[Paraview] surface normal for slices through a volume

[Paul Edwards]

Here is a screenshot demonstrating the issue.  Can anyone confirm if this
is a bug?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

On 11 January 2012 16:28, Paul Edwards <paul.m.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a dataset with mixed cell types - wedges and tetrahedra.  When I
> apply a plane cut through the mesh I do not get triangles with consistent
> orientation for their normals, i.e. wedges are one direction, tets are the
> other.  Of course, I can apply the "GenerateSurfaceNormals" with
> consistency checking but this can take quite a lot of time...
>
> Should the triangles have point ordering to give consistent normals if the
> cells are generated correctly?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>
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