[Paraview] display boundaries of 2D geometry

[Cory Quammen]

Matthias,

Alas, I don't know much about Salomé. If no one here replies, you
might have better luck on the Salomé forum:

http://www.salome-platform.org/forum

Best,
Cory

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Zenker, Dr. Matthias
<Matthias.Zenker at erbe-med.com> wrote:
> Hi Cory,
>
> thank you for the hint.
> However, I don't know how to make a mesh generated by Salomé a multi-block dataset. Could you tell me more or give me a pointer on where I can find that out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthias
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Cory Quammen [mailto:cory.quammen at kitware.com]
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 14. Juni 2016 14:27
>> An: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Paraview] display boundaries of 2D geometry
>>
>> Hi Matthais,
>>
>> People typically use multi-block data sets for this purpose. ParaView has a
>> multi-block inspector that enables you change the visibility of the blocks in a
>> data set. If you make each surface a block, then you can show/hide each at
>> will.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> <Matthias.Zenker at erbe-med.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Cory,
>> >
>> > this helped indeed, thank you.
>> > I  load the mesh.vtu file and apply the Threshold filter on the GeometryID,
>> and display that together with my simulation results. That works fine.
>> > If I want to display several parts selectively, I can use several Thresholds,
>> which is a bit clumsy.
>> > It would be nice to be able to get a list of all GeometryIDs, and to check
>> those which I want displayed. Do you know if there is a way to do that? Or on
>> a more general basis: are there other, more elegant ways to display a
>> geometry in ParaView?
>> >
>> > Thanks again,
>> >
>> > Matthias
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> >> Von: Cory Quammen [mailto:cory.quammen at kitware.com]
>> >> Gesendet: Montag, 13. Juni 2016 22:28
>> >> An: Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> >> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> >> Betreff: Re: [Paraview] display boundaries of 2D geometry
>> >>
>> >> Matthias,
>> >>
>> >> I'm not sure I fully understand exactly what you are trying to do,
>> >> but I will try to make a suggestion anyway. If the edges have a cell
>> >> data array giving the ID, you should be able to use the Threshold
>> >> filter to extract the edges associated with a particular body ID.
>> >> Just set the threshold values to the ID you want to see.
>> >>
>> >> Hope that helps,
>> >> Cory
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Zenker, Dr. Matthias
>> >> <Matthias.Zenker at erbe-med.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > is there a way to display the boundaries (edges) of a 2D geometry?
>> >> > I have converted my mesh to vtu using Elmergrid, so I have the IDs
>> >> > of bodies (=surfaces in 2D) and boundaries (edges) in a vtu file.
>> >> > Can I just display the edges having the same ID? The extract edges filter
>> does not help.
>> >> What
>> >> > else could I try?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you for a helpful hint,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Matthias
>> >> >
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