[Paraview] GMT grids to 3D surface

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Have you tried the "Warp By Scalar" filter? The filter allows you to
select the scalar to warp with as well as the normal along which to
warp the mesh.

Utkarsh

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I can see how to load a GMT (netCDF) grid into Paraview but cannot seem to
> see how to translate it into an elevation surface.
>
> The data is a gridded surface of a subducting slab geometry, with X, Y as
> longitude and latitude respectively, and Z as the depth range 0 to -700 km.
> Here the Z value represents the scalar depth.
>
> Do I need to pre-process the data prior to loading into Paraview? When
> loaded the Z-dimension is 1 so it is still essentially a 2D surface. Loading
> point data (eg earthquake solutions) is fine as I can edit the data table,
> but not sure what else I need to get a slab surface in correctly: for
> plotting the Z-dimension would need to have an extent of 0 to 699 (d=700).
>
> Be good to know how I can solve this simply.
>
> Cheers
>
> Lester
>
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