[Paraview] VTK reader does not populate properties dialog?

[Alexander Tchekhovskoy]

Hi Seb, thank you for the blazing fast response!  This allows me to see
slices through the variables on the grid, so the data is read-in correctly.


However, I am at a loss how to do a 3D volume rendering or a streamline
tracing of data on my structured grid.  In order to do that, as I
understand, I need to apply a filter "Table To Structured Grid", as
explained at
http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Data_formats#Displaying_data_as_structured_grid.
However, this filter is grayed out (screenshot:
http://www.princeton.edu/~atchekho/grayed_out_filter.jpg ).

What should I do in order to do 3D volume rendering or tracing streamlines?

Thank you very much,
Alexander

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Sebastien Jourdain <
sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:

> In the toolbar, you have to select "Surface" instead of "Outline", and
> slightly on the left change "Solid Color" by your field name.
>
> Seb
>
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Alexander Tchekhovskoy
> <atchekho at princeton.edu> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am having trouble reading a binary VTK file in Paraview. Here is a
> simple
> > VTK file (zipped paraview_test.vtk:
> > http://www.princeton.edu/~atchekho/paraview_test.zip , 29Kb) generated
> by
> > visit_writer plugin for VisIt. The file uses a curvilinear structured
> grid.
> >  The file opens and renders OK in VisIt.  However, when I open it in
> > ParaView, the grid shows fine but the properties box stays empty (see
> > screenshot at http://www.princeton.edu/~atchekho/properties_tab.jpg ,
> 83Kb),
> > and I cannot visualize any variables.  I know the variables are there
> > because the Information tab does show the variable ("B") that is in the
> file
> > (see screenshot at
> http://www.princeton.edu/~atchekho/information_tab.jpg ,
> > 115 Kb).  I tried searching on the web and found that this can happen if
> a
> > reader plugin does not populate the properties
> > (http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2011-April/021081.html). In
> this
> > case reader plugin is a standard VTK reader.  Is this a known bug?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Alexander
> >
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