[Paraview] surface normal for slices through a volume

Paul Edwards paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 10:52:20 EST 2012


Attached is the dataset in case anyone has the time to take a look.

Thanks,
Paul

On 12 January 2012 15:39, Paul Edwards <paul.m.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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