I am solving PDE's numerically using FEniCS with its python interface which only saves data in pvd format. I would rather like to plot the data using MayaVi.
I am hope I am not too late to answer. when you generate the *.pvd file, it also generates *.vtu files. You can read the *.vtu files using Mayavi. Try the fenics example file demo_elastodynamics.py from the dolfin source code: dolfin/demo/undocumented/elastodynamics/python/demo_elastodynamics.py
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