[Paraview] VTK Data File Scalars Analysis

[Guillermo Giraldo]

Thanks, now it's clear.

If I'd like to find the actual VTK file reading process, where in the
repository should I look?

El vie., 16 de oct. de 2015 a la(s) 4:12 p. m., Cory Quammen <
cory.quammen at kitware.com> escribió:

> Guillermo,
>
> vtkSplitColumnComponents assigns the names based on a guess that
> 3-component arrays are vectors with X, Y, Z components and 6-component
> arrays represent symmetric 3x3 matrices, i.e.
>
> XX XY XZ
> XY YY YZ
> XZ YZ ZZ
>
> See ParaView/ParaViewCore/VTKExtensions/Core/vtkPVPostFilter.cxx, lines
> 147-174.
>
> HTH,
> Cory
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Guillermo Giraldo <
> guillegiraldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to know how Paraview analyses scalar data from a VTK data file.
>> Specially, how it extracts the components of a scalar and assigns names for
>> color plots. For example if numComp is 3 they are named "Magnitude, X, Y
>> and Z2, but if numComp is 6 they are named "Magnitude, XX, YY; ZZ, XY, XZ
>> and YZ". How is this determined?
>>
>> Some questions I'd like to answer are: can this be done with only the VTK
>> library? If not, are there any other library that can do it (e.g. paraview
>> python)?
>>
>> Pointing to the specific code file in the git repository should be
>> enough, but an explanation would be great!
>>
>> Thanks in advance and greetings.
>> --
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>> Atte.
>>
>> Guillermo E. Giraldo Fernandez
>> Cel. 301 628 6730
>> Colombia - Suramérica
>>
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Atte.

Guillermo E. Giraldo Fernandez
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