[Paraview] MultiBlock Dataset Naming Issues

[burlen]

PV expects each  block to have the same set of arrays, if an array is 
missing from one of the blocks then PV treats it as a partial array. Are 
you setting the same arrays in each block?

Michael Jackson wrote:
> I have my MultiBlockDataset reader working nicely now. I have a custom 
> panel that contains a tree view and I can select various selections 
> from the tree and have "something" rendered in the 3D view. Awesome. 
> Now, the problems.
>
> When I click on the "Information" tab to see the list of datasets that 
> were actually read (The Heirarchy Table) the list is correct. But when 
> I click on one of the data sets and then look at the "Data Arrays" 
> table the name that appears has a " (partial)" appended to it. Where 
> is that coming from and what does it mean?
>
>  Also, when I view the data as a "Surface" and then select one of the 
> listed Arrays to "Color By" the rendered view just stays a solid 
> color. Actually it looks like as long as I select the top most array 
> to color by in the list, after the "Solid" and "vtkCompositeIndex" 
> selections then I will get a proper rendering.
>
>  So for example, say I tell my reader to read the following 3 data 
> sets: Phi1, Phi, Phi2. This will result is a MultiBlockDataset with 3 
> blocks. The "Color By" drop down will have the following:
>
> Solid
> vtkCompositeIndex
> phi1
> phi
> phi2
>
> If I select "phi1" the rendering is correct. If I select "phi" or 
> "phi2" then I just get a solid color surface rendering.
>
>  Anyone seen anything like this or possibly know what is going on? I 
> can supply all the source codes and experimental data if that is needed.
> ___________________________________________________________
> Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net
> Principal Software Engineer       mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
> BlueQuartz Software               Dayton, Ohio
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