[Paraview] Variable symbols in PARAVIEW

[Andy Bauer]

The block symbol represents cell data meaning that there's a tuple value
for each cell, the four dots is point data meaning that there's a tuple
value for each point, and the square inside a circle is field data which is
general data that is associated with the entire grid itself and not any
single object inside the grid. Because of this there's no way to give it a
pseudo color over the grid (i.e. set it as a mapped variable). The best way
to see field data is in the spreadsheet view.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Zhou, Wenzhong <wzhou at lanl.gov> wrote:

>  Hi PARAVIEW Users,
>
>  I use PARAVIEW for my simulation post-processing. When I do a simulation
> recently, I have encountered a problem. In "Variables" list of  "Object
> Inspector", there are three kinds of symbols for variables after check
> boxes – the first one is like a block, the second one is four dots, and the
> third one is like a square inside a circle. I wonder what they represent
> respectively. When I check the boxes with four dots, the variables can
> appear in the "Mapped variable". However, When I check the boxes with a
> square inside a circle, the variables can not appear in the "Mapped
> variable" to select. I wonder what I can do to solve this problem. I'd like
> to plot them over line and time. In the past when I used PARAVIEW I have
> only seen the first two symbols, and have never encountered this kind of
> problem.
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Wenzhong
>
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