.
0
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
|-
�
|'''Lagrangian positions are in OF 1.3 binary format''' (PositionsIsIn13Format)
|}
|
 
Set if Lagrangian positions files are in OpenFOAM 1.3
 
binary format.
==TIFF Reader==
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''Read zones''' (ReadZones)
|
Read point/face/cell-Zones?
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


|}


Read a TIFF file into an image data.
==PDB Reader==


The TIFF reader reads TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) files, and the output is a uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .png.<br>
Reads PDB molecule files.The PDB reader reads files in
the format used by the Protein Data Bank (an archive of
experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of
biological macromolecules). The expected file extension is
.pdb. The output datasets are polygonal.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the PDB
reader.
|
 
|
|
This property specifies the file name for the TIFF reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


| �
| �
|}
|}


==PLOT3D Meta-File Reader==


==VPIC Reader==
The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files or time series of PLOT3D files.
 
The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files,
 
specifically time series of PLOT3D files. PLOT3D files can take many
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different forms based on their content. Unfortunately, it is not a
 
self-describing format therefore the user needs to pass information
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about the contents of the file to the reader. Normally, this is done
by setting a number of member variables. The goal of this reader is to
provide a simple format that enable the writer of the PLOT3D file to
describe its settings as well as group a number of files as a time
series.




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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
| �
|
| �
This property specifies the meta file
| �
name
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
| �
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Stride'''<br>''(SetStride)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
| �
|
| 1 1 1
Available timestep values.
|
|
The value must be greater than or equal to 1.


�
|
|-
| '''X Extent'''<br>''(XExtent)''
| �
| -1 -1
| �
|-
| '''Y Extent'''<br>''(YExtent)''
| �
| -1 -1
| �
|-
| '''Z Extent'''<br>''(ZExtent)''
| �
| -1 -1
| �
|}




==WindBlade reader==
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==PLOT3D Reader==


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Reads ASCII or binary PLOT3D files.PLOT3D is a plotting
 
package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both
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ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension
 
for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file
extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this
reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear
(structured grid) datasets.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''QFileName''' (QFileName)
| �
|
| �
The list of .q (solution) files for the PLOT3D reader.
| �
There can be more than one. If more that one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file-series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
| �
|
| �
 
|
 
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|}
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


|


==XDMF Reader==


|}


Read XDMF (eXtensible Data Model and Format) files.
==PLY Reader==


The XDMF reader reads files in XDMF format. The expected file extension<br>
Reads files stored in Stanford University's PLY polygonal file format.The PLY reader
is .xmf. Metadata is stored in the XDMF file using an XML format, and<br>
reads files stored in the PLY polygonal file format
large attribute arrays are stored in a corresponding HDF5 file. The<br>
developed at Stanford University. The PLY files that
output may be unstructured grid, structured grid, or rectiliner grid.<br>
ParaView can read must have the elements "vertex" and
"face" defined. The "vertex" elements must have the
propertys "x", "y", and "z". The "face" elements must have
the property "vertex_indices" defined. The default file
extension for this reader is .ply.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the PLY
reader.
|
|
This property lists which the cell-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


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|}
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
This property specifies the file name for the XDMF reader.


| �
==PNG Series Reader==
| �
|-
| '''Grids'''<br>''(GridStatus)''
| �
| �
| �
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|
This property lists which the point-centered arrays to read.


| �
Reads a PNG file into an image data.The PNG reader reads PNG
(Portable Network Graphics) files, and the output is a
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .png.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Sets'''<br>''(SetStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
Select the sets to be loaded from the dataset, if any.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Stride'''<br>''(Stride)''
|'''ReadAsImageStack''' (ReadAsImageStack)
|
|
If loading structured data, this property indicate the number of
indices per dimension (X, Y, or Z) to skip between each point included
in this output.


| 1 1 1
When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than
a temporal file series.
 
|
|
The value must be greater than or equal to (1, 1, 1).
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).


�
|}
|}


==PTS Reader==


==XML Hierarchical Box Data reader==
Reads a PTS ASCII Point Cloud file.The PTS reader
 
reads ASCII PTS Point Cloud files containing
 
points as well as optional intensity and color information. The default
Read a VTK XML-based data file containing a hierarchical dataset containing vtkUniformGrids.
file extension is .pts. This reader produces a
 
polydata set of a single vertex cell containing all of
The XML Hierarchical Box Data reader reads VTK's XML-based file format<br>
the points.
containing a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet. The expected file extensions is<br>
either .vthb or .vth.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the PTS
(ASCII Point Cloud) reader.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be
in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is
.vtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file
series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and
provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|}
|-
|'''LimitNumberOfPointsRead''' (LimitNumberOfPointsRead)
|


Limits the number of points read in from file


==XML Image Data Reader==
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''MaxNumberOfPoints''' (MaxNumberOfPoints)
|


Specify the max number of point to be read.
|
100000
|
|-
|'''LimitPointCloudToBounds''' (LimitPointCloudToBounds)
|
Restrict the point to cloud to a specified volume.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ReadBounds''' (ReadBounds)
|
Define the spatial volume that wil restrict the
extent of the point cloud [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax]
|
0 100 0 100 0 100
|


Read serial VTK XML image data files.


The XML Image Data reader reads the VTK XML image data file format. The standard extension is .vti. This reader also supports file series.<br>
|}
 
==PVD Reader==
 
Load a dataset stored in ParaView's PVD file format.The PVD reader reads data
stored in ParaView's PVD file format. The .pvd file is
essentially a header file that collects together other
data files stored in VTK's XML-based file
format.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the PVD
reader.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .vti. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
Available timestep values.
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


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|}
|}


==Parallel NetCDF POP reader==


==XML MultiBlock Data Reader==
Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file in parallel.
 
The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a
 
NetCDF file. Only a subset of the processes actually read the file and
Read a VTK XML multi-block data file and the serial VTK XML data files to which it points.
these processes communicate the data to other processes.
 
The XML Multi-Block Data reader reads the VTK XML multi-block data file<br>
format. XML multi-block data files are meta-files that point to a list of<br>
serial VTK XML files. When reading in parallel, this reader will<br>
distribute sub-blocks among processors. The expected file extensions are<br>
.vtm and .vtmb.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be
in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is
.vtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file
series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and
provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|
| �
 
|}
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|


|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|


==XML Partitioned Image Data Reader==
|




Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML image data files.
|}


The XML Partitioned Image Data reader reads the partitioned VTK image data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML image data files. The expected file extension is .pvti. This reader also supports file series.<br>
==Particles Reader==
 
Reads particle data.vtkParticleReader reads
either a binary or a text file of particles. Each particle
can have associated with it an optional scalar value. So
the format is: x, y, z, scalar (all floats or doubles).
The text file can consist of a comma delimited set of
values. In most cases vtkParticleReader can automatically
determine whether the file is text or binary. The data can
be either float or double. Progress updates are provided.
With respect to binary files, random access into the file
to read pieces is supported.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .pvti. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
|
This propert lists which cell-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
 
|}
|}


==Partitioned Legacy VTK Reader==


==XML PolyData Reader==
Reads files stored in VTK partitioned legacy format.The
 
Partitioned Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's
 
partitioned legac file format (before VTK 4.2, although
Read serial VTK XML polydata files.
still supported). The expected file extension is .pvtk.
 
