[Paraview] Displaying points and normals

[Christoph Heindl]

Thanks a lot for your help! Works great!

Best regards,
Christoph

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Sven Buijssen
<sven.buijssen at tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
>
> Load the CSV data, use a TableToPoints filter, then a Calculator filter to
> combine the last three fields to a vector (operation: "(iHat*Field
> 3)+(jHat*Field 4)+(kHat*Field 5)") and finally apply a Glyph filter with Glyph
> type Arrow.
>
> Sven
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christoph Heindl <christoph.heindl at gmail.com>
> To: paraview at paraview.org
> Sent: 10/29/09 10:12:36
> Subject: [Paraview] Displaying points and normals
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wonder if the following is possible: Given a comma-separated value
>> file (.csv) with six fields. The first three fields are the
>> coordinates of the points and the last three fields are the associated
>> point normal vectors. For example:
>>
>> 134.3 232.2 123.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
>>
>> with space as field separator.
>>
>> Is it possible to visualize the point set and attach normal vectors to
>> points (as arrows for example)?
>>
>> I tried to use TableToPoints filter for visualizing the normals but failed.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Christoph
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