Hi Alan, Is the file disk_out_ref.exo different from the file disk_out_ref.ex2 that comes with the ParaView test data?
Thanks, Cory On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Scott, W Alan <[email protected]> wrote: > Cory, > Excellent idea. I did try, and yes - I end up with polydata. However, I > then don't see any output. Mind giving this a try? Utkarsh should have > disk_out_ref.exo. What I did; > > Read in disk_out_ref.exo. > merge blocks > extract surface. > read in disk_out_ref.exo (yes, I know I could have used the original. Being > pre-Christmas brain dead.) > transform. X translation 20. (disks now have a distance from each other of > about 8.5 units.) > merge blocks > extract surface. > highlight each extract surface. > programmable filter. Paste in your code. > > No output variable named "distance" to be found. > > Thanks, > > Alan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cory Quammen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 3:10 PM > To: Scott, W Alan > Cc: Biddiscombe, John A.; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Calculating the distance between two > surfaces as a function of time during large deformation process > > Alan, > > disk_out_ref.ex2 -> Merge Blocks -> Extract Surface should get you polydata > that you can feed into the programmable filter. > > Thanks, > Cory > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Scott, W Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Very nice and simple! Thanks. >> >> I tried running it on two instances of disk_out_ref.exo, and it complained >> that it has MultiBlock data as inputs, but needs PolyData. Being a neophyte >> with the programmable filter, how can I either convert my data, or convert >> the filter to use multiblock data? >> >> Thanks!! >> >> Alan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cory Quammen [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:32 PM >> To: Biddiscombe, John A. >> Cc: Scott, W Alan; [email protected] >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Calculating the distance between >> two surfaces as a function of time during large deformation process >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> There is a filter in VTK called vtkDistancePolyDataFilter. It takes two >> polydata as inputs and produces up two two outputs, each with an the >> (optionally) signed distance from each point in the first polydata to the >> closest point on the second polydata. If the polydata inputs overlap and the >> signed distance is requested, the distance may be negative, which means that >> the point at which the distance is computed is inside the other polydata. >> >> Attached is a ParaView 4.2 state file with a Programmable Filter that >> exposes the vtkDistancePolyDataFilter. It could also be exposed as an XML >> plugin. >> >> Cheers, >> Cory >> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Biddiscombe, John A. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> The way I did this was to use one surface as a “source” - fire rays >>> from this surface along the surface normal until they hit the “target” >>> and return the distance. Then use the distances for every source node >>> as a new field which is output. One requires ideally a source mesh >>> with quite dense points to get a good sampling. >>> >>> JB >>> >>> On 23/12/14 21:02, "Scott, W Alan" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>I have a user that asked the following question. Any ideas how to do >>>>this? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Alan >>>> >>>> >>>>Greetings, >>>> >>>>I need to quantify the distance between two curved and deforming >>>>surfaces (large deformation mechanical analysis) as a function of >>>>time in batch mode. I don't know (and don't want to know) which two >>>>node points are the closest. Could you outline how you would code up >>>>something like this ? >>>> >>>>George >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Powered by www.kitware.com >>>> >>>>Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >>>>http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >>>> >>>>Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >>>>http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >>>> >>>>Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >>>> >>>>Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>>>http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Powered by www.kitware.com >>> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >>> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >>> >>> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> >> >> -- >> Cory Quammen >> R&D Engineer >> Kitware, Inc. > > > > -- > Cory Quammen > R&D Engineer > Kitware, Inc. -- Cory Quammen R&D Engineer Kitware, Inc. _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