The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform
The XML Polydata reader reads the VTK XML polydata file format. The standard extension is .vtp. This reader also supports file series.<br>
rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectilinear
grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.
This property specifies the file name for the
 
Partitioned Legacy VTK reader.
| �
| �
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
 
| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
 
�
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).


�
|}
|}


==Phasta Reader==


==XML Partitioned Polydata Reader==
Reads the parallel Phasta meta-file and the underlying Phasta files.
 
This Phasta reader reads files stored in the Phasta (a CFD
 
package) format. The expected file extension is .pht. The
Read the summary file and the assicoated VTK XML polydata files.
output of this reader is a multipiece data
 
set.
The XML Partitioned Polydata reader reads the partitioned VTK polydata file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML polydata files. The expected file extension is .pvtp. This reader also supports file series.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the Phasta
reader.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .pvtp. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
Available timestep values.
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|}
|}


 
==RTXMLPolyDataReader==
==XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid Reader==




Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.
The XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK rectilinear grid file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid files. The expected file extension is .pvtr. This reader also supports file series.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
Set the file name for the real-time VTK polygonal
dataset reader.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtr. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
|
| �
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''Location''' (Location)
|
Set the data directory containing real time data
files.
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|-
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''NextFileName''' (NextFileName)
|
 
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|}
|'''NewDataAvailable''' (NewDataAvailable)
|


|
2
|


==XML Partitioned Structured Grid Reader==


|}


Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML structured grid data files.
==Restarted Sim Exodus Reader==


The XML Partitioned Structured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK structured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvts. This reader also supports file series.<br>
Reads collections of Exodus output files from simulations that were restarted.
When a simulation that outputs exodus files is restarted,
typically you get a new set of output files. When you read
them in your visualization, you often want to string these
file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of
files. This reader allows you to specify a metadata file
that will implicitly string the files
together.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvts. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This points to a special metadata file that lists the
output files for each restart.
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''UseMetaFile''' (UseMetaFile)
|
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this
proxy to work.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|


�
|
|}


|


==XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid Reader==


|}


Read the summary file and the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files.
==Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader==


The XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK unstructured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvtu. This reader also supports file series.<br>
Reads collections of SPCTH files from simulations that were restarted.
When a CTH simulation is restarted, typically you get a
new set of output files. When you read them in your
visualization, you often want to string these file sets
together as if it was one continuous dump of files. This
reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will
implicitly string the files together.


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This points to a special metadata file that lists the
output files for each restart.
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtu. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
| �
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|-
�
|'''UseMetaFile''' (UseMetaFile)
|-
|
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this
proxy to work.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==SLAC Data Reader==
 
A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)A reader for a data format
used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the
Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). The underlying
format uses netCDF to store arrays, but also imposes several
conventions to form an unstructured grid of
elements.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''MeshFileName''' (MeshFileName)
|
The name of the mesh file to load.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''ModeFileName''' (ModeFileName)
|
The name of the mode files to load. The points in the
mode file should be the same as the mesh file.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''ReadInternalVolume''' (ReadInternalVolume)
|
If on, read the internal volume of the data
set.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ReadExternalSurface''' (ReadExternalSurface)
|
If on, read the external surfaces of the data
set.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ReadMidpoints''' (ReadMidpoints)
|
If on, reads midpoint information for external surfaces
and builds quadratic surface triangles.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
This magic property sends time information to the
animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation
to visit the time steps defined in the file.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''TimeRange''' (TimeRange)
|
This magic property sends time range information to the
animation panel. ParaView uses this information to set the range of
time for the animation. This property is important for when there are
no timesteps but you still want to give ParaView a range of values to
use.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FrequencyScale''' (FrequencyScale)
|
 
Sets the scale factor for each mode. By default, each scale factor is
set to 1.
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FrequencyScaleInfo''' (FrequencyScaleInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''PhaseShift''' (PhaseShift)
|
 
Sets the phase offset for each mode. By default, shift is set to 0.
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''PhaseShiftInfo''' (PhaseShiftInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==SLAC Particle Data Reader==
 
The SLAC Particle data reader.The SLAC Particle data reader.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
A list of files to be read in a time
series.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==STL Reader==
 
Reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files.The STL reader reads ASCII or
binary stereo lithography (STL) files. The expected file
extension is .stl. The output of this reader is a
polygonal dataset. This reader also supports file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==Spy Plot Reader==
 
Reads files in the SPCTH Spy Plot file format.The Spy
Plot reader loads an ASCII meta-file called the "case"
file (extension .spcth). The case file lists all the
binary files containing the dataset. This reader produces
hierarchical datasets.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''Cell Arrays''' (CellArrayStatus)
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to
read.
|
 
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the Spy Plot
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''DownConvertVolumeFraction''' (DownConvertVolumeFraction)
|
If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume
fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned
char.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''ComputeDerivedVariables''' (ComputeDerivedVariables)
|
If this property is set to 1, the reader will convert
derived variables like material density for the materials that the user
has selected. For Density the user needs to have selected Material Mass
and Material Volume Fraction.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''DistributeFiles''' (DistributeFiles)
|
In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the
reader will distribute files or blocks.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateLevelArray''' (GenerateLevelArray)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores the level of each block.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateActiveBlockArray''' (GenerateActiveBlockArray)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores the active status of a block.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateTracers''' (GenerateTracers)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores the coordinates of any tracers.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateMarkers''' (GenerateMarkers)
|
If this property is set to 1, a second output will be
created using the markers data stored in the file.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''GenerateBlockIdArray''' (GenerateBlockIdArray)
|
If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be
generated that stores a unique blockId for each block.
|
0
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''MergeXYZComponents''' (MergeXYZComponents)
|
If this property is set to 1, cell arrays named (for
example) X velocity, Y velocity and Z velocity will be combined into a
single vector array named velocity.
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
|-
|'''CellArrayInfo''' (CellArrayInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==TIFF Reader==
 
Reads a TIFF file into an image data.The TIFF reader reads TIFF
(Tagged Image File Format) files, and the output is a
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .tiff.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the TIFF
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|}
 
==TIFF Series Reader==
 
Reads a series of TIFF files into an time sequence of image datas.The TIFF series
reader reads TIFF files. The output is a time sequence of
uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default
file extension is .tif or .tiff.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than
one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in
which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per
time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''ReadAsImageStack''' (ReadAsImageStack)
|
 
When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than
a temporal file series.
 
|
1
|
Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).
 
|}
 
==Tecplot Reader==
 
Reads files in the Tecplot ASCII file format.
The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of
data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored
in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only
point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e.,
component-based, with point data and cell data supported).
The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of
which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a
vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==Unstructured NetCDF POP reader==
 
Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file and converts it into unstructured data.
The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a
NetCDF file and turns it into an unstructured spherical
grid.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==VPIC Reader==
 
Reads distributed VPIC files into an ImageData.VPIC is a 3D
kinetic plasma particle-in-cell simulation. The input file
(.vpc) opened by the VPIC reader is an ASCII description
of the data files which are written one file per
processor, per category and per time step. These are
arranged in subdirectories per category (field data and
hydrology data) and then in time step
subdirectories.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
ASCII .vpc file describes locations of data files, grid
sizes, time step sizes and type and order of data written to the
files.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
Variables written to the data files are described in the
.vpc file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are
loaded for a time step.
|
 
