[Paraview-developers] A small suggestion - flag arrays as Scalars/Vectors/Normals

[Robert Maynard]

I can see a couple uses where a user would like to know if texture
coordinates or normals have already been set on a dataset.


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:44 PM, David E DeMarle
<dave.demarle at kitware.com>wrote:

> I vote no.
>
> The reason is that ParaView tries not to use the active/default array
> concept and instead makes the user specify the particular array(s)
> each filter should operate on by name via widgets on the object
> inspector's property tab.
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 28 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:07 PM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the "Information" tab under "Data Arrays", it would be nice to see
> > which array (if any) is marked as the current Scalars, Vectors, and
> > Normals. That is, in VTK if you do:
> >
> > dataset->SetNormals(array)
> >
> > it seems to call
> >
> > dataset->AddArray(array)
> > // then set some flag to mark this array as the current Normals
> >
> > Would this make sense to add?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
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