[Paraview] Re: Reader with Multiple Outputs

Berk Geveci berk.geveci at kitware.com
Wed Jan 31 10:02:08 EST 2007


No. You have to use multi-block for this.

-berk

On 1/31/07, Stephane PLOIX <stephane.ploix at edf.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to add another use for multiple outputs :
> 3. a reader wich can read files with a variable number of geometries.
> There are then multiple outputs, but they are not subsets of a whole,
> and should be shown as seperate objects.
>
> Will ParaView support this kind of reader?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephane
>
>
> >I think there are 2 major uses of multiple outputs:
>  >1. Fixed number of outputs, each output with a specific purpose. For
>  >example, a filter that clips a dataset producing inside as 1 output
>  >and outside as another. This is best implemented as a multiple output
>  >filter.
>  >2. Variable number of outputs, each of a subset of a whole. This is
>  >what multi-group (multi-block or AMR) is designed for. This is best
>  >implemented as a 1 output reader/filter that produces multi-group.
>  >
>  >ParaVIew supports 2. It does not support 1 well.
>  >
>  >-berk
>
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