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''Stride''' (SetStride)
|
VPIC data may be very large and not all is needed for
effective visualization. Setting the stride selects every nth data item
within the files for display.
|
1 1 1
|
 
|-
|'''DefaultXExtent''' (DefaultXExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Default extent is all files
available.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''DefaultYExtent''' (DefaultYExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Default extent is all files
available.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''DefaultZExtent''' (DefaultZExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Default extent is all files
available.
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''X Extent''' (XExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader.
To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the X dimension of
"files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and
they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a
higher resolution over a smaller area.
|
-1 -1
|
 
|-
|'''Y Extent''' (YExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader.
To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Y dimension of
"files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and
they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a
higher resolution over a smaller area.
|
-1 -1
|
 
|-
|'''Z Extent''' (ZExtent)
|
VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor.
This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between
visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set
of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader.
To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Z dimension of
"files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and
they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a
higher resolution over a smaller area.
|
-1 -1
|
 
 
|}
 
==VRML Reader==
 
Load the geometry from a VRML 2.0 file.The VRML reader loads
only the geometry from a VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling
Language) 2.0 file. The expected file extension is .wrl.
The output of this reader is a polygonal
dataset.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the VRML
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|}
 
==Wavefront OBJ Reader==
 
Reads Wavefront .OBJ files to produce polygonal and line data.The OBJ reader
reads data stored in Wavefront .OBJ format. The expected
file extension is .obj, the datasets resulting from
reading these files are polygons and
lines.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the OBJ
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
|}
 
==WindBlade reader==
 
Reads WindBlade/Firetec simulation files possibly including wind turbines and topology files.
WindBlade/Firetec is a simulation dealing with the effects
of wind on wind turbines or on the spread of fires. It
produces three outputs - a StructuredGrid for the wind
data fields, a StructuredGrid for the ground topology, and
a PolyData for turning turbine blades. The input file
(.wind) opened by the WindBlade reader is an ASCII
description of the data files expected. Data is
accumulated by the simulation processor and is written one
file per time step. WindBlade can deal with topology if a
flag is turned on and expects (x,y) data for the ground.
It also can deal with turning wind turbines from other
time step data files which gives polygon positions of
segments of the blades and data for each
segment.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''Filename''' (Filename)
|
ASCII .wind file describes locations of data files, grid
sizes and variable deltas, time step sizes, whether topology is used,
whether turbines are used, and type and order of data written to the
files.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''PointArrayInfo''' (PointArrayInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''Point Arrays''' (PointArrayStatus)
|
Variables written to the data files are described in the
.wind file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are
loaded for a time step.
|
 
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
 
|}
 
==XDMF Reader==
 
Reads XDMF (eXtensible Data Model and Format) files.The XDMF reader reads
files in XDMF format. The expected file extension is .xmf.
Metadata is stored in the XDMF file using an XML format,
and large attribute arrays are stored in a corresponding
HDF5 file. The output may be unstructured grid, structured
grid, or rectiliner grid. See http://www.xdmf.org for a
description of the file format.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileNames''' (FileNames)
|
The list of files to be read by the
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Hierarchical Box Data reader==
 
Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a hierarchical dataset containing vtkUniformGrids.
The XML Hierarchical Box Data reader reads VTK's XML-based
file format containing a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet. The
expected file extensions is either .vthb or
.vth.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Image Data Reader==
 
Reads serial VTK XML image data files.The XML Image
Data reader reads the VTK XML image data file format. The
standard extension is .vti. This reader also supports file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML image data format. The standard extension
is .vti. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to
file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and
provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML MultiBlock Data Reader==
 
Reads a VTK XML multi-block data file and the serial VTK XML data files to which it points.The XML
Multi-Block Data reader reads the VTK XML multi-block data
file format. XML multi-block data files are meta-files
that point to a list of serial VTK XML files. When reading
in parallel, this reader will distribute sub-blocks among
processors. The expected file extensions are .vtm and
.vtmb.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Partitioned Image Data Reader==
 
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML image data files.
The XML Partitioned Image Data reader reads the
partitioned VTK image data file format. It reads the
partitioned format's summary file and then the associated
VTK XML image data files. The expected file extension is
.pvti. This reader also supports file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML image data format. The
standard extension is .pvti. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Partitioned Polydata Reader==
 
Reads the summary file and the assicoated VTK XML polydata files.The
XML Partitioned Polydata reader reads the partitioned VTK
polydata file format. It reads the partitioned format's
summary file and then the associated VTK XML polydata
files. The expected file extension is .pvtp. This reader
also supports file series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The
standard extension is .pvtp. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid Reader==
 
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.
The XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid reader reads the
partitioned VTK rectilinear grid file format. It reads the
partitioned format's summary file and then the associated
VTK XML rectilinear grid files. The expected file
extension is .pvtr. This reader also supports file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML rectilinear grid data format.
The standard extension is .pvtr. If more than one file is specified,
the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend
that it can support time and provide one file per time
step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Partitioned Structured Grid Reader==
 
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML structured grid data files.
The XML Partitioned Structured Grid reader reads the
partitioned VTK structured grid data file format. It reads
the partitioned format's summary file and then the
associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The
expected file extension is .pvts. This reader also
supports file series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML structured grid data format.
The standard extension is .pvts. If more than one file is specified,
the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend
that it can support time and provide one file per time
step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid Reader==
 
Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files.
The XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid reader reads the
partitioned VTK unstructured grid data file format. It
reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the
associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The
expected file extension is .pvtu. This reader also
supports file series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML unstructured grid data
format. The standard extension is .pvtu. If more than one file is
specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will
pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time
step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML PolyData Reader==
 
Reads serial VTK XML polydata files.The XML Polydata
reader reads the VTK XML polydata file format. The
standard extension is .vtp. This reader also supports file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Rectilinear Grid Reader==
 
Reads serial VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.The
XML Rectilinear Grid reader reads the VTK XML rectilinear
grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtr.
This reader also supports file series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The
standard extension is .vtr. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Structured Grid Reader==
 
Reads serial VTK XML structured grid data files.The
XML Structured Grid reader reads the VTK XML structured
grid data file format. The standard extension is .vts.
This reader also supports file series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard
extension is .vts. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML UniformGrid AMR Reader==
 
Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a AMR datasets .
This reader reads Overlapping and Non-Overlapping AMR
datasets in VTK XML format. This reader reads the newer
version of the format. For version 1.0 and less, use
XMLHierarchicalBoxDataReader.
The expected file extensions is either .vthb or .vth.
 
