[Paraview] Irregular outer boundary of Points

[Hedieh Ebrahimi]

hi all,

thanks for reply.

Finally it seemed like " Feature Edges " filter from ParaView seems to work
to get the outer boundary of an irregular shape.

Thanks.


On 18 June 2013 16:42, Hedieh Ebrahimi <hedieh.ebrahimi at amphos21.com> wrote:

> Hello David,
>
> Thanks for your reply. Delunay 3D will actually work and give me the
> irregular area, but if I put the representation to outline to see the
> outline of this object, again the outline will be a rectangle.
>
> Is there anyway to see the outer boundary of a group of points without
> seeing the interior points, that is is there anyway to see the PERIMETER
> of a group of points?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
>
>
> On 18 June 2013 13:33, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Try the Delaunay 3D filter.
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
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>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-881-4909
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Hedieh Ebrahimi <
>> hedieh.ebrahimi at amphos21.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi dear ParaView Users,
>>>
>>> I am trying to see the outline of a number of points which I input in to
>>> paraview as a CSV file
>>> and then convert to points using "Table to Points" filter.
>>>
>>> When putting the representation to "OUTLINE" , ParaView will show me a
>>> rectangular outline of these points. What I am interested to see is an
>>> irregular outline or outer boundary of these group of points which shows
>>> exactly the area covered by the points. ( my points are 3D but I am
>>> watching them on a 2D plane)
>>>
>>> Is there anyway in ParaView to see the outline of Points as they
>>> actually are (irregular boundary of the group of points)  and not an
>>> estimated rectangular boundary as OUTLINE representation?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
>>>
>>>
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