[Paraview] Oilflow

[Kent Eschenberg]

-- <Anders.Hagberg at baesystems.se> wrote:
> I am a new user of paraview. Is it possible to create oilflow (pathlines
> on a surface) with Paraview. If yes does anybody know how to do it.

"Pathlines" are usually the flow through transient fields; ParaView doesn't 
do that (yet). The "Stream Tracer" filter can create streamlines through a 
static field.

Create a surface through your data with "Cut" or "Contour" (creates an 
isosurface) and then feed the output to "Stream Tracer".

Kent
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center