[Paraview] Where did vtkMultiGroupDataSet go?

Utkarsh Ayachit utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Mon Mar 24 13:01:01 EDT 2008


Filters/Readers/Sources primarily have two choices:
* vtkMultiBlockDataSet
* vtkHierarhicalBoxDataSet

For any dataset comprising of unstructured grids, vtkMutliBlockDataSet 
is the way to go. vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet can only be used for AMR data.

Utkarsh

Mike Jackson wrote:
> Our data is read from a custom data file which contains multiple time 
> steps of unstructured grid data. We also produce from the data file an 
> outline of the data. (the outline is needed because the data comes from 
> a internal rotated coordinate system). So basically for any given 
> timestep I will have 1 unstructed grid and one polydata object.
>   Any suggestions on which of the new classes would be best to use?
> --Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
> Innovative Management & Technology Services
> 
> 
> On Mar 12, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>> vtMutliGroupDataSet has been deprecated. Please refer to the following 
>> Wiki for details:
>> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Composite_Data_Redesign
>>
>> Generally, the replacement for vtkMultiGroupDataSet would be 
>> vtkMultiBlockDataSet, but it depends on your application: whether the 
>> data is AMR or not.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> Mike Jackson wrote:
>>> I am trying to update a set of filters/readers from PV 2.6.x to PV 3 
>>> CVS and it seems that the vtkMultiGroupDataSet class is not around 
>>> any more? What would be the replacement for that class?
>>> Doing a "find . -type f -name "vtkMultiGroupDataSet*" " in the 
>>> paraview cvs source tree didn't seem to turn anything up.
>>> Thanks
>>> --Mike Jackson
>>> imikejackson & gmail * com
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