Binary Position

This source reads in the bin.dat files created by SWIFT and SWIFTER. It allows you to read in a data file and specify the format of the file.

Elements

The elements output by this source are as follows

Variable in SWIFTVis	Corresponding Value
p[0]	particle number
v[0]	time
v[1]	a
v[2]	e
v[3]	i
v[4]	???
v[5]	???

Memory Management

This source does input buffering for input larger than what is specified in the options. For this reason, if you are reading very large files, you should put a filter directly after this source that removes many of the elements. Selection and Thinning filters are ideal for this.