[Paraview] Difference between vector and vector_components

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

vector_components uses 1 component of the vector to scale. Currently
it only uses 0th component (i.e. X component). I believe the panel is
missing a widget to pick other components.

Utkarsh

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Richard GRENON <richard.grenon at onera.fr> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I think that the right scale mode for arrow glyph should be "vector": in
> this mode, the glyph (the arrow) would be scaled according to the vector
> magnitude while it remains aligned with the vector.
>
> I am not sure but I think that the scale mode "vector components" means that
> each component of the glyph would be scaled according to the same component
> of the vector, so the arrow would be deformed and may not have the same
> orientation as the vector. But if you choose a sphere instead of an arrow,
> the sphere would become an ellipse with its greatest axis aligned with the
> vector.
>
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