[Paraview] clean to grid question...

[Wylie, Brian]

Ahh.. You have to invoke a filter that will request ghost cells (like extract surface) before D3 will compute ghost cells. :)

Try adding an 'Extract Surface' filter after D3 and then show the surface in wireframe. :)

  Brian Wylie - Org 9227
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Renato N. Elias [mailto:rnelias at nacad.ufrj.br] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:17 AM
> To: Wylie, Brian
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: RES: [Paraview] clean to grid question...
> 
> 
> Ok, I've also tried the D3 filter but I still have the 
> interfaces between MPI partitions.
> 
> Take a look at this: 
> http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias/paraview/pv-figs/
> 
> As you can seen the interfaces are still there.
> 
> NOTE: I only got the interfaces cleaned if I load the case 
> files, individually, and after applying the "append datasets" 
> and "clean to grid"
> filters. However, it's only possible when running PV-2.2.1 
> (due to the reader I'm using) and in serial mode.
> 
> Thanks for your hints
> 
> 
> Renato N. Elias
> ===============================================
> PhD student - http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias High 
> Performance Computing Center Federal University of Rio de 
> Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
> +55(21) 2562-8080
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> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Wylie, Brian [mailto:bnwylie at sandia.gov] 
> Enviada em: terça-feira, 23 de maio de 2006 12:50
> Para: Renato N. Elias; paraview at paraview.org
> Assunto: RE: [Paraview] clean to grid question...
> 
> Renato,
> 
> If I understand your question, you can just run the D3 
> filter. You do not
> need to run the 'clean to grid' filter because D3 will do 
> that for you and
> it will also compute ghost cells in between processors.
> 
>   Brian Wylie - Org 9227
>   Sandia National Laboratories
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paraview-bounces+bnwylie=sandia.gov at paraview.org
> > [mailto:paraview-bounces+bnwylie=sandia.gov at paraview.org] 
> On Behalf Of 
> > Renato N. Elias
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:33 AM
> > To: paraview at paraview.org
> > Subject: [Paraview] clean to grid question...
> > 
> > 
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I have a silly doubt regarding the "clean to grid" filter (just to 
> > confirm my suspicions...).
> > 
> > This filter is able to merge entities that are within a merging 
> > tolerance according to the PV guide. I guess it's a 
> wonderful feature 
> > to work with partitioned models due to parallelism without 
> having to 
> > rebuild the original (non
> > partitioned)  model. However, when cleaning interfaces due to 
> > paralellization (those surfaces between MPI partitions) it 
> seems that 
> > the user MUST apply the "append datasets" filter before trying to 
> > cleaning it, isn't it?!
> > 
> > This question came to my mind after loading a model with the SOS 
> > format in PV-2.4.3. I know, I know, the Ensight readers 
> have not been 
> > working fine in
> > PV-2.4.3 yet and some filters are not associated with the reader 
> > accordingly. When using parallel file formats the user have several 
> > parts of models (written in different files) that are 
> loaded together 
> > as it was only one file and model, so, the need of the "append 
> > datasets" filter, I think, is not evident. Maybe, the "append 
> > datasets" should be automatically called when loading parallel 
> > formats.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Renato N. Elias
> > ===============================================
> > PhD student - http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias High Performance 
> > Computing Center Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio 
> de Janeiro, 
> > Brazil
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