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard
extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will
switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support
time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XML Unstructured Grid Reader==
 
Reads serial VTK XML unstructured grid data files.
The XML Unstructured Grid reader reads the VTK XML
unstructured grid data file format. The standard extension
is .vtu. This reader also supports file
series.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileNameInfo''' (FileNameInfo)
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is
expected to be in the VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The
standard extension is .vtu. If more than one file is specified, the
reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it
can support time and provide one file per time step.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
Available timestep values.
|
 
|
 
 
|}
 
==XYZ Reader==
 
Reads XYZ molecular data files into a polygonal dataset.The XYZ reader
reads XYZ molecular data files. The expected file
extension is .xyz. The output of this reader is a
polygonal dataset.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
This property specifies the file name for the XYZ
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''TimeStep''' (TimeStep)
|
This property specifies the timestep the XYZ reader
should load.
|
0
|
 
 
|}
 
==proSTAR (STARCD) Reader==
 
Reads geometry in proSTAR (STARCD) file format.
ProStarReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It
reads .cel/.vrt files stored in proSTAR (STARCD) ASCII
format.
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
 
|-
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
Set the file name for the proSTAR (STARCD)
reader.
|
 
|
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
|-
|'''ScaleFactor''' (ScaleFactor)
|
Scaling factor for the points
|
1
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|}
|}


==spcth history reader==


==XML Rectilinear Grid Reader==
Reads an spcth history file where each row translates into a single time step and the columns are points, materials and properties.
 
 
Read serial VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.
 
The XML Rectilinear Grid reader reads the VTK XML rectilinear grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtr. This reader also supports file series.<br>


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| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .vtr. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
| �
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''FileName''' (FileName)
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
This property specifies the file name for the VRML
 
reader.
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).
 
�
|}
 
 
==XML Structured Grid Reader==
 
 
Read serial VTK XML structured grid data files.
 
The XML Structured Grid reader reads the VTK XML structured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vts. This reader also supports file series.<br>
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|'''CommentCharacter''' (CommentCharacter)
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .vts. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.
This property lists the characters that is used as the
 
first character on comment lines
| �
| �
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
%
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|'''Delimeter''' (Delimeter)
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.
Character that is used as the delimeter.
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.
,
 
�
|}
 
 
==XML Unstructured Grid Reader==
 
 
Read serial VTK XML unstructured grid data files.
 
The XML Unstructured Grid reader reads the VTK XML unstructured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtu. This reader also supports file series.<br>
 
{| class="PropertiesTable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-
| '''Property'''
| '''Description'''
| '''Default Value(s)'''
| '''Restrictions'''
|-
| '''File Name'''<br>''(FileName)''
|
|
The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .vtu. If more than 1 file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide 1 file per time step.


| �
| �
|-
|-
| '''Cell Arrays'''<br>''(CellArrayStatus)''
|'''TimestepValues''' (TimestepValues)
|
|
This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.
Available timestep values.
 
| �
|
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|-
| '''Point Arrays'''<br>''(PointArrayStatus)''
|
|
This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.


| �
|
The list of array names is provided by the reader.


�
|}
|}

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AVS UCD Reader

Reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format.The AVS UCD reader reads binary or ASCII files stored in AVS UCD format. The default file extension is .inp. The output of this reader is unstructured grid. This supports reading a file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


BYU Reader

Reads Movie.BYU files to produce polygonal data.The BYU reader reads data stored in Movie.BYU format. The expected file extension is .g. The datasets resulting from reading these files are polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the BYU reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CML Molecule Reader

A reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML) This is a reader for Chemical Markup Language (CML) which describes chemical information using XML.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the CML file name

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CSV Reader

Reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D rectilinear grid.The CSV reader reads a Delimited Text values file into a 1D rectilinear grid. If the file was saved using the CSVWriter, then the rectilinear grid's points and point data can be restored as well as the cell data. Otherwise all the data in the CSV file is treated as cell data. The default file extension is .csv as well as .txt. This can read file series as well.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be a csv file. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


DEM Reader

Reads a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) file.The DEM reader reads Digital Elevation Model files containing elevation values derived from the U. S. Geologic Survey. The default file extension is .dem. This reader produces uniform rectilinear (image/volume) data output.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the DEM (Digital Elevation Map) reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

DICOM Reader (Single File)

Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a lone file. DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version of the reader reads a single file (as opposed to a collection of files). The DICOM reader currently only supports uncompressed files.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

DICOM file to load. This version of the reader only supports loading one file at a time.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

DICOM Reader (directory)

Reads DICOM regular rectilinear grid data from a directory containing a file. DICOM is a file format often used in medical imaging. This version of the reader will look at all files in the same directory of the selected file and load them as planes of the same data set. It is typically for 3D medical scanners to store planes as set of files in a directory.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

A file in the directory of files to be loaded. The DICOM reader will actually load all valid DICOM files in the same directory as this file as part of the same dataset. This is typical of how DICOM files are often stored.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ENZO AMR Particles Reader

Reads AMR particles from an ENZO datasetThe Enzo particles reader loads particle simulation data stored in Enzo HDF5 format. The output of this reader is MultiBlock dataset where each block is a vtkPolyData that holds the particles (points) and corresponding particle data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


EnSight Master Server Reader

Reads files in EnSight's Master Server format.The EnSight Master Server reader reads EnSight's parallel files. The master file ususally has a .sos extension and may point to multiple .case files. The output is a multi-block dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
CaseFileName (CaseFileName)

This property specifies the name of the .sos file for the EnSight Master Server reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ByteOrder (ByteOrder)

This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s).

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • BigEndian (0)
  • LittleEndian (1)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

SetTimeValue (SetTimeValue)

This property indicates which time value to read.

0.0

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

EnSight Reader

Reads EnSight 6 and Gold files.The EnSight reader reads files in the format produced by CEI's EnSight. EnSight 6 and Gold files (both ASCII and binary) are supported. The default extension is .case. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
CaseFileName (CaseFileName)

This property specifies the case file name for the EnSight reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

This property lists which point-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

Enzo Reader

Read hierarchical box dataset from an Enzo file. This Enzo reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The output of this reader is a hierarchical-box dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


ExodusIIReader

Reads an Exodus II file to produce an unstructured grid.The Exodus reader loads Exodus II files and produces an unstructured grid output. The default file extensions are .g, .e, .ex2, .ex2v2, .exo, .gen, .exoII, .exii, .0, .00, .000, and .0000. The file format is described fully at: http://endo.sandia.gov/SEACAS/Documentation/exodusII.pdf. Each Exodus file contains a single set of points with 2-D or 3-D coordinates plus one or more blocks, sets, and maps. Block group elements (or their bounding edges or faces) of the same type together. Sets select subsets (across all the blocks in a file) of elements, sides of elements (which may be of mixed dimensionality), bounding faces of volumetric elements, or bounding edges of volumetric or areal elements. Each block or set may have multiple result variables, each of which defines a value per element, per timestep. The elements (cells), faces of elements (when enumerated in face blocks), edges of elements (when enumerated in edge blocks), and nodes (points) in a file may be assigned an arbitrary integer number by an element map, face map, edge map, or node map, respectively. Usually, only a single map of each type exists and is employed to assign a unique global ID to entities across multiple files which partition a large mesh for a distributed-memory calculation. However here may be multiply maps of each type and there are no constraints which force the integers to be unique. The connectivity of elements is constant across all of the timesteps in any single Exodus II file. However, multiple files which specify a single time-evolution of a mesh may be used to represent meshes which exhibit changes in connectivity infrequently. Field variable mode_shape[0] represents the time step (t_index) if HasModeShapes is not set or the ModeShape otherwise.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Exodus reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseMetaFile (UseMetaFile)

