[Paraview] 3D contour smoothness

[Philipp E]

Hi Cory,

thank you for your fast feedback.

a) Compute normal is checked. (Without normals, the contour is
completely stepped)
b) Contour values are the same.

Regards
Philipp

On 09/19/2014 04:40 PM, Cory Quammen wrote:
> Philipp,
>
> In the contour filter, is the option "Compute Normals" checked in 4.0 RC1?
>
> Also, are the contour values the same between the two versions?
>
> Thanks,
> Cory
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Philipp E <pspeachum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> after extensive search I was desperate enough to post on this list:
>>
>> It appears that the surface smoothing algorithm of the contour filter
>> does not work as "aggressive" as in older version (3.14.1 was the last
>> one we found to do so). As an example I prepared this two screenshots,
>> VTK data are scalars on a structured grid (200x100x100), legacy format.
>> (An additional call of the "smooth" filter does not help.)
>>
>> 3.14.1
>> http://s7.directupload.net/images/140919/euadfvko.png
>> 4.0.RC1
>> http://s14.directupload.net/images/140919/84y689mi.png
>>
>> Both versions are running with the shipped settings. Since the effect
>> could be reproduced on several workstations, we are wondering whether
>> there has been an (undocumented?) change in the filter mechanism or some
>> option we/setting/data problem we are not aware of.
>>
>> Kind regards and thanks in advance
>> Philipp Engels.
>>
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