How to set Timestep in vtk-file(s) to visualize in Paraview

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Sorry this might be quite a simple question but I'm new to this so I'll just ask straight away.

I want to visualize data in paraview, therefore I created a vtk file containing Structured Points with Point data= Vectors. This works good for one timestep but now I want to append data or create other files for further time steps

I found a way to do so via .csv files (https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Data_formats#CSV_time_series ) but not with .vtk files

Thank you for your help :)

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how do you "create a vtk file" ? – Mathieu Westphal
@Mathieu Westphal: According to this User Guide: vtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/file-formats.pdf – ChDu
fair engouh. afaik .vtk can be opened as file series in ParaView without any problem. See attached : wetransfer.com/downloads/… please note that ParaView can open other formats that natively supports timesteps. – Mathieu Westphal

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I think I found an answer:

It is now possible to animate legacy VTK file series. ParaView recognizes file series named using certain patterns including:

fooN.vtk

foo_N.vtk

foo-N.vtk

foo.N.vtk ...

Where N is an integer (with any number of leading zeros).

https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Animating_legacy_VTK_file_series