This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


FLASH AMR Particles Reader

Reads AMR particles from FLASH datasetThe Flash particles reader loads particle simulation data stored in Flash format. The output of this reader is a MultiBlock dataset where each block is vtkPolyData that holds the particles and corresponding particle data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


FacetReader

Reads ASCII files stored in Facet format.The Facet Reader reads files in Facet format: a simple ASCII file format listing point coordinates and connectivity between these points. The default file extension is .facet. The output of the Facet Reader is polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Facet reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Flash Reader

Read hierarchical box dataset from a Flash dataset. This Flash reader loads data stored in Enzo format. The output of this reader is a hierarchical-box dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Fluent Case Reader

Reads a dataset in Fluent file format. FLUENTReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads .cas and .dat files stored in FLUENT native format (or a file series of the same.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The name of the files to load.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Gaussian Cube Reader

Produce polygonal data by reading a Gaussian Cube file.The Gaussian Cube reader produces polygonal data by reading data files produced by the Gaussian software package. The expected file extension is .cube.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Gaussian Cube reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

HBScale (HBScale)

A scaling factor to compute bonds with hydrogen atoms.

1.0

BScale (BScale)

A scaling factor to compute bonds between non-hydrogen atoms

1.0


Image Reader

Reads raw regular rectilinear grid data from a file. The dimensions and type of the data must be specified. The Image reader reads raw, regular, rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a file. Because no metadata is provided, the user must specify information about the size, spacing, dimensionality, etc. about the dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FilePrefix (FilePrefix)

The text string contained in this property specifies the file prefix (directory plus common initial part of file name) for the raw binary uniform rectilinear grid dataset.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FilePattern (FilePattern)

The text string contained in the property specifies the format string to determine the file names necessary for reading this dataset. In creating the filenames, %s will be replaced by the prefix and %d by a digit which represents the slice number in Z. The format string is the same as that used by printf.

%s

DataScalarType (DataScalarType)

The value of this property indicates the scalar type of the pixels/voxels in the file(s): short, int, float ...

4

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • char (2)
  • unsigned char (3)
  • short (4)
  • unsigned short (5)
  • int (6)
  • unsigned int (7)
  • long (8)
  • unsigned long (9)
  • float (10)
  • double (11)
DataByteOrder (DataByteOrder)

This property indicates the byte order of the binary file(s).

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • BigEndian (0)
  • LittleEndian (1)
FileDimensionality (FileDimensionality)

This property indicates whether the file(s) in this dataset contain slices (2D) or volumes (3D).

3

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • 2 (2)
  • 3 (3)
DataOrigin (DataOrigin)

The coordinate contained in this property specifies the position of the point with index (0,0,0).

0.0 0.0 0.0

DataSpacing (DataSpacing)

This property specifies the size of a voxel in each dimension.

1.0 1.0 1.0

DataExtent (DataExtent)

This property specifies the minimum and maximum index values of the data in each dimension (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax).

0 0 0 0 0 0

NumberOfScalarComponents (NumberOfScalarComponents)

This property specifies the number of components the scalar value at each pixel or voxel has (e.g., RGB - 3 scalar components).

1

ScalarArrayName (ScalarArrayName)

This property contains a text string listing a name to assign to the point-centered data array read.

ImageFile

FileLowerLeft (FileLowerLeft)

This property determines whether the data originates in the lower left corner (on) or the upper left corner (off). Most scientific data is written with a right-handed axes that originates in the lower left corner. However, several 2D image file formats write the image from the upper left corner.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

JPEG Series Reader

Reads a series of JPEG files into an time sequence of image datas.The JPEG series reader reads JPEG files. The output is a time sequence of uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .jpg or .jpeg.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

ReadAsImageStack (ReadAsImageStack)

When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than a temporal file series.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

LSDynaReader

Read LS-Dyna databases (d3plot).This reader reads LS-Dyna databases.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the LSDyna reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
SolidArrayInfo (SolidArrayInfo)
Solid Arrays (SolidArrayStatus)

Select which solid arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

ThickShellArrayInfo (ThickShellArrayInfo)
Thick Shell Arrays (ThickShellArrayStatus)

Select which thick shell arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

ShellArrayInfo (ShellArrayInfo)
Shell Arrays (ShellArrayStatus)

Select which shell arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

RigidBodyArrayInfo (RigidBodyArrayInfo)
Rigid Body Arrays (RigidBodyArrayStatus)

Select which rigid body arrays to load.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

RoadSurfaceArrayInfo (RoadSurfaceArrayInfo)
Road Surface Arrays (RoadSurfaceArrayStatus)

Select which road surface arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

BeamArrayInfo (BeamArrayInfo)
Beam Arrays (BeamArrayStatus)

Select which beam arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

ParticleArrayInfo (ParticleArrayInfo)
Particle Arrays (ParticleArrayStatus)

Select which particle arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

Select which point-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PartArrayInfo (PartArrayInfo)
Part Arrays (PartArrayStatus)

Select which part arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

DeformedMesh (DeformedMesh)

Should the mesh be deformed over time (if the Deflection node array is set to load)?

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

RemoveDeletedCells (RemoveDeletedCells)

Should cells that have been deleted (failed structurally, for example) be removed from the mesh?

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Legacy VTK Reader

Reads files stored in VTK's legacy file format.The Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's legacy file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .vtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectiinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


MFIXReader

Reads a dataset in MFIX file format. vtkMFIXReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads a restart file and a set of sp files. The restart file contains the mesh information. MFIX meshes are either cylindrical or rectilinear, but this reader will convert them to an unstructured grid. The sp files contain transient data for the cells. Each sp file has one or more variables stored inside it.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the MFIX reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

Select which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


MRC Series Reader

Reads a series of MRC files into an time sequence of image datas.The MRC series reader reads MRC files. The output is a time sequence of uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .mrc but .ali, .st and .rec are also recognized.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Meta File Series Reader

Reads a series of meta images.Read a series of meta images. The file extension is .mhd

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the meta format. The standard extension is .mhd. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


NetCDF CAM reader

Reads unstructured grid data from NetCDF files. There are 2 files, a points+fields file which is set as FileName and a cell connectivity file set as ConnectivityFileName. This reader reads in unstructured grid data from a NetCDF file. The grid data is in a set of planes as quadrilateral cells. The reader creates hex cells in order to create a volumetric grid.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


NetCDF MPAS reader

Reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file. This reader reads unstructured grid MPAS data from a file. It creates a dual grid It assumes the grid is in the global domain. By default, it creates a spherical view of vertical layer 0. It assumes it is ocean data. It gives several options to change the view to multilayer (all vertical layers will have a thickness determined by the value in the slider), lat/lon projection or atmospheric (vertical layers go out away from the center of the sphere, instead of down towards the center as they do for ocean data). It doesn't handle data in the rectangular domain. This is not a parallel reader. It expects one .nc file of data. It can display cell or vertex-centered data, but not edge data. When converted to the dual grid, cell-centered data becomes vertex-centered and vice-versa. NOTES: When using this reader, it is important that you remember to do the following: 1. When changing a selected variable, remember to select it also in the drop down box to color by. It doesn't color by that variable automatically 2. When selecting multilayer sphere view, start with layer thickness around 100,000 3. When selecting multilayer lat/lon view, start with layer thickness around 10 4. Always click the -Z orientation after making a switch from lat/lon to sphere, from single to multilayer or changing thickness. 5. Be conservative on the number of changes you make before hitting Apply, since there may be bugs in this reader. Just make one change and then hit Apply. For problems, contact Christine Ahrens (cahrens@lanl.gov)

