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! Real world concept!! Paraview terminology | ! Real world concept!! Paraview terminology!! Instructions | ||
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| Display points || Glyph filter -> Spheres | | Display points || Glyph filter -> Spheres || | ||
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| Display lines as cylinders instead of raster lines || Tube filter | | Display lines as cylinders instead of raster lines || Tube filter || | ||
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| Triangulate a set of points (form a mesh) || Delaunay Filters | | Triangulate a set of points (form a mesh) || Delaunay Filters || | ||
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| Downsample a point set || Quadric clustering | | Downsample a point set || Quadric clustering || | ||
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| Measure the distance between two points || Sources -> Ruler || Hover over the first point then press 'p'. Then hover over the second point and press 'p' again. The distance is displayed in the Properties tab of the Object Inspector. | |||
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| Downsample a point set || Quadric clustering or Clean || | |||
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| A filter cannot be applied to a data set that it should work on || Run "Extract Surface" first. This has nothing to do with a surface, it simply converts an unstructured grid to a polygonal mesh so that it is the correct data type for the filter you are trying to use. || | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 1 November 2009
| Real world concept | Paraview terminology | Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| Display points | Glyph filter -> Spheres | |
| Display lines as cylinders instead of raster lines | Tube filter | |
| Triangulate a set of points (form a mesh) | Delaunay Filters | |
| Downsample a point set | Quadric clustering | |
| Measure the distance between two points | Sources -> Ruler | Hover over the first point then press 'p'. Then hover over the second point and press 'p' again. The distance is displayed in the Properties tab of the Object Inspector. |
| Downsample a point set | Quadric clustering or Clean | |
| A filter cannot be applied to a data set that it should work on | Run "Extract Surface" first. This has nothing to do with a surface, it simply converts an unstructured grid to a polygonal mesh so that it is the correct data type for the filter you are trying to use. |
