[Paraview] Extracting data on the surface of a block?

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

By "Export View", I meant "Export Scene" under the "File" menu.

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit
<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Louis,
>
>> This seemed to produce reasonable looking results, but I was not able to
>> specify the number of points along the arc where data was extracted.
>
> PlotOnIntersectionCurves essentially slices the dataset using a
> implicit plane. The points you get are indeed the insection points
> between your polydata and the plane and hence there's no control over
> how many points there can be, besides what's determined by your mesh.
>
> If you can share the sample data (feel free to do it off the list,if
> you'd like), I can see what other options may work.
>
>>Also,  upon saving, three files were produced file0.csv, file1.csv, file2.csv, and
>> file3.csv. Not sure why I am not getting just one file?
>
> Are you using "save data"? I'd suggest selecting the "Chart View" and
> then using "Export View" option to export the curves. That will give
> you a since CSV for the fields you've selected.
>
> Utkarsh