[Paraview] Finding element number in the diagram

[Karen Lee]

Or, if it's not possible to show the global ID of a given selected
point in a 2D cut, is it possible to display the coordinates of a
point selected by the mouse? I could not find such options.

Thanks,
Karen



On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Karen Lee <kylkaren at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I'm wondering, if I do a 2D cut of a 3D model, will the ID shown be a
> number assigned for hte point/element in the 2D plane only? The
> coordinates don't seem to match with that of the 3D mode and I've no
> way of going the middle of the volume plot and seeing everything
> clearly and selecting points from there...
>
> Is there some way I can find the global ID of a given selected point
> in a 2D cut?
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com> wrote:
>> Since the selection stuff is somewhat new I'm not sure how it worked in
>> 3.6.1.  In the latest version in the selection inspector you can highlight
>> cells/points and use delete, delete all, and/or new value to the list of
>> selected objects.
>>
>> You can also play around with the selections in the spreadsheet view
>> (there's a green dashed box button widget that will only list selected
>> points or cells).  The selections between the spreadsheet view and 3d view
>> are connected so selecting in one selects in both.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Karen Lee <kylkaren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I seem to have gotten  it work. However, I'm wondering if there's some
>>> setting I can change such that it only gives the cell that contains my point
>>> instead of 15 of them...
>>>
>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Karen Lee <kylkaren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Andy,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to follow your instructions, but had some trouble with it. By
>>>> fiddling around I got the cell which contains my point of interest (by
>>>> location, the point is not a node) to be highlighted. I'm wondering if
>>>> there's a way for me to get the Cell ID of the highlighted cell?  I'm using
>>>> version 3.6.1.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Karen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure this is exactly what you want but you can select a
>>>>> point/cell and then go to selection inspector and go to the point label/cell
>>>>> label tab and toggle the visible button to show selected point or cell ids.
>>>>> The selection inspector also allows you to "select cells that include the
>>>>> selected points".
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Karen Lee <kylkaren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Paraview users and developers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm interested in finding the element number (ID) that's closest to, or
>>>>>> containing a given point, or by clicking on the element itself in the
>>>>>> diagram (2D cut of a 3D mesh). This seems to be a simple question but I
>>>>>> haven't figured out. Can someone pls help?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> Karen
>>>>>>
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