[Paraview] Ensight Particle format problem

[Berk Geveci]

I didn't write the EnSight reader so I can't say whether it supports
particles without looking at the code. If it does,  you should see the
right number of points in the information tab (the third tab on the
left panel, under the navigation window). If the number of points is
larger than 0, you should be able to create glyphs by applying the
glyph filter. You should also be able to limit the particles in a box
by using the clip filter. Just use box as the clip function and set
"Inside Out" to on.

-Berk

On 3/11/06, Viksit Gaur <vik.list.vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how the Ensight particle file format works
> (writing a program for the file in ASCII or Binary should be easier than
> figuring it out how it works!). In the documentation, it is given as the
> Ensight Measured/Particle file format - but I'm not sure if this means
> its a .Geo file, or a scalar/vector file.
>
> My question basically is - how would such a format be represented?
> What I do currently is: (taken from the manual)
>
> viksit_ascii.case
> --
> FORMAT
> type: ensight gold
>
> GEOMETRY
> model:  1       viksit_ascii.geo
>
>
> and
>
> viksit_ascii.geo
> --
>
> This is a simple measured geometry file
> particle coordinates
> 7
> 101 0.00000E+00 0.00000E+00 0.00000E+00
> 102 1.00000E+00 0.00000E+00 0.00000E+00
> 103 1.00000E+00 1.00000E+00 0.00000E+00
> 104 0.00000E+00 1.00000E+00 0.00000E+00
> 205 5.00000E-01 0.00000E+00 2.00000E+00
> 206 5.00000E-01 1.00000E+00 2.00000E+00
> 307 0.00000E+00 0.00000E+00-1.50000E+00
>
>
> But loading it into Paraview doesn't make it appear. Could anyone shed a
> light on as to why not - What am I doing wrong?
>
> I had 2 further questions -
> a) Once I do get these points to show up, how would I assign say, a 3d
> sphere glyph or similar to each of these points? Am I right in assuming
> that this can be done by the materials format?
>
> b) If I had to limit these particles in a sort of a box (say a cube with
> these particles moving about) - how would I achieve the bounding such
> that they don't move out of that particular set of coordinates?)
>
> Thanks,
> Viksit
>
>
> --
> Viksit Gaur
> Deptt. of Computer Science
> Yale University
>
> me at viksit dot com
> http://viksit.com
>
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