[Paraview] Coordinates and normal vectors

[Eric E. Monson]

That's a great feature that I'd never noticed before!

Is there any way to get it to update the labels (using the same  
selection) when switching to a new time point or during an animation?

Thanks,
-Eric

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Eric E Monson
Duke Visualization Technology Group


On Jun 10, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Berk Geveci wrote:

> You can select which array to label by in the selection inspector. I
> realized that point coordinates is not an option there. Can you submit
> a feature request here: http://paraview.org.Bug? As a temporary work
> around, you can use the array calculator to copy the point coordinates
> into an attribute. Set the expression to be coords.
>
> -berk
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Pierre-Olivier Dallaire
> <pierre-olivier.dallaire at videotron.ca> wrote:
>> Hi Berk, thanks for your help.
>>
>> I can select cells and points, no problem. The selection inspector  
>> helps to
>> bring the labels
>> on the screen (see picture) but I don't see where I can get  
>> coordinates ...
>> Where is this selection
>> annotation tool ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> PO
>>
>>
>> On 10-Jun-08, at 9:44 AM, Berk Geveci wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. Using selection and selection annotation you can do this. Once
>>> you select a set of surface cells, you can turn on labeling in the
>>> Selection Inspector. To get the surface normals, you may have to  
>>> apply
>>> the surface normals filter first.
>>>
>>> -berk
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Pierre-Olivier Dallaire
>>> <pierre-olivier.dallaire at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've been browsing on the net for some time but cannot find the  
>>>> answer
>>>> for
>>>> this question :
>>>>
>>>> - Is it possible to display (annotate some text on the screen) to  
>>>> show
>>>> the
>>>> x,y,z components of a) the coordinates of
>>>> some points and b) the components of a normal vector that define  
>>>> a plane
>>>> surface ?
>>>>
>>>> I'm using both versions 3.2.1 and 3.3. Please let me know if you  
>>>> have a
>>>> solution to suggest.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Pierre-Olivier
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