[Paraview] associating table data with a Paraview source?

[Burlen Loring]

hey Cynthia,

if your data is in, or can be converted to, CSV format just open it up, 
and apply the table to points filter, followed by glyph filter. table to 
points you'll need to specify the coordinate arrays and check keep all 
arrays option. in the glyph filter properties you can select a sphere 
glyph and select glyph all points option. this will put a sphere at each 
point and you can scale and color them by any of the arrays.

Burlen

On 08/24/2016 03:41 PM, Hart, Cynthia Joyce - (cyndyb) wrote:
>
> Hi folks, An ignorant question.  I know Paraview is great for 
> visualizing existing complex data sets, but I have a simple problem 
> wherein I need to create a dataset, and I would like to solve this 
> problem using Paraview, but I am unsure how to do so.
>
> In brief, I have been given point data of radiance values of 3 sensors 
> placed in specific locations around a mesh.  I have no 3D object 
> provided that represents the sensors, no 3d volume; just a spreadsheet 
> of values of sensor readings over time. For illustrative purposes, it 
> is desired to visualize the sensors as radiant spheres, and animate 
> how the 3 sensor values change over time, by showing the sensor 
> spheres varying in color.
>
> It seems the way to go about this, is create source spheres in 
> Paraview, at the proper locations around the mesh object.  This part 
> is easy!  What is not clear to me, is if there is a way – and if so, 
> what is it – to associate my data tables of changing sensor values 
> with the Paraview sphere sources. Once I import the csv spreadsheet, 
> how can I associate it with an object already in Paraview?   Can 
> someone kindly point me in the right direction, or tell me this cannot 
> be done.  Thank you!
>
> Cynthia
>
>
>
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