[Paraview] Table to structured grid problem

Lester Anderson arctica1963 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 07:15:39 EDT 2016


Think I sorted it by reordering the data:
sort(z) -> sort(y) -> sort(x) (in Excel)
Gives the volume rendered properly. So is there a specific ordering
scheme to follow?

On 22 June 2016 at 10:23, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a quick note, each layer is ordered bottom left to top right. The
> region is defined as:
> west = 117, East = 128.5, South = -11, North = -6
>
> On 22 June 2016 at 06:42, Lester Anderson <arctica1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>> The data dimensions are: 116 x 51 x 51 (xyz), so the model extent was set to:
>> X = 0 - 115, Y = 0 - 50, Z = 0 -50
>> These extents work fine and no errors assciated with the input, and no
>> missing nodes. The model comprises 51 layers and each is 116 x 51 and
>> all have the total 5916.
>>
>> Not sure what is going on because loading as points is fine.
>>
>> On 21 June 2016 at 17:30, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov> wrote:
>>> Lester,
>>>
>>> What are the dimensions of the grid in the table? Are they 116x51x51 or 115x50x50?
>>>
>>> The extent that you set in the TableToStructuredGrid filter uses inclusive indices. That means they should go from 0 to one less than the size of the dimension. So if your grid is 115x50x50, then the extent should be set as
>>> X = 0 - 114
>>> Y = 0 - 49
>>> Z = 0 - 49
>>>
>>> -Ken
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Lester Anderson
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:03 AM
>>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Table to structured grid problem
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have tried to generate a structured grid from a csv file comprising
>>> 51 layers with X and Y as Long and Lat respectively.
>>>
>>> (1) Load CSV file
>>> (2) Filter -> TableToStructuredGrid
>>> set dimensions:
>>> x = 0 - 115
>>> y = 0 - 50
>>> z = 0 - 50
>>>
>>> This all works fine, but the plot is skewed oddly in the gridding, as in the outline view does not show a nice regular shaped outline but rather a jagged edge, almost like it is trying to join points on the front and back faces (see test picture).
>>>
>>> TableTo Points worked fine and all points were placed correctly.
>>>
>>> Paraview 5.0.0 64-bit Windows
>>>
>>> Any ideas what might be going on? I never had this problem before and the CSV file is fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Lester


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