Friday, July 22, 2011

Visualization in ParaView 3.10

ParaView is a free visualization package that I have played with for visualizing OpenFoam model runs. It is fairly flexible and can read many other model outputs. In my case I have a simple CSV files or X,Y,U,V data.


  1. Open the CSV file
  2. Set up the properties in the Object Inspector tab and click Apply, this will read in the dataset.
  3. Select Filters/Alphabetical/Table to Points
  4. In the Object Inspector define the X,Y and Z Coordinates. Click Apply.
  5. You need to define U and V as vectors.Click the calculator and enter the formula: iHat*U+jHat*V+0*kHat. Click Apply.
  6. Now click on the Glif button to create anew Glif.
  7. Enter in the symbology for the Glif. I like to use 2D arrows and show the axis.

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