[Paraview] Where did advanced selection controls go in ParaView 4.x?

Utkarsh Ayachit utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Fri Dec 20 11:42:30 EST 2013


Here's the bug report: http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=14483

Utkarsh

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit
<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Oops, that's a bug. I'll dig in. Thanks for catching it just in time
> for the upcoming release :).
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Benjamin Spencer
> <benjamin.spencer at inl.gov> wrote:
>> OK, looks like I should have read the manual before firing off that
>> question.  Sorry about that.  It looks like the Query option lets you select
>> multiple elements by ID.  This seems to work fine for querying by id when I
>> enter in:
>>
>> contains(id,[0,1])
>>
>> for instance, but if I try to query by GlobalElementId (I've got an Exodus
>> file), this doesn't work:
>>
>> contains(GlobalElementId,[1,2])
>>
>> This gives a Python error:
>> ...
>>     flag = np.concatenate(([True], aux[1:] != aux[:-1]))
>> ValueError: arrays must have same number of dimensions
>>
>> The following works, but it's cumbersome if I have more than a couple IDs:
>> (GlobalElementId==1) | (GlobalElementId==2)
>>
>> Any suggestions on the right syntax to use contains() to select multiple
>> elements by GlobalElementId?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Benjamin Spencer
>> <benjamin.spencer at inl.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> Also, is there any way to create a selection by specifying multiple IDs
>>> like the old Selection Inspector let you do?  It looks like the Find Data
>>> dialog box just lets you select one entity at a time.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Benjamin Spencer
>>> <benjamin.spencer at inl.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Never mind, I just realized that this was answered.  It's in the Find
>>>> Data dialog.  I still don't see where the option to select cells that
>>>> include selected points is, though.
>>>>
>>>> -Ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Benjamin Spencer
>>>> <benjamin.spencer at inl.gov> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There has been a lot of discussion on the list about the Selection
>>>>> Inspector being replaced with the Selection Display Inspector in ParaView
>>>>> 4.x.  The Selection Display Inspector has the controls related to how the
>>>>> selection is displayed and labeled, but I can't find the other controls that
>>>>> were in the old Selection Inspector that allowed the user to manipulate the
>>>>> selection.  The ones I use most often are selecting by IDs and the option to
>>>>> select cells that include the selected points.  I've looked around, but
>>>>> haven't been able to find their equivalent in the new version.  If someone
>>>>> could point out where those have moved, I'd appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> Benjamin Spencer
>>>>> Fuels Modeling and Simulation
>>>>> Idaho National Laboratory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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