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

[Scott, W Alan]

Hi Louise,
To find Chart View, look for the words RenderView, to the left of the view splitting icons.  Right click just left of there, in the white open header area.  Select Convert To...

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of
> Steytler, Louis Louw
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 6:12 PM
> To: Ayachit, Utkarsh (External Contacts) <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Extracting data on the surface of a block?
> 
> 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
> ________________________________________
> 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
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