[Paraview] display curved surfaces on 20-noded hex element

[Moreland, Kenneth]

I don't think there is a direct way to do that currently.  However, I am working on a new feature that will allow you to select the number of subdivisions to approximate each face with from within the Display panel.  I expect to have this feature finished by ParaView 3.8.  If you are feeling adventurous, you can apply the attached patch to the latest source to try it out.

-Ken


On 7/24/09 11:34 AM, "Tim Kostka" <kostka at gmail.com> wrote:

I have a number of quadratic 20-noded hex elements (type 25 in ParaView).  I want the surfaces to be displayed as curved instead of being arbitrarily faceted.  Is there a method to achieve this?  I've attached a picture of a single element which is faceted and the corresponding vtu file.

Thanks,
Tim




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