[vtkusers] vtk file format question

[Mathieu Malaterre]

nikhil,

	I believe another vtkuser (John Platt) is using quads that he render 
over hexahedron. So in you case you should render first all your 3d 
elements (tetra) and then render triangles over them.

HTH
Mathieu

nikhil butala wrote:
> Dear VTK users,
>  
>                 This question is about VTK file format. How can element 
> faces be represented using VTK file format?
>  
>                  I have groups of faces of elements in a different file 
> format(eg. face 1 of element number 1, face 4 of element number 2, face 
> 2 of element3 and so on for 1000 elements are in one group) . I want to 
> display this in VTK visualization window. For this, I want to represent 
> this information in vtk file format.
>               
>                  I am converting this file format to vtk to display the 
> group. I should be able to display only the particular faces of elements 
> in the VTK visualization window.
>  
>                I am working with unstructured grids(3D tetrahedral 
> elements).I know how to display groups of elements by using 
> vtkThreshold.  I would like to extend this to faces now.
> Any idea how to do this??
>  
> Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!
>  
> Thanks,
> Nikhil Butala
> 
> 
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