[Paraview-developers] Glyph Filter Uniform Spatial Distribution

[Mathieu Westphal]

That's great ! I never used these button nor think of this usage for it,
thanks !
I agree with you about the "too many" problem.

Mathieu Westphal

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> You could also suggest that they can just change the default:
>
> https://blog.kitware.com/new-in-paraview-easy-saving-of-custom-defaults-in-paraview/
>
> Both AllPoints & Every N'th Point  can cause generation of "too many"
> glyphs for really large datasets causing worse usability issues.
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Mathieu Westphal
> <mathieu.westphal at kitware.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a bunch of user angry at the default value of Uniform Spatial
> > Distribution for the Glyph Filter, because with small datasets it doesn't
> > generate anything and new users thinks the filter did not work.
> >
> > I would say that i got distracted by it at first as well, and since the
> > settings is far down the panel , it is not easy to find at first use, and
> > for a toolbar enabled filter it's not good.
> >
> > That being said, the easy fix is to change the default value AllPoints or
> > Every N'th Point which at least generate one glyph, what do you think
> about
> > that ?
> >
> > Another fix would be to ensure Uniform Spatial Distribution generate at
> > least one glyph, but i'm afraid it would be incorrect algorithm wise ?
> >
> > Any thougths on that ?
> >
> > Mathieu Westphal
> >
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