[vtkusers] Writing vtu files

shankarjee at ucla.edu shankarjee at ucla.edu
Sat Sep 11 10:51:13 EDT 2010


Thanks. That solved my problem. I was successfully able to write a vtu  
file. Thanks

Jee

Quoting "Eric E. Monson" <emonson at cs.duke.edu>:

> Hey Jee,
>
> (Make sure you reply to the whole list so everyone can contribute  
> and learn together.)
>
> There are various examples and tests which are linked off of the  
> vtkUnstructuredGrid documentation page:
>
> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkUnstructuredGrid.html
>
> For example, there is a Python script that specifically shows how to  
> build various types of cells:
>
> http://vtk.org/gitweb?p=VTK.git;a=blob;f=Examples/DataManipulation/Python/BuildUGrid.py
>
> and just glancing through some of the tests, I see that  
> TestUnstructuredGridGeometryFilter.cxx assembles an unstructured  
> grid with many types of cells:
>
> http://vtk.org/gitweb?p=VTK.git;a=blob;f=Graphics/Testing/Cxx/TestUnstructuredGridGeometryFilter.cxx
>
> These are also in the VTK source code in  
> [vtk_src]/Examples/DataManipulation/Python and  
> [vtk_src]/Graphics/Testing/Cxx respectively. You can look through  
> the other examples, too, as there may be simpler ones more tailored  
> for exactly what you're trying to do.
>
> Good luck,
> -Eric
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2010, at 5:16 PM, shankarjee at Ucla.edu wrote:
>
>> Eric
>>   Is there some code which also explains how to add cell data to  
>> the unstructured grid file. Sorry I am just learning to use vtk.  
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jee
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Eric E. Monson" <emonson at cs.duke.edu>:
>>
>>> Hey Jee,
>>>
>>> Do you need help creating your unstructured grid, or just writing it?
>>>
>>> There is this example on the wiki for writing an XML-based VTK  
>>> unstructured grid file:
>>>
>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/IO/WriteVTU
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> Eric E Monson
>>> Duke Visualization Technology Group
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 10, 2010, at 12:25 PM, shankarjee at ucla.edu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>   I am trying to write vtu files using vtk c++ routines. I was  
>>>> able to find a sample code on how to write structured grid. Can  
>>>> some one point me to an example to how to write unstructured grid  
>>>> in XML format using the vtk c++ routines. Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jee
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