[vtkusers] Some things cannot be saved as VTP?

[Amy Squillacote]

Hi Dave,

The output of Delaunay 3D is an unstructured grid, not a polygonal 
dataset. VTP files are for storing polygonal datasets (i.e., 
vtkPolyData). VTU files are for storing unstructured grids. If you want 
to store the output of Delaunay 3D in a VTP file, you'll have to convert 
your vtkUnstructuredGrid to a vtkPolyData. You could do this, for 
example, with a surface filter (called "Extract Surface") in ParaView. 
However, this will keep the polygonal outer surface of your unstructured 
grid, not all the tetrahedra generated by Delaunay 3D.

- Amy

daviddoria wrote:
> In paraview when I do some operations (ie Delaunay 3D), I cannot save the
> result as a vtp file. I already have a VTP reader/writer working in c++, so
> it would just be much simpler if I could export the result as a vtp file
> instead of the choices it gives me (pvd, vtu, vtk) and then having to get
> another converter working in c++.
>
> Is there a way to do this in paraview?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>   

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