File series reader should get time from filename
Several file formats that do not directly support time allow a series of similarly named files to be treated as a time progression, which is internally implemented with a FileSeriesReader
meta reader object. The FileSeriesReader
naively ignores the name of any file in the list and assigns integer time indices starting at 0.
However, it is common practice to encode the simulation time in the file name. When this happens, ParaView ignores the simulation time, and it can be very challenging to get it back.
The FileSeriesReader
should check its list of files and see if it follows a pattern that has a common name with a varying number, extract that number from each filename, and use that number for the time value.
It should be possible to turn this feature off (advanced property, default to on).