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name to read. It should be an MPAS format NetCDF file ending in .nc.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseDimensionedArrayNames (UseDimensionedArrayNames)

This property ensures that the dimension info is always shown in the ParaView GUI.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
PointArrayStatus (PointArrayStatus)

This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid point variables to load.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
CellArrayStatus (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which NetCDF dual-grid cell variables to load.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

DimensionInfo (DimensionInfo)
Extra Dimension Indices (DimensionCurrentIndex)
ShowMultilayerView (ShowMultilayerView)

This property indicates whether to show multiple layers in one view, with each vertical level having the same thickness, specified by the layer thickness slider. For ocean data, the layers correspond to data at vertical level whose number increases towards the center of the sphere. For atmospheric data, the layers correspond to data at vertical levels increasing away from the center.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

DimensionList (DimensionList)
Vertical Dimension (VerticalDimension)

nVertLevels

The value(s) can be one of the following:

ProjectLatLon (ProjectLatLon)

This property indicates whether to view the data in the lat/lon projection.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

IsAtmosphere (IsAtmosphere)

This property indicates whether data is atmospheric. Checking this ensures the vertical levels will go up away from the sphere instead of down towards the center.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

LayerThicknessRangeInfo (LayerThicknessRangeInfo)
Layer Thickness (LayerThickness)

This property specifies how thick the layer should be if viewing the data in multilayer view. Each layer corresponds to a vertical level. A good starting point is 100,000 for the spherical view and 10 for the lat/lon projection. Click on -Z after applying this change, since the scale may change drastically.

10

CenterLonRangeInfo (CenterLonRangeInfo)
Center Longitude (CenterLon)

This property specifies where the center will be viewed for a lat/lon projection.

180

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


NetCDF POP reader

Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file. The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a NetCDF file.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


NetCDF Reader

Reads regular arrays from netCDF files. Will also read any topological information specified by the COARDS and CF conventions.Reads arrays from netCDF files into structured VTK data sets. In the absence of any other information, the files will be read as image data. This reader will also look for meta information specified by the CF convention that specify things like topology and time. This information can cause the output to be a nonuniform rectilinear grid or curvilinear (structured) grid. Details on the CF convention can be found at http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/. It should be noted that the CF convention is a superset of the COARDS convention, so COARDS conventions will also be recognized.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The name of the files to load.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

This magic property sends time information to the animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation to visit the time steps defined in the file.


Nrrd Reader

Reads raw image files with Nrrd meta data.The Nrrd reader reads raw image data much like the Raw Image Reader except that it will also read metadata information in the Nrrd format. This means that the reader will automatically set information like file dimensions. There are several limitations on what type of nrrd files we can read. This reader only supports nrrd files in raw format. Other encodings like ascii and hex will result in errors. When reading in detached headers, this only supports reading one file that is detached.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The name of the file to read (or the meta data file that will point to the actual file).

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Data VOI (DataVOI)

The data volume of interest (VOI). The VOI is a sub-extent of the data that you want loaded. Setting a VOI is useful when reading from a large data set and you are only interested in a small portion of the data. If left containing all 0's, then the reader will load in the entire data set.

0 0 0 0 0 0


OpenFOAMReader

Reads OpenFOAM data files, producing multi-block dataset.The OpenFOAM reader reads OpenFOAM data files and outputs multi-block datasets. Mesh information and time dependent data are supported. The OpenFOAM format is described fully at http://www.openfoam.com/docs/user/basic-file-format.php

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CaseType (CaseType)

The property indicates whether decomposed mesh or reconstructed mesh should be read

1

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • Decomposed Case (0)
  • Reconstructed Case (1)
Create cell-to-point filtered data (CreateCellToPoint)

Create point data from cell data. Beware: the filter does not do inverse distance weighting.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Add dimensional units to array names (AddDimensionsToArrayNames)

Read dimensional units from field data and add them to array names as human-readable string.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
PatchArrayInfo (PatchArrayInfo)
MeshRegions (MeshRegions)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)
CellArrays (CellArrays)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
PointArrays (PointArrays)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

LagrangianArrayInfo (LagrangianArrayInfo)
LagrangianArrays (LagrangianArrays)

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

Cache mesh (CacheMesh)

Cache the OpenFOAM mesh between GUI selection changes.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Decompose polyhedra (DecomposePolyhedra)

Decompose polyhedra into tetrahedra and pyramids.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

List timesteps according to controlDict (ListTimeStepsByControlDict)

List time directories listed according to the settings in controlDict.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Lagrangian positions are in OF 1.3 binary format (PositionsIsIn13Format)

Set if Lagrangian positions files are in OpenFOAM 1.3 binary format.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Read zones (ReadZones)

Read point/face/cell-Zones?

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

PDB Reader

Reads PDB molecule files.The PDB reader reads files in the format used by the Protein Data Bank (an archive of experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules). The expected file extension is .pdb. The output datasets are polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PDB reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

PLOT3D Meta-File Reader

The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files or time series of PLOT3D files. The main goal of this reader is to make it easy to read PLOT3D files, specifically time series of PLOT3D files. PLOT3D files can take many different forms based on their content. Unfortunately, it is not a self-describing format therefore the user needs to pass information about the contents of the file to the reader. Normally, this is done by setting a number of member variables. The goal of this reader is to provide a simple format that enable the writer of the PLOT3D file to describe its settings as well as group a number of files as a time series.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the meta file name

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


PLOT3D Reader

Reads ASCII or binary PLOT3D files.PLOT3D is a plotting package developed at NASA. The PLOT3D reader can read both ASCII and binary PLOT3D files. The default file extension for the geometry files is .xyz, and the default file extension for the solution files is .q. The output of this reader is a multi-block dataset containing curvilinear (structured grid) datasets.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
QFileName (QFileName)

The list of .q (solution) files for the PLOT3D reader. There can be more than one. If more that one file is specified, the reader will switch to file-series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


PLY Reader

Reads files stored in Stanford University's PLY polygonal file format.The PLY reader reads files stored in the PLY polygonal file format developed at Stanford University. The PLY files that ParaView can read must have the elements "vertex" and "face" defined. The "vertex" elements must have the propertys "x", "y", and "z". The "face" elements must have the property "vertex_indices" defined. The default file extension for this reader is .ply.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PLY reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

PNG Series Reader

Reads a PNG file into an image data.The PNG reader reads PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files, and the output is a uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .png.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

ReadAsImageStack (ReadAsImageStack)

When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than a temporal file series.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

PTS Reader

Reads a PTS ASCII Point Cloud file.The PTS reader reads ASCII PTS Point Cloud files containing points as well as optional intensity and color information. The default file extension is .pts. This reader produces a polydata set of a single vertex cell containing all of the points.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PTS (ASCII Point Cloud) reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

LimitNumberOfPointsRead (LimitNumberOfPointsRead)

Limits the number of points read in from file

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

MaxNumberOfPoints (MaxNumberOfPoints)

Specify the max number of point to be read.

