<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi I am new to Paraview<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can you help<br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have data in a CSV spreadsheet. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It contains the xyz point coordinates of a 3D shape (20,000+ nodes). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The file also contains the triangulation coordinates in 3 separate columns for these nodes (40000 + triangulations). These create the faces of the mesh</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I can work out how to plot the points, using </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Filter—Table to points. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How do I plot the faces?</div></div>Do the 3 columns need to be turned into an array?</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">And how do I colour the faces or contour them by another value (called "bi" in the spreadsheet)</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">here is an example of the spreadsheet</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">nn = node number</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">the 3d coordinates of the points are x, y, z</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">and the faces of the mesh are specified by (XYZ)</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">I WISH TO PLOT Points (x, y, x) , draw faces (XYZ) colour by “bi"</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">in matlab</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">it would be</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">trisurf(Tri,X,Y,Z,C) </span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">where Tri = array(XYX)</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">X,Y,Z = (x, y, z)</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#404040" face="DejaVu Sans Mono, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, Courier New, monospace" class=""><span class="" style="white-space: nowrap;">c= "bi"</span></font></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; white-space: nowrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="585" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 585pt;"><colgroup class=""><col width="65" span="9" class="" style="width: 65pt;"></colgroup><tbody class=""><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" width="65" class="" style="height: 15pt; width: 65pt;">nn</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">x</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">y</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">z</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">X</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">Y</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">Z</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">uni</td><td width="65" class="" style="width: 65pt;">bi</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">0</td><td align="right" class="">39.527</td><td align="right" class="">28.202</td><td align="right" class="">160.219</td><td align="right" class="">3435</td><td align="right" class="">19658</td><td align="right" class="">2764</td><td align="right" class="">3.86942</td><td align="right" class="">0.74871</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">1</td><td align="right" class="">70.804</td><td align="right" class="">-2.966</td><td align="right" class="">157.578</td><td align="right" class="">3161</td><td align="right" class="">17204</td><td align="right" class="">9466</td><td align="right" class="">6.64361</td><td align="right" class="">0.78373</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">2</td><td align="right" class="">48.982</td><td align="right" class="">-25.674</td><td align="right" class="">109.022</td><td align="right" class="">18424</td><td align="right" class="">17467</td><td align="right" class="">16955</td><td align="right" class="">5.02491</td><td align="right" class="">1.0451</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">3</td><td align="right" class="">83.514</td><td align="right" class="">-9.096</td><td align="right" class="">120.988</td><td align="right" class="">13600</td><td align="right" class="">19721</td><td align="right" class="">2669</td><td align="right" class="">4.47977</td><td align="right" class="">0.9348</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">4</td><td align="right" class="">-16.04</td><td align="right" class="">-39.749</td><td align="right" class="">188.467</td><td align="right" class="">1564</td><td align="right" class="">10099</td><td align="right" class="">10091</td><td align="right" class="">1.90873</td><td align="right" class="">0.73286</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">5</td><td align="right" class="">74.526</td><td align="right" class="">-3.096</td><td align="right" class="">174.347</td><td align="right" class="">21598</td><td align="right" class="">19018</td><td align="right" class="">21205</td><td align="right" class="">8.4263</td><td align="right" class="">0.70594</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">6</td><td align="right" class="">54.93</td><td align="right" class="">-56.347</td><td align="right" class="">151.496</td><td align="right" class="">21283</td><td align="right" class="">11341</td><td align="right" class="">18399</td><td align="right" class="">7.53334</td><td align="right" class="">2.17128</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">7</td><td align="right" class="">56.936</td><td align="right" class="">-20.131</td><td align="right" class="">186.177</td><td align="right" class="">1171</td><td align="right" class="">2723</td><td align="right" class="">20833</td><td align="right" class="">7.16118</td><td align="right" class="">1.44875</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">8</td><td align="right" class="">-14.627</td><td align="right" class="">-47.1</td><td align="right" class="">162.185</td><td align="right" class="">51</td><td align="right" class="">15729</td><td align="right" class="">15865</td><td align="right" class="">2.13939</td><td align="right" class="">0.70887</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">9</td><td align="right" class="">38.207</td><td align="right" class="">-59.201</td><td align="right" class="">147.993</td><td align="right" class="">9331</td><td align="right" class="">5851</td><td align="right" class="">9106</td><td align="right" class="">5.83457</td><td align="right" class="">4.32971</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" align="right" class="" style="height: 15pt;">10</td><td align="right" class="">50.645</td><td align="right" class="">-32.04</td><td align="right" class="">110.418</td><td align="right" class="">310</td><td align="right" class="">3513</td><td align="right" class="">9121</td><td align="right" class="">5.3741</td><td align="right" class="">1.14543</td></tr><tr height="15" class="" style="height: 15pt;"></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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