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

[Steytler, Louis Louw]

Hi Utkarsh,

My data file is rather large, but here is a link to the data:

https://uofi.box.com/s/u4hpipt8kbo0u3oxhz92xeya75kzf6kd

Please let me know if this is too large and I can try to send a smaller version.

I have been using "save data". It seems I have data sets under the "Composite Data Set Index" list in the PlotOnIntersection pipeline.

How is "Chart View" selected again? I didn't find it in the "View" drop down menu at the top, but I was able to open a new layout and select "SpreadSheetView".

Thanks again,

Louis Steytler
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1206 West Green Street
Urbana, Il 61801
steytle1 at illinois.edu
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From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
Sent: 23 January 2018 09:32 AM
To: Steytler, Louis Louw
Cc: paraview at paraview.org
Subject: Re: [Paraview] Extracting data on the surface of a block?

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