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

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Louis,

Can you also attach a state file for the vis you're generating
currently, so I get a starting point? I am not sure which block is the
oil drop.

Thanks,
Utkarsh

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 8:12 PM, Steytler, Louis Louw
<steytle1 at illinois.edu> wrote:
> 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