[Paraview] How does the PVPickFilter list the order of the points

[Amy Squillacote]

Hi John,

I'm copying your recent messages in this thread back to the ParaView 
users list.  Please keep the discussion on the list so others can 
help answer your questions and so the answers are archived.

- Amy

At 09:37 AM 9/14/2005, you wrote:
>Amy,
>         Here are 2 XDMF files defining a hexahedral cell.  Both 
> XDMF files define the connectivity differently.
>
>I am using Paraview 2.0, release 1 to open the XDMF file and using 
>the pick filter to pick cell 0.  The connectivity that I am seeing 
>is not what is defined in the XDMF file.
>
>It seems as though the pick filter is ignoring the connectivity 
>order. The ID seems to be correct but the XYZ point is not correct.
>
>Hopefully this is a bit clearer than mud ;)
>
>Thanks again,
>John
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Amy Squillacote [mailto:amy.squillacote at kitware.com]
>Sent:   Wed 9/14/2005 8:37 AM
>To:     Vines, John  (Civ, ARL/CISD); paraview at paraview.org
>Cc:
>Subject:        RE: [Paraview] How does the PVPickFilter list the 
>order of the   points
>
>That's the ordering for VTK_VOXEL.  Are you sure the cells in your
>data are hexahedra, not voxels?
>
>- Amy
>
>At 06:56 AM 9/14/2005, Vines, John  \(Civ, ARL/CISD\) wrote:
> >Amy,
> >Thanks for the information.  Now here is another question ;)  I
> >expected to get the point order as you stated:
> >(bottom)        (top)
> >   3    2           7     6
> >   0    1           4     5
> >
> >But the order that I am seeing is:
> >
> >(bottom)        (top)
> >    2     3         6     7
> >    0     1         4     5
> >
> >         -----Original Message-----
> >         From: Amy Squillacote [mailto:amy.squillacote at kitware.com]
> >         Sent: Tue 9/13/2005 3:52 PM
> >         To: Vines, John (Civ, ARL/CISD); paraview at paraview.org
> >         Cc:
> >         Subject: Re: [Paraview] How does the PVPickFilter list the
> > order of the points
> >
> >
> >
> >         See page 9 of this PDF (http://www.vtk.org/pdf/file-formats.pdf)
> >         available from VTK's web site.  From the image there, the points on
> >         the bottom and top faces of the hexahedron are as follows.
> >
> >         (bottom)                (top)
> >         3       2               7       6
> >         0       1               4       5
> >
> >         - Amy
> >
> >         At 03:41 PM 9/13/2005, Vines, John  (Civ, ARL/CISD) wrote:
> >         >content-class: urn:content-classes:message
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> >         >         charset="utf-8"
> >         >
> >         >All,
> >         >Does anyone know how the pick filter lists the order of the points
> >         >of a hexahedral cell?  I need to verify the connectivity of
> >         >hexahedral cells.  I was under the impression that I could use the
> >         >pick filter to pick a cell and view the connectivity but I'm not
> >         >getting the connectivity I expected.
> >         >
> >         >Thanks in advance,
> >         >John
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> >
> >
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