[Paraview] Support for text visualization in Paraview

[M. Nawijn]

Dear Nehme,

Thank you for the response. I will give it a try.

Regards,

Marco

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Nehme Bilal <nehmebilal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Marco,
>
> - select all your data using selection controls toolbar.
> - open selection inspector and scroll down to display style.
> - you will find "Cell Label" and "Point label" tabs. click on the one
> you want to display and then check "Visible".
>
> The problem here is that the labels will show up on all you points or
> cells. if you want to display your labels on some specific locations
> only,
> you will have to add a vtkStringArray to your output, SetValue("") on
> the points or cells where you don't want to display anything,
> and SetValue("a label") on the points where you want to display your labels.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Nehme
>
>
> 2009/12/3 M. Nawijn <nawijn at gmail.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> To support correlation between physical test data and simulation data,
>> I import both test data (strain gauge measurement data) and simulation
>> data (finite element structural analysis data) into Paraview.
>> Currently we face the challenge that we need to keep track of
>> approximately 700 strain gauge locations and corresponding values. I
>> represent these strain gauges as 1D cells (Vertex) in Paraview. Each
>> of the vertices is than colored by the strain value. This allows very
>> nice comparison of test and simulation during a test. Since we
>> reference these strain gauges with unique string labels it would be
>> very nice if it would be possible to visualize these labels in
>> paraview. A possibility would be to have a cell or point label. I have
>> two questions:
>>   1. Is this already possible with paraview (and how to do it)
>>   2. If not can someone estimate how much effort it would take to
>> implement it (if all possible). I would be happy to share the code if
>> anyone is interested.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Marco
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