<div dir="ltr">And make sure the subsequent filters start from the calculator filter, otherwise they, just like the calculator itself, will take in the output of the upstream source. (i.e. you've made a branching fan out pipeline)<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">David E DeMarle<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>R&D Engineer<br>21 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>Phone: 518-881-4909</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kmorel@sandia.gov" target="_blank">kmorel@sandia.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>The variable should be available for use by subsequent filters. I've never had a problem with that. Perhaps the calculator was not giving the variable the name you were expecting? (The default name is "Result".)</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><Rinehart>, "Inc.]" <<a href="mailto:richard.d.rinehart@nasa.gov" target="_blank">richard.d.rinehart@nasa.gov</a>><br>
</span><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, February 9, 2015 at 10:50 AM<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Defining new Variables<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks! Ahh…. Filters. But the variable did not seem available for use by subsequent filters after the filter application. That’s confusing me. But I’ll try again.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">-rich<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Moreland, Kenneth [<a href="mailto:kmorel@sandia.gov" target="_blank">mailto:kmorel@sandia.gov</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 09, 2015 12:06 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Paraview] Defining new Variables<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Richard,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Did you click the "Apply" button after entering the expression in the calculator filter? After you click the Apply button ParaView will evaluate your expression on all elements of your data.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The new variable becomes part of the newly generated data set labeled as "Calculator1" or something similar in the pipeline browser (at the left of the GUI). The variable is available when showing
that data in the view or adding subsequent filters to that.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">If this talk of filters is confusing, I suggest taking a look at the ParaView tutorial (<a href="http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/The_ParaView_Tutorial" target="_blank">http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/The_ParaView_Tutorial</a>)
and/or the ParaView guide as Utkarsh suggested earlier to learn the fundamental concepts of ParaView.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><Rinehart>, "Inc.]" <<a href="mailto:richard.d.rinehart@nasa.gov" target="_blank">richard.d.rinehart@nasa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, February 9, 2015 at 8:51 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Defining new Variables<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Greetings!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A relative newbie Paraview question<img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="cid:image001.gif@01D04466.F9304EB0" alt="http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/images/smilies/smile.gif">. In Ensight
I use the calculator to define essentially a new variable, such as degrees F as computed from K. I've done that in Paraview but it doesn't seem to then be available to use. ?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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