[Paraview] Ensight Particle format problem

[Amy Squillacote]

The EnSight readers do support particles, and Berk is right about 
what you should see.

- Amy

At 10:52 AM 3/13/2006, Berk Geveci wrote:
>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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