[Paraview] 3D contour smoothness

[Cory Quammen]

Phillipp,

Do you have a data set similar to the one you've shown that you can share?

Thanks,
Cory

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Philipp E <pspeachum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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