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<p class="MsoNormal">I had a user come into my office yesterday. He has been asking the different code teams if we could modify the Exodus spec, and the tools, to allow holding parts within parts, or groups within groups, or sub-blocks within blocks. My poor
choice of words. Here is an example.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He would like to have a dataset called “car”. Within the car is a block or group called an Engine. We could only load the block engine. Under this would be sub-blocks called pistons, head, connecting rod, etc. Now, you could turn on
and off these subparts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The questions are first, is this valuable and worth the effort? Second, if we had a spec from Greg Sjaardema, how much effort would this be?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">W. Alan Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ParaView Support Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SAIC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sandia National Laboratories, MS 0807<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Org 9326 - Building 880 A1-K<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(505) 284-0932 FAX (505) 284-5619<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John Maynard Keynes<o:p></o:p></p>
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