[Paraview] View geometry / boundaries

[Karl König]

Matthias,

Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote, On 31.07.2012 12:57:
> I have tried what you propose.  I don't really understand what I need all those filters for - the result is pretty much the same as if I don't apply any filter to my stl geometry data. 

Come to think of it, the copy filter is indeed unnecessary. The purpose
of the remaining filters, however, is to get rid of the need for
separately importing the geometry (and converting your data to STL in
the first place). With the suggested pipeline it suffices to load your
vtk data.

Karl


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Karl König [mailto:kkoenig11 at web.de]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. Juli 2012 11:45
> An: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Betreff: Re: [Paraview] View geometry / boundaries
> 
> Matthias,
> 
> What about the following pipeline?
> 
>  Load data set
>  Filters - Transform - Apply (= identity transform = create a copy)  Filters - Extract Surface - Apply  Filters - Feature Edges - Apply (you may need to fiddle with
>                                   the parameters)
>    => this should give you a reasonable geometry representation  Select the original data set and apply any filter or select any  representation you fancy
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote, On 30.07.2012 18:33:
>> Hi again,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have succeeded to convert my geometry to stl which can be superposed
>> to the vtk data in Paraview. This is OK so far, however it is a bit
>> clumsy if I want to make a cut (slice) - I have to apply two slices,
>> one for each dataset (vtk and stl). Does someone know a more elegant
>> way to have geometry and results in the same view?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>> *Von:*Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> *Gesendet:* Montag, 30. Juli 2012 17:08
>> *An:* 'Samuel Key'
>> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
>> *Betreff:* AW: [Paraview] View geometry / boundaries
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> thank you for the answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't see how I could get my geometry data to EnSight format - they
>> are in STEP format.
>>
>> I did not find the Extract Group Filter in Paraview 3.12.0-RC2.
>>
>>
>>
>> It would be practical if I could superpose vtu grid data and
>> geometry/mesh data...
>>
>>
>>
>> I have just seen that I can superpose two vtk files. So it might be a
>> solution to convert my geometry data to vtk and superpose it to the
>> results. Is there a known workflow how to do that?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *Von:*Samuel Key [mailto:samuelkey at bresnan.net]
>> <mailto:[mailto:samuelkey at bresnan.net]>
>> *Gesendet:* Montag, 30. Juli 2012 16:25
>> *An:* Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org <mailto:paraview at paraview.org>
>> *Betreff:* Re: [Paraview] View geometry / boundaries
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr Zenker,
>>
>> I am not sure that your data (images?) is amenable to
>> EnSight-formatted results.
>>
>> In my case, the EnSight-format's "part" construct is used to create
>> individually displayable graphical objects for each material in the
>> results files. The Extract Group filter will allow any combination of
>> parts to be extracted and further processed for display. One can also
>> apply multiple Extract Group filters to the same datum source to
>> create 'forked' pipelines.
>>
>> As an aside, ParaView will read multiple results datum-sets (written
>> in different formats) and display them one on top of the other or
>> side-by-side. I find this feature very useful for creating complex
>> displays that illustrate a particular simulation result.
>>
>> Sam Key
>>
>> On 7/30/2012 6:02 AM, Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>>     when viewing the distribution of, say, temperature within a
>>     geometry, I would like to see the different bodies in the geometry
>>     as outline (resp. the boundaries as surfaces) at the same time. Is
>>     this possible? Which information is required in the vtu file (which
>>     maybe isn't there - how can I check that?)? Or else is there the
>>     possibility to overlay a mesh or geometry file (.msh, .step, ...) in
>>     the view?
>>
>>
>>
>>     Thank you for a hint,
>>
>>
>>
>>     Matthias