[Paraview] Re: Multiple pieces in UnstructuredGrid

Brad King brad.king at kitware.com
Fri Feb 23 09:29:13 EST 2007


Craig Warren wrote:
> I still can't get CellData for more than one piece to diaply using
> UnstructuredGrid in Paraview with the XML format. However, it works with
> the legacy format. I would still prefer to use the xml format, so any
> suggestions are most welcome. This is the legacy file that works, and
> below it the xml file that doesn't.
[snip]
> <Piece NumberOfPoints="4" NumberOfCells="1">
>  <CellData Scalars="pressure">
>   <DataArray type="Float32" Name="pressure" format="ascii">
[snip]
> <Piece NumberOfPoints="16" NumberOfCells="2">
>  <CellData Scalars="temperature">
>   <DataArray type="Float32" Name="temperature" format="ascii">

The "Piece" elements are meant for multiple pieces of *geometry*.  They
are meant for streaming computation to reduce memory usage.  All the
pieces have to have the same set of data arrays.

-Brad


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