[Paraview] vtk mesh display: no volume elements

[Zenker, Dr. Matthias]

Hi Karl,

applying the Mesh Quality filter doesn't show the volume mesh either.

Matthias

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Karl König [mailto:kkoenig11 at web.de]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2013 11:36
> An: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Betreff: Re: [Paraview] vtk mesh display: no volume elements
>
> Matthias,
>
> Your file defines points and cells, a geometry and a topology, but no data
> associated with neither points nor cells. Volume rendering requires at least a
> scalar data set associated with points or cells. You may want to provide such a
> data set by first applying the MeshQuality filter (or the Calculator filter).
>
> Karl
>
>
> Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote, On 27.02.2013 10:55:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to inspect a mesh generated with gmsh. To this end, I have
> > saved the mesh in vtk format and opened it with ParaView. The problem
> > is that I don't see any volume element (or their nodes) in the
> > display, no matter what mode (Points, Wireframe, ...) I choose. If I try
> > "Volume", I get the message: "Cannot volume render since no point (or
> > cell) data available."
> > I have attached a small example. As far as I see with a text editor,
> > there **are** tetrahedra (elements with 4 nodes) in the file. So why
> > doesn't ParaView show them?
> > I use ParaView 3.89.0-RC3 (32 bit) under Windows XP.
> >
> > Thank you for a helpful hint...
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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