[Paraview] Mesh Subdivision

[David Doria]

So if my file just contains a bunch of triangles, how can I make it into a
valid input mesh?

Thanks,

David


On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Dominik Szczerba <dominik at itis.ethz.ch>wrote:

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> Problems with smoothing or subdividing most likely indicate invalid
> input mesh.
> - - Dominik
>
> David Doria wrote:
> > I have a polydata (vtp) with a bunch of triangles. I want to smooth the
> > mesh. I tried the subdivide filter, but it produces absolutely
> > ridiculous triangles. So I thought this meant the connectivity
> > information was wrong? So I tried the TriangleStrips filter and then the
> > subdivide filter, but now the subdivide filter complains that there are
> > no triangles. I tried triangulate and then subdivide and I get the same
> > mess as in the first case.
> >
> > In all cases, the LoopSubdivision filter simply crashes. There is
> > clearly still something wrong with my understanding of these file
> > formats and which filters can be used on which types of files. Can
> > anyone clarify this for me?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
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> Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
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