[Paraview] Polyhedron Cells

[Brad King]

Brian Dotson wrote:
> I am using the .vtu file format (new VTK XML format).

Please try to send me a small example of a polyhedral input file and 
corresponding tetrahedral input file with a noticable time difference. 
Just send it to me privately to avoid cluttering the list with big files.

Thanks,
-Brad

>>>>Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> 3/29/2005 11:41 AM >>>
> 
> Brian Dotson wrote:
> 
>>I am working with a group of folks that are developing computational
>>fluid dynamics (CFD) software.  They plan on using an unstructured
> 
> grid
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>>with polyhedron cells.  We have done some preliminary tests by
> 
> creating
> 
>>unstructured grids with polyhedron (ConvexPointSet) cells in the vtk
>>file format.  This method works, but when the cell counts are large,
> 
> it
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>>can take minutes for Paraview to load the data.  I tried the same
> 
> data
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>>that was meshed with tetrahedrons and it loaded within a few
> 
> seconds.
> 
>>Does anyone have any ideas on how I can speed the load time up when
>>loading large polyhedron data sets?
> 
> 
> Are you using the .vtu file format (new VTK XML format) or a .vtk file
> 
> (legacy VTK format)?
> 
> -Brad
>