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<p>Doina--</p>
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<p>At the risk of underestimating ParaView's functionalities, I can
tell you what will work. For displaying geometry, PV only needs
Point (aka nodal point) x,y,z-coordinates, a Cell (aka Finite
Element, ...) type and for each Cell an n-tuple of Point "array
locations", for example, EnSight-format::{1,2,4,3,7,8,} or
VTK-format::{0,1,3,2,6,7}. <br>
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<p>The VTK format uses C-language 'array offsets' for Cell
connectivity n-tuples. The EnSight format uses FORTRAN-language
array locations for Finite Element connectivity n-tuples. It is
just the way it is.</p>
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<p>Variables are either located at Points or in Cells (conceptually
Cell centers). The arrays supplied for variables must span all of
the Points or all of the Cells. (I do not know how to use or about
the acceptability of "partially" specified variable datum sets.)
For Points with 6-DOFs versus 3-DOFs, if you want to see the three
rotational DOFs, use POINT DATA arrays and fill in the Phi-x,
Phi-y, Phi-z values using zeros for at those Points without a
rotation.</p>
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<p>If you want to visually display a 2-node, 6-DOF beam's geometry
(a curved beam or a deformed beam) , one solution is too use a VTK
Cell type 'VTK_QUADRATIC_EDGE = 21' for the beam. This will
require you to add-on-the-fly to the simulation results a beam
center-Point with x,y,z-coordinates and displacements for the
beam's center Point using the beam's interpolation functions. (PV
has a Warp Filter that will let you then scale up the deflections
for visualization purposes.)</p>
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<p>Should you have access to source code for the simulations, I can
supply FORTRAN language routines that write VTK ASCII-formatted
simulation results. (My personal preference is the EnSight
format.)<br>
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<p>--Sam<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/18/2017 6:12 AM, Doina Gumeniuc
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<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>I am still learning the use of paraview and I have got to
such a question: How to show in a vtk input file the degrees
of freedom of elements? Some of the beams have 6 degrees of
freedom, some of the other elements...less or nothing at all.
IS there any possibility?</p>
<p>Thank you a lot in advance!</p>
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