100000

LimitPointCloudToBounds (LimitPointCloudToBounds)

Restrict the point to cloud to a specified volume.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ReadBounds (ReadBounds)

Define the spatial volume that wil restrict the extent of the point cloud [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax]

0 100 0 100 0 100


PVD Reader

Load a dataset stored in ParaView's PVD file format.The PVD reader reads data stored in ParaView's PVD file format. The .pvd file is essentially a header file that collects together other data files stored in VTK's XML-based file format.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the PVD reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Parallel NetCDF POP reader

Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file in parallel. The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a NetCDF file. Only a subset of the processes actually read the file and these processes communicate the data to other processes.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Particles Reader

Reads particle data.vtkParticleReader reads either a binary or a text file of particles. Each particle can have associated with it an optional scalar value. So the format is: x, y, z, scalar (all floats or doubles). The text file can consist of a comma delimited set of values. In most cases vtkParticleReader can automatically determine whether the file is text or binary. The data can be either float or double. Progress updates are provided. With respect to binary files, random access into the file to read pieces is supported.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Partitioned Legacy VTK Reader

Reads files stored in VTK partitioned legacy format.The Partitioned Legacy VTK reader loads files stored in VTK's partitioned legac file format (before VTK 4.2, although still supported). The expected file extension is .pvtk. The type of the dataset may be structured grid, uniform rectilinear grid (image/volume), non-uniform rectilinear grid, unstructured grid, or polygonal.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Partitioned Legacy VTK reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Phasta Reader

Reads the parallel Phasta meta-file and the underlying Phasta files. This Phasta reader reads files stored in the Phasta (a CFD package) format. The expected file extension is .pht. The output of this reader is a multipiece data set.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Phasta reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


RTXMLPolyDataReader

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the real-time VTK polygonal dataset reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Location (Location)

Set the data directory containing real time data files.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

NextFileName (NextFileName)
NewDataAvailable (NewDataAvailable)

2


Restarted Sim Exodus Reader

Reads collections of Exodus output files from simulations that were restarted. When a simulation that outputs exodus files is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files. When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files. This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseMetaFile (UseMetaFile)

This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


Restarted Sim Spy Plot Reader

Reads collections of SPCTH files from simulations that were restarted. When a CTH simulation is restarted, typically you get a new set of output files. When you read them in your visualization, you often want to string these file sets together as if it was one continuous dump of files. This reader allows you to specify a metadata file that will implicitly string the files together.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This points to a special metadata file that lists the output files for each restart.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

UseMetaFile (UseMetaFile)

This hidden property must always be set to 1 for this proxy to work.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


SLAC Data Reader

A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)A reader for a data format used by Omega3p, Tau3p, and several other tools used at the Standford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). The underlying format uses netCDF to store arrays, but also imposes several conventions to form an unstructured grid of elements.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
MeshFileName (MeshFileName)

The name of the mesh file to load.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ModeFileName (ModeFileName)

The name of the mode files to load. The points in the mode file should be the same as the mesh file.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ReadInternalVolume (ReadInternalVolume)

If on, read the internal volume of the data set.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ReadExternalSurface (ReadExternalSurface)

If on, read the external surfaces of the data set.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ReadMidpoints (ReadMidpoints)

If on, reads midpoint information for external surfaces and builds quadratic surface triangles.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

This magic property sends time information to the animation panel. ParaView will then automatically set up the animation to visit the time steps defined in the file.

TimeRange (TimeRange)

This magic property sends time range information to the animation panel. ParaView uses this information to set the range of time for the animation. This property is important for when there are no timesteps but you still want to give ParaView a range of values to use.

FrequencyScale (FrequencyScale)

Sets the scale factor for each mode. By default, each scale factor is set to 1.

FrequencyScaleInfo (FrequencyScaleInfo)
PhaseShift (PhaseShift)

Sets the phase offset for each mode. By default, shift is set to 0.

PhaseShiftInfo (PhaseShiftInfo)


SLAC Particle Data Reader

The SLAC Particle data reader.The SLAC Particle data reader.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

A list of files to be read in a time series.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


STL Reader

Reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files.The STL reader reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography (STL) files. The expected file extension is .stl. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Spy Plot Reader

Reads files in the SPCTH Spy Plot file format.The Spy Plot reader loads an ASCII meta-file called the "case" file (extension .spcth). The case file lists all the binary files containing the dataset. This reader produces hierarchical datasets.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Cell Arrays (CellArrayStatus)

This property lists which cell-centered arrays to read.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the Spy Plot reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

DownConvertVolumeFraction (DownConvertVolumeFraction)

If this property is set to 0, the type of the volume fraction is float; is set to 1, the type is unsigned char.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

ComputeDerivedVariables (ComputeDerivedVariables)

If this property is set to 1, the reader will convert derived variables like material density for the materials that the user has selected. For Density the user needs to have selected Material Mass and Material Volume Fraction.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

DistributeFiles (DistributeFiles)

In parallel mode, if this property is set to 1, the reader will distribute files or blocks.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateLevelArray (GenerateLevelArray)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the level of each block.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateActiveBlockArray (GenerateActiveBlockArray)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the active status of a block.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateTracers (GenerateTracers)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores the coordinates of any tracers.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateMarkers (GenerateMarkers)

If this property is set to 1, a second output will be created using the markers data stored in the file.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

GenerateBlockIdArray (GenerateBlockIdArray)

If this property is set to 1, a cell array will be generated that stores a unique blockId for each block.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

MergeXYZComponents (MergeXYZComponents)

If this property is set to 1, cell arrays named (for example) X velocity, Y velocity and Z velocity will be combined into a single vector array named velocity.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

CellArrayInfo (CellArrayInfo)


TIFF Reader

Reads a TIFF file into an image data.The TIFF reader reads TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) files, and the output is a uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .tiff.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the TIFF reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TIFF Series Reader

Reads a series of TIFF files into an time sequence of image datas.The TIFF series reader reads TIFF files. The output is a time sequence of uniform rectilinear (image/volume) dataset. The default file extension is .tif or .tiff.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.

ReadAsImageStack (ReadAsImageStack)

When set, the reader will read the set of files as an image stack, rather than a temporal file series.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Tecplot Reader

Reads files in the Tecplot ASCII file format. The Tecplot reader extracts multiple zones (blocks) of data from a Tecplot ASCII file, in which a zone is stored in either point packing mode (i.e., tuple-based, with only point data supported) or block packing mode (i.e., component-based, with point data and cell data supported). The output of the reader is a vtkMultiBlockDataset, of which each block is either a vtkStructuredGrid or a vtkUnstructuredGrid. This supports reading a file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


Unstructured NetCDF POP reader

Reads rectilinear grid data from a NetCDF POP file and converts it into unstructured data. The reader reads regular rectilinear grid (image/volume) data from a NetCDF file and turns it into an unstructured spherical grid.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


VPIC Reader

Reads distributed VPIC files into an ImageData.VPIC is a 3D kinetic plasma particle-in-cell simulation. The input file (.vpc) opened by the VPIC reader is an ASCII description of the data files which are written one file per processor, per category and per time step. These are arranged in subdirectories per category (field data and hydrology data) and then in time step subdirectories.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

ASCII .vpc file describes locations of data files, grid sizes, time step sizes and type and order of data written to the files.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

Variables written to the data files are described in the .vpc file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are loaded for a time step.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
Stride (SetStride)

VPIC data may be very large and not all is needed for effective visualization. Setting the stride selects every nth data item within the files for display.

