[Paraview] Fwd: Join two derived variables

[Pablo Mosquera Michaelsen]

Utkarsh,

Thank you very much for your promt answer. Yes, I was applying both
calculators direct to the reader. I´ve tried what you told me and it´s
exactly what I wanted.

Many thanks!!

Pablo


2011/9/12 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>

> Pablo,
>
> Group Datasets filter is combines two or more datasets to form a
> multiblock dataset comprising of the original datasets. I don't think
> that's what you mean to do here. When you apply the two calculators,
> are you applying both to the reader? You may want to apply them one
> after the other i.e. input of Calc2 is Calc2. Then when you do a plot
> over line, you'll see both the variables.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Pablo Mosquera Michaelsen
> <pmosqueram at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I´m new to Paraview and I am  trying to perform a rather simple task I
> used
> > to do with Tecplot. I have the flow field of a flat plate and I want to
> > compare the boundary layer of my simulation with the theoretical velocity
> > profile of Blasius. For that, both the velocity tangetial to the plate
> and
> > the distance normal to the plate have to be turn dimensionless. This is
> how
> > I´ve tried to do it in Paraview:
> > I open the solution file with the Tecplot reader, I add two Calculator
> > filters to derive the dimensionless variables, then I join the two
> results
> > with the Group Datasets filter. At that point I can find the two
> > dimensionless variables in the Object inspector when the GroupDatasets1
> > object is activated in the pipeline. The problem is that only one of the
> two
> > new variables is displayed appropriately with "Display, Color by" or by
> > applying the Plot Over Line filter.
> >
> > Am I making some fundamental mistake?   How would you people do this?
> >
> > Another funny thing is that for the Group Datasets object, I see in the
> > Information tab that I now have twice as many points and cells. That´s
> not
> > what I wanted and sounds pretty inefficient. I only want to create new
> > variables for already existing cells.
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pablo Mosquera
> >
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