[Paraview] Calculator and vector products

[Jacques Papper]

Thanks for the answer. I guess I missed the cross button ! (The whole point
was that I didn't want to write out the cross product anymore !! :)

2009/3/4 Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>

> Silly me, of course.  Math class was just too many years ago.
>
> alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pebay, Philippe P
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:59 PM
> To: Scott, W Alan; 'Jacques Papper'; 'paraview'
> Subject: RE: [Paraview] Calculator and vector products
>
> Hello
>
> The + sighs between cross terms should be replaced by - signs as follows:
>    i ( a_2b_3 - a_3b_2 )
>  + j ( a_3b_1 - a_1b_3 )
>  + k (a_1b_2 - a_2b_1 )
>
> P.
>
> --
> Philippe Pébay
> Sandia National Laboratories
>
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> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On
> Behalf Of Scott, W Alan [wascott at sandia.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:30 PM
> To: 'Jacques Papper'; 'paraview'
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Calculator and vector products
>
> I don't know if this is correct, but I took a quick attempt at making a
> cross product.  I am using the dataset can.exo.  In the calculator, I am
> trying to create the cross of the DISP and ACCL vectors.  Here is the
> formula:
>
>
> iHat*(DISPL_Y*VEL_Z+DISPL_Z*VEL_Y)+jHat*(DISPL_X*VEL_Z+DISPL_Z*VEL_X)+kHat*(DISPL_X*VEL_Y+DISPL_Y*VEL_X)
>
>
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
> On Behalf Of Jacques Papper
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:27 PM
> To: 'paraview'
> Subject: [Paraview] Calculator and vector products
>
> I am trying to do a vector product with the Calculator, but this seems to
> fail "Error deciding between ambiguous operators".
> Is there a way to do vector products ? Or is this something that needs to
> be implemented ?
>
> Jacques PAPPER
> Applied CFD Team Leader
> Tel: +44 (0) 1234 324677
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