Cory, disk_out_ref.exo and disk_out_ref.ex2 are one and the same, I think. I am not aware of a different disk_out_ref.exo
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Cory Quammen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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