1 1 1

DefaultXExtent (DefaultXExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Default extent is all files available.

DefaultYExtent (DefaultYExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Default extent is all files available.

DefaultZExtent (DefaultZExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Default extent is all files available.

X Extent (XExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader. To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the X dimension of "files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a higher resolution over a smaller area.

-1 -1

Y Extent (YExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader. To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Y dimension of "files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a higher resolution over a smaller area.

-1 -1

Z Extent (ZExtent)

VPIC data is written one file per simulation processor. This coarse map of files is used in partitioning files between visualizing processors so that each ParaView processor has its own set of files to display. Ghost cell overlap is handled within the reader. To limit the View of VPIC information the extent in the Z dimension of "files" can be specified. Only the files selected will be displayed and they will be partitioned between the visualizing processors, allowing a higher resolution over a smaller area.

-1 -1


VRML Reader

Load the geometry from a VRML 2.0 file.The VRML reader loads only the geometry from a VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) 2.0 file. The expected file extension is .wrl. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the VRML reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

Wavefront OBJ Reader

Reads Wavefront .OBJ files to produce polygonal and line data.The OBJ reader reads data stored in Wavefront .OBJ format. The expected file extension is .obj, the datasets resulting from reading these files are polygons and lines.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the OBJ reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

WindBlade reader

Reads WindBlade/Firetec simulation files possibly including wind turbines and topology files. WindBlade/Firetec is a simulation dealing with the effects of wind on wind turbines or on the spread of fires. It produces three outputs - a StructuredGrid for the wind data fields, a StructuredGrid for the ground topology, and a PolyData for turning turbine blades. The input file (.wind) opened by the WindBlade reader is an ASCII description of the data files expected. Data is accumulated by the simulation processor and is written one file per time step. WindBlade can deal with topology if a flag is turned on and expects (x,y) data for the ground. It also can deal with turning wind turbines from other time step data files which gives polygon positions of segments of the blades and data for each segment.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Filename (Filename)

ASCII .wind file describes locations of data files, grid sizes and variable deltas, time step sizes, whether topology is used, whether turbines are used, and type and order of data written to the files.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)
PointArrayInfo (PointArrayInfo)
Point Arrays (PointArrayStatus)

Variables written to the data files are described in the .wind file and are presented for selection. Only selected variables are loaded for a time step.

The list of array names is provided by the reader.

XDMF Reader

Reads XDMF (eXtensible Data Model and Format) files.The XDMF reader reads files in XDMF format. The expected file extension is .xmf. Metadata is stored in the XDMF file using an XML format, and large attribute arrays are stored in a corresponding HDF5 file. The output may be unstructured grid, structured grid, or rectiliner grid. See http://www.xdmf.org for a description of the file format.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileNames (FileNames)

The list of files to be read by the reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Hierarchical Box Data reader

Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a hierarchical dataset containing vtkUniformGrids. The XML Hierarchical Box Data reader reads VTK's XML-based file format containing a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet. The expected file extensions is either .vthb or .vth.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Image Data Reader

Reads serial VTK XML image data files.The XML Image Data reader reads the VTK XML image data file format. The standard extension is .vti. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .vti. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML MultiBlock Data Reader

Reads a VTK XML multi-block data file and the serial VTK XML data files to which it points.The XML Multi-Block Data reader reads the VTK XML multi-block data file format. XML multi-block data files are meta-files that point to a list of serial VTK XML files. When reading in parallel, this reader will distribute sub-blocks among processors. The expected file extensions are .vtm and .vtmb.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Image Data Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML image data files. The XML Partitioned Image Data reader reads the partitioned VTK image data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML image data files. The expected file extension is .pvti. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML image data format. The standard extension is .pvti. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Polydata Reader

Reads the summary file and the assicoated VTK XML polydata files.The XML Partitioned Polydata reader reads the partitioned VTK polydata file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML polydata files. The expected file extension is .pvtp. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .pvtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid data files. The XML Partitioned Rectilinear Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK rectilinear grid file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML rectilinear grid files. The expected file extension is .pvtr. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtr. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Structured Grid Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The XML Partitioned Structured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK structured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML structured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvts. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvts. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid Reader

Reads the summary file and the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The XML Partitioned Unstructured Grid reader reads the partitioned VTK unstructured grid data file format. It reads the partitioned format's summary file and then the associated VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The expected file extension is .pvtu. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the partitioned VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .pvtu. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML PolyData Reader

Reads serial VTK XML polydata files.The XML Polydata reader reads the VTK XML polydata file format. The standard extension is .vtp. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Rectilinear Grid Reader

Reads serial VTK XML rectilinear grid data files.The XML Rectilinear Grid reader reads the VTK XML rectilinear grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtr. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML rectilinear grid data format. The standard extension is .vtr. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Structured Grid Reader

Reads serial VTK XML structured grid data files.The XML Structured Grid reader reads the VTK XML structured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vts. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML structured grid data format. The standard extension is .vts. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML UniformGrid AMR Reader

Reads a VTK XML-based data file containing a AMR datasets . This reader reads Overlapping and Non-Overlapping AMR datasets in VTK XML format. This reader reads the newer version of the format. For version 1.0 and less, use XMLHierarchicalBoxDataReader. The expected file extensions is either .vthb or .vth.


Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML polygonal dataset format. The standard extension is .vtp. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XML Unstructured Grid Reader

Reads serial VTK XML unstructured grid data files. The XML Unstructured Grid reader reads the VTK XML unstructured grid data file format. The standard extension is .vtu. This reader also supports file series.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileNameInfo (FileNameInfo)
FileName (FileName)

The list of files to be read by the reader. Each file is expected to be in the VTK XML unstructured grid data format. The standard extension is .vtu. If more than one file is specified, the reader will switch to file series mode in which it will pretend that it can support time and provide one file per time step.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


XYZ Reader

Reads XYZ molecular data files into a polygonal dataset.The XYZ reader reads XYZ molecular data files. The expected file extension is .xyz. The output of this reader is a polygonal dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the XYZ reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

TimeStep (TimeStep)

This property specifies the timestep the XYZ reader should load.

0


proSTAR (STARCD) Reader

Reads geometry in proSTAR (STARCD) file format. ProStarReader creates an unstructured grid dataset. It reads .cel/.vrt files stored in proSTAR (STARCD) ASCII format.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the file name for the proSTAR (STARCD) reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

ScaleFactor (ScaleFactor)

Scaling factor for the points

1


spcth history reader

Reads an spcth history file where each row translates into a single time step and the columns are points, materials and properties.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

This property specifies the file name for the VRML reader.

The value(s) must be a filename (or filenames).

CommentCharacter (CommentCharacter)

This property lists the characters that is used as the first character on comment lines

%

Delimeter (Delimeter)

Character that is used as the delimeter.

,

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)

Available timestep values.


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