[Paraview] Trusses to Tubes

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Dennis,

Do you have a sample dataset that you can share?

Utkarsh

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Dennis Conklin
<dennis_conklin at goodyear.com> wrote:
> All,
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> I have a Exodus multi-block dataset with some blocks that are truss elements
> (unstructured grid).    Each truss represents a cord and I would like to run
> the Tube filter on them to display their actual diameter so that I can check
> how close they come to touching each other.  Of course, the Tube only runs
> on lines, not trusses.
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> I am contemplating writing a Programmable Filter that looks a lot like the
> double-helix example in the wiki that would create a line for each of the
> truss elements.   Before I go off on that, is there any more elegant way to
> convert my trusses to lines, or otherwise to get the correct diameter
> represented?    Is there some way to leverage the points and connectivity
> implicit in the trusses to quickly create lines?
>
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> Thanks for looking
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>
> Dennis
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