Output PVD with a different variable name

You should be able to do just that by renaming the field you are saving:

  u.rename("T", "temperature");

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Anders

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:31:55AM -0000, Chris Richardson wrote:
> New question #115298 on DOLFIN:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/115298
>
>
> I want to save some output to a PVD file to view in Paraview, but with a "name" other than "U" (which seems to be the default).
> This is useful if you have more than one field to visualise.
>
> I have been changing the following lines in the VTU output using a text filter... but I was wondering if there is a better way?
>
> e.g. change
>
> <PointData Scalars="U">
> <DataArray type="Float32" Name="U" format="ascii">
>
> to
>
> <PointData Scalars="T">
> <DataArray type="Float32" Name="T" format="ascii">
>
> Thanks!
>

I tried this test:

from dolfin import *

m=UnitSquare(20,20)
Q=FunctionSpace(m,"CG",1)
F=Function(Q)
F.rename("F","function")

file=File("f.pvd")
file << F

but I still get this is f000000.vtu:

<PointData Scalars="U">
<DataArray type="Float32" Name="U" format="ascii">

Thanks Anders Logg, that solved my question.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 01:58:31PM +0200, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:41:00AM -0000, Chris Richardson wrote:
> > Question #115298 on DOLFIN changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/dolfin/+question/115298
> >
> > Status: Answered => Open
> >
> > Chris Richardson is still having a problem:
> > I tried this test:
> >
> > from dolfin import *
> >
> > m=UnitSquare(20,20)
> > Q=FunctionSpace(m,"CG",1)
> > F=Function(Q)
> > F.rename("F","function")
> >
> > file=File("f.pvd")
> > file << F
> >
> > but I still get this is f000000.vtu:
> >
> > <PointData Scalars="U">
> > <DataArray type="Float32" Name="U" format="ascii">
>
> ok. Looks like the name is ignored in VTKFile.cpp. I'll fix it.

Should be fixed now.