[vtkusers] [Paraview] vtkPolydata vs. vtkUnstructuredGrid

[Aurélien Marsan]

Hi David,

Ok, Thank you ! So in my case, I need a vtkUnstructuredGrid.
Sorry for the lists.

Regards,

Aurélien


2014-07-30 16:06 GMT-04:00 David Thompson <david.thompson at kitware.com>:

> Hi Aurélien,
>
> The conceptual difference between the two is that unstructured grids can
> have volumetric cells while polydata cannot.
>
>         David
>
> PS. Eliminating paraview list from reply... please don't mail both lists.
>
> On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Aurélien Marsan <aur.marsan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Paraview users, and VTK users
> >
> > I want to build a vtkUnstructuredGrid from several numpy arrays, which
> contains the points coordinates, the cells, cells locations, cells types
> etc...
> > So : I have all informations that are needed.
> >
> > vtkPolyData seems a lot easier to define through a python script.
> >
> > But : what is the fundamental difference between vtkPolyData and
> vtkUnstructuredGrid ?
> > What should be the criterion in order to choose on of these two types ?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > Regards,
> >
> > Aurélien
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