[Paraview] To improve the surface of a 3D model

Cory Quammen cory.quammen at kitware.com
Tue Nov 15 08:57:15 EST 2016


>
> Thank you once again Cory for your response. Appreciate it.
>

No problem :-) Let us know if you run into any problems or have other
questions.

Cory


> --
> Warm regards,
> Chathuri Gunasekera.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chathuri,
>>
>> Please keep your replies on the list so that others may have a chance to
>> participate in the discussion.
>>
>> i meant applying a texture to the model rather than coloring it. Is it
>>> possible in Paraview?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it is possible. Please see page 60 as numbered on the pages (page 74
>> in the PDF) in the ParaView Guide to see how:
>>
>> http://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?subm
>> it=Download&version=v5.0&type=data&os=all&downloadFile=ParaV
>> iewGuide-CE-v5.0.0.pdf
>>
>> The relevant text is copied here for your convenience:
>>
>> "Properties under the Miscellaneous group include Pickable. Uncheck this
>> if you want the dataset to be ignored when making selections. If the
>> dataset has a texture coordinates array, you can apply a texture to the
>> dataset surface using the Texture combo-box. Choose Load to load a texture
>> or apply a previously loaded texture listed in the combo-box. If your
>> dataset doesn’t have texture coordinates, you can create them by applying
>> one of Texture Map to Cylinder, Texture Map to Sphere, or Texture Map To
>> Plane filters."
>>
>> HTH,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Chathu Gunasekera <cgunases at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Cory,
>>>
>>> i meant applying a texture to the model rather than coloring it. Is it
>>> possible in Paraview?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Chathuri Gunasekera.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Chathu Gunasekera <cgunases at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean applying a texture rather than coloring by a scalar value
>>>>> on the surface?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:46 AM, Chathu Gunasekera <
>>>>> cgunases at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Cory,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much for your response.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, i think i was referring to improve the surface (NOT to change
>>>>>> the SHAPE, but to vary the surface).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Paraview, do you'll atleast have few options to change the
>>>>>> surface?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If not, are you aware any other software(input: vtk files), which i
>>>>>> could change the surface of the 3D model?
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>> Chathuri Gunasekera.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:40 PM, Cory Quammen <
>>>>>> cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Chathuri,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ParaView does not have any modeling tools that you would need to
>>>>>>> transform the surface in your example image to another shape. It supports
>>>>>>> basic transformations such as translation, scaling, and rotation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>> Cory
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Chathu Gunasekera <
>>>>>>> cgunases at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So is there any options in Paraview to vary different surfaces.
>>>>>>>> Suppose this model(below image)  is one of a human organ. How could you
>>>>>>>> change the surfaces to make it look like a real model? Is it possible in
>>>>>>>> Paraview?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>>>> Chathuri Gunasekera.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Cory Quammen
>>>>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cory Quammen
>>>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>> Chathuri Gunasekera.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cory Quammen
>> Staff R&D Engineer
>> Kitware, Inc.
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