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    <p>Hi Mathieu and Thomas,</p>
    <p>Thank you for the suggestions.</p>
    <p>1) I tried the tetrahedralize filter on my data but I did not get
      the results I was expecting. I have a polyhedron which is not
      convex (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://postimg.org/image/9s3egl8rz/">https://postimg.org/image/9s3egl8rz/</a>) and the filter fill
      the gap as you can see here (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://postimg.org/image/5u1nt6d2h/">https://postimg.org/image/5u1nt6d2h/</a>)
      and it is not what I was expecting. Indeed, the initial purpose of
      the slice was to visualize the hole.<br>
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    2) I tried this fix: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
      href="https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/2088"
      target="_blank">https://gitlab.kitware.com/<wbr>vtk/vtk/merge_requests/2088</a><br>
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    And compile VTK alone. I used a python script (activating the python
    VTK wrapping) to do the test with the vtkCutter function but I ended
    having the same exact issue (segfault, no error message) with only
    the polyhedron that have more than 1024 faces. I am not sure I
    should get the same results if I manage to compile paraview. When I
    will manage I will get back to you. <br>
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    Thanks,<br>
    <br>
    Pierre<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03-01-17 16:51, Mathieu Westphal
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi<br>
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        Indeed, incorrect copy paste. thanks for pointing it out.<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Mathieu Westphal<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:46 PM, T.J.
          Corona <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:tj.corona@kitware.com" target="_blank">tj.corona@kitware.com</a>></span>
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              <div>Hi Mathieu and Pierre,</div>
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              <div>Perhaps you meant to point to this “work in progress”
                branch?</div>
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              <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/2088"
                  target="_blank">https://gitlab.kitware.com/<wbr>vtk/vtk/merge_requests/2088</a></div>
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              <div>Sincerely,</div>
              <div>T.J.</div>
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                          <div>Thomas J. Corona, Ph.D.<br>
                            Kitware, Inc.<br>
                            R&D Engineer<br>
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                            Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>
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                      <div>On Jan 3, 2017, at 10:18 AM, Mathieu Westphal
                        <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                                <div>Hello<br>
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                                for your information there is a bug in
                                the slicing of vtkPolyHedron that can
                                cause a segfault.<br>
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                              <div>It looks very much like your error.
                                It has yet to be corrected.<br>
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                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/issues/16877"
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                            You can already test this "work in progress"
                            branch to see if this fixes your issue  :<br>
                            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/2304"
                              target="_blank">https://gitlab.kitware.com/<wbr>vtk/vtk/merge_requests/2304</a><br>
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                          <div>You could of course modify your data to
                            tetrahedron with tetrahedralize filter.<br>
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                          Regards,<br>
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                              <div dir="ltr">Mathieu Westphal<br>
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                          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 3, 2017
                            at 4:10 PM, Pierre Van Hauwaert <span
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                                  lang="x-unicode"> Hi,<br>
                                  <br>
                                  I am using paraview to visualise my
                                  data. I generate my data using a
                                  combination of the 2 following types (<a
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href="http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/vtkCellType_8h_source.html"
                                    target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightl">http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightl</a><wbr>y/html/vtkCellType_8h_source.<wbr>html</a>)<br>
                                  <font><a moz-do-not-send="true" class="m_-768954150740546535m_-1893844449759964379code" href="http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/vtkCellType_8h.html#ab1d6fd1f3177b8a2a32bb018807151f8a06a70888292dc4309e42404af594fbb4" style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:monospace,fixed;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(251,252,253)" target="_blank">VTK_VOXEL</a><span style="font-family:monospace,fixed;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(251,252,253);display:inline!important;float:none">      = 11</span><br>
                                    <span style="font-family:monospace,fixed;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(251,252,253);display:inline!important;float:none">VTK_POLYHEDRON = 42
</span>I can visualize that data with parview without a problem. But,
                                    because I ended up having a segfault
                                    without any error message when
                                    slicing (Z=0) the data. I decomposed
                                    my data in separate files for each <span style="font-family:monospace,fixed;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(251,252,253);display:inline!important;float:none">VTK_POLYHEDRON </span></font>in
                                  order to investigate the problem.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  I found out that only the polyhedrons
                                  with the largest size were having the
                                  problem. The limit is somewhere
                                  between the 2 files:<br>
                                  - poly-F1000-2395.vtu : working: 466
                                  points, 928 faces <br>
                                  - poly-F1000-2987.vtu : segfault when
                                  slicing: 546 points, 1088 faces <br>
                                  <br>
                                  So my guess is that there is a limit
                                  for the number of points or the number
                                  of faces that can have the polyhedron
                                  (1024 ?) if I want to be able to use
                                  the slice function.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  My questions are : <br>
                                  1) Is there actually a limitation in
                                  Paraview (VTK?) regarding the number
                                  of faces or the number of the point
                                  that the slice function can handle for
                                  a polyhedron ?<br>
                                  2) If there is this limitation, is
                                  there an option to remove it in
                                  Paraview ? (specific version,
                                  compilation option, etc)   <br>
                                  3) If there is this limitation, is
                                  there any work around that exist so I
                                  am able to slice my data ? For example
                                  a different format ?<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  I attached the data to be able to back
                                  up my statement:<br>
                                  <br>
                                  poly-F1000-*.vtu : files describing a
                                  polyhedron each:  <br>
                                  poly-F1000.pvd : load all those files<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Biggest file for which the slicing
                                  works (size, name):<br>
                                  34K poly-F1000-2395.vtu<br>
                                  <br>
                                  The 8 biggest files triggering the
                                  crash when doing a slice: (size, name)<br>
                                  38K poly-F1000-2987.vtu<br>
                                  39K poly-F1000-2983.vtu<br>
                                  39K poly-F1000-2935.vtu<br>
                                  39K poly-F1000-2988.vtu<br>
                                  39K poly-F1000-2931.vtu<br>
                                  40K poly-F1000-2937.vtu<br>
                                  40K poly-F1000-2981.vtu<br>
                                  40K poly-F1000-2930.vtu<br>
                                  fail.pvd: load those 8 files<br>
                                  <br>
                                  the other files can be sliced without
                                  any issues<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  Thanks,  <br>
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