<div dir="ltr">I'm currently working on adding the ability to use custom glyphs with ParaView's glyph mapper. It will allow you to select a pipeline connection for the glyph type (rather than the static list of arrow, sphere, etc).<div><br></div><div>Should be available in the next few weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:41 AM, Bob Flandard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bflandard@gmail.com" target="_blank">bflandard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks David,<br><br></div>I did try that first and was unable to select the "Glyph Type" and gave up. Luckily your post encouraged me to RTM where it states that vtkPolyData should be used for the glyph. A quick extract surface filter fixed that, so thanks very much for your help.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Bob<br></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 January 2017 at 19:49, David E DeMarle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com" target="_blank">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Glyph with Custom source filter can do it. Note that it works in CPU/RAM instead of in a GPU shader so memory can be an issue for all the replicated geometry. <br><br>To use it, manufacture a mesh that appears the way you want it and save it in a common mesh format. Load that into the pipeline and hide it, select the object you want to apply glyphs to and apply the Glyph with Custom Source filter. Choose the shape you read in as the "Glyph Type" input.<br><br></div><br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-6998124146638705534m_-3561979112112650761gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">David E DeMarle<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>R&D Engineer<br>21 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>Phone: <a href="tel:(518)%20881-4909" value="+15188814909" target="_blank">518-881-4909</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-6998124146638705534h5">On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Bob Flandard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bflandard@gmail.com" target="_blank">bflandard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-6998124146638705534h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Any links or advice on how to create a custom glyph?<br><br></div>I'd like a sphere divided into 8 equal sized/shaped patches and colored alternate black and white, to represent the centroid of a point mass. I have lots of these, so a glyph would be best.<br><br></div>Thanks, Bob<br></div>
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