Argh, copy paste skipped the trailing "." in the url I sent out before.
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Here_are_some_more_examples_of_simple_ParaView_3_python_filters. Go to the paraview wiki, click on Python Programmable Filter, click on "Here are some more examples of simple ParaView 3 python filters." :) > > Utkarsh > > David E DeMarle wrote: >> >> Or, try out the example of a python programmable reader that I've just >> posted to the wiki. >> >> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Here_are_some_more_examples_of_simple_ParaView_3_python_filters. >> >> To use it, open up Source->Programmable Source, set the output type to >> Poly Data, paste in the text, correct the filename, and in your case >> change the separator from "," to " ". >> >> Then apply the glyph filter. As Ken suggested. >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Moreland, Kenneth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> To be honest, ParaView doesn't make loading in a simple list of >>> coordinates >>> as easy as it should. It's something we will be working on in the near >>> future (e.g. bug #5016, http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=5016). >>> However, it is still possible to do what you want, it just takes a few >>> more >>> steps than it should. >>> >>> I think the easiest way to get your data into ParaView is to convert it >>> to a >>> legacy VTK file. From what you attached below, all you need to do is add >>> some header in front of it. Below I have included a modified form of >>> your >>> data that conforms to the legacy VTK file format (hopefully line endings >>> are >>> preserved again, because they matter in the header). Copy the data into >>> a >>> file with a .vtk extension and you will be able to load it into ParaView. >>> >>> When you first load this into ParaView, you will not actually see >>> anything >>> drawn. This is because I was too lazy to add cells to the data. >>> However, >>> you can use the Glyph filter to add the exact geometry you described (a >>> sphere of radius 0.5). After loading the data (don't forget to hit the >>> Apply button), add the Glyph filter (there is a convenient toolbar button >>> with an image of a large sphere covered by smaller green spheres). >>> Change >>> the "Glyph Type" to "Sphere". The default radius happens to be 0.5, so >>> you >>> are good to hit the Apply button and you should see your particles. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> -Ken >>> >>> # vtk DataFile Version 2.0 >>> Some example 50 particles. >>> ASCII >>> DATASET POLYDATA >>> POINTS 50 double >>> 5.488638491049999857e+01 4.533285539199999903e+01 >>> 5.990067340830000120e+01 >>> 5.507634645640000315e+01 4.690055020359999816e+01 >>> 6.205816942250000068e+01 >>> 5.611924302530000119e+01 4.584485860769999732e+01 >>> 6.292926739199999986e+01 >>> 5.641759022880000174e+01 4.340893347419999770e+01 >>> 5.895382539940000299e+01 >>> 5.693618177649999978e+01 4.489218829629999874e+01 >>> 6.410368616600000280e+01 >>> 5.555939302830000059e+01 4.362780979029999884e+01 >>> 5.951328359800000101e+01 >>> 5.554350617000000057e+01 4.188482518459999682e+01 >>> 5.878381606479999988e+01 >>> 5.604427505559999645e+01 4.649609805720000111e+01 >>> 6.210705354470000117e+01 >>> 5.530048293149999949e+01 4.624494566079999913e+01 >>> 5.959863344469999902e+01 >>> 5.467705995490995718e+01 4.355678678950000204e+01 >>> 5.875568285069999774e+01 >>> 5.621869458380000140e+01 4.439583221640000232e+01 >>> 5.924903889080000141e+01 >>> 5.561998122079999973e+01 4.394605972949999995e+01 >>> 5.851489735050000007e+01 >>> 5.690921858690000334e+01 4.582500510620000256e+01 >>> 6.362092096509999806e+01 >>> 5.475098914309999998e+01 4.619126324740000200e+01 >>> 6.049120611730000263e+01 >>> 5.641635311080000292e+01 4.243341419539999748e+01 >>> 5.854919389150000342e+01 >>> 5.621830122240000094e+01 3.991548769199999924e+01 >>> 5.863887904930000161e+01 >>> 5.719361166030000021e+01 4.174063668590000020e+01 >>> 5.835930649010000337e+01 >>> 5.616689354599999717e+01 4.325470363480000202e+01 >>> 5.795258720969999899e+01 >>> 5.579069489220000122e+01 4.498163925800000129e+01 >>> 5.848915900779999788e+01 >>> 5.481830772069999824e+01 4.707179765050000242e+01 >>> 6.105822532359999855e+01 >>> 5.564110346620000058e+01 3.912246424140000300e+01 >>> 5.901021183169999773e+01 >>> 5.621457283520000203e+01 4.152797633419999812e+01 >>> 5.806957834979999689e+01 >>> 5.719488688780000274e+01 3.994124700609999934e+01 >>> 5.900162063970000048e+01 >>> 5.665532662689999910e+01 4.495426231879999790e+01 >>> 6.309290282119999915e+01 >>> 5.580952576610000193e+01 4.721484517420000060e+01 >>> 6.137584942670000032e+01 >>> 5.561332834329999741e+01 4.679007541709999884e+01 >>> 6.043663970149999898e+01 >>> 5.518545746840000277e+01 4.457136614680000264e+01 >>> 5.923679874550000335e+01 >>> 5.647997341979999675e+01 4.154384547210000278e+01 >>> 5.909534597060000038e+01 >>> 5.765199147479999908e+01 4.512795159830000102e+01 >>> 6.337497765989999721e+01 >>> 5.584302705049999815e+01 4.535378866500000328e+01 >>> 5.946951471839999925e+01 >>> 5.562396915850000312e+01 4.236937535799999921e+01 >>> 5.785716254439999773e+01 >>> 5.551942573040000184e+01 4.293100157170000131e+01 >>> 5.873180053770000342e+01 >>> 5.536439253620000045e+01 4.586432050150000350e+01 >>> 6.446544382109999560e+01 >>> 5.601580874620000117e+01 4.532177775110000084e+01 >>> 6.383980378760995222e+01 >>> 5.522183270229999863e+01 4.591330843859999788e+01 >>> 6.239036235070000203e+01 >>> 5.552475736130995188e+01 4.671884746799999988e+01 >>> 6.299182048400000156e+01 >>> 5.569300298889999823e+01 4.574124821929999740e+01 >>> 6.043186792259999862e+01 >>> 5.505789659319999885e+01 4.672642824350000268e+01 >>> 6.394446345749999949e+01 >>> 5.647888952489999781e+01 4.055610006399999889e+01 >>> 5.944827188789999894e+01 >>> 5.512435615700000113e+01 4.330096744890000338e+01 >>> 5.784002608130000311e+01 >>> 5.587834371390000143e+01 4.749533078369999828e+01 >>> 6.238585686929999952e+01 >>> 5.554561466909999723e+01 4.008492034519999692e+01 >>> 5.941969696160000325e+01 >>> 5.513332295810000261e+01 4.791230244629999646e+01 >>> 6.177737797679999687e+01 >>> 5.680377349180000124e+01 4.076690689720000194e+01 >>> 5.847625241530000295e+01 >>> 5.520251321359999963e+01 4.582912735579999719e+01 >>> 6.343219189789999746e+01 >>> 5.499600962339999910e+01 4.554144637859999989e+01 >>> 5.888039144079999687e+01 >>> 5.577575750479999783e+01 4.085686345740000291e+01 >>> 5.873738147630000128e+01 >>> 5.603135377430000119e+01 4.636511701490000092e+01 >>> 6.383143826789999764e+01 >>> 5.642135364429999811e+01 3.952228659610000250e+01 >>> 5.958435845870000236e+01 >>> 5.541103635689999862e+01 4.624251213800000215e+01 >>> 6.131094504189999839e+01 >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/30/08 5:47 AM, "Lorenzo Isella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> I am a complete newbie in visualization, so an apology in advance is >>>> what I ask will sound trivial. >>>> I am browsing several Paraview tutorials, but I am missing out what I >>>> really need. >>>> Right now, I do NOT need e.g. to plot a temperature field on a metal >>>> slab with a non-trivial geometry. Rather, I have a set of particles >>>> (each is a simple sphere) in a 3D-box. The raw data is an ascii file >>>> of the form: >>>> >>>> x_1 y_1 z_1 >>>> x_2 y_2 z_2 >>>> ............. >>>> x_N y_N z_N >>>> >>>> In each position {x_i,y_i,z_i} there is a sphere having radius 0.5. >>>> Hence I do not have a grid but only a list of positions of some >>>> spheres in space. >>>> How should I deal with that in Paraview? Which format should I convert >>>> my ascii file to? >>>> In case it turns out to be useful to fix the ideas, I paste below an >>>> example case with 50 particles (each line should contain three >>>> numbers, but I do not know how it will be shown by your email client). >>>> Many thanks >>>> >>>> Lorenzo >>>> >>>> 5.488638491049999857e+01 4.533285539199999903e+01 >>>> 5.990067340830000120e+01 >>>> 5.507634645640000315e+01 4.690055020359999816e+01 >>>> 6.205816942250000068e+01 >>>> 5.611924302530000119e+01 4.584485860769999732e+01 >>>> 6.292926739199999986e+01 >>>> 5.641759022880000174e+01 4.340893347419999770e+01 >>>> 5.895382539940000299e+01 >>>> 5.693618177649999978e+01 4.489218829629999874e+01 >>>> 6.410368616600000280e+01 >>>> 5.555939302830000059e+01 4.362780979029999884e+01 >>>> 5.951328359800000101e+01 >>>> 5.554350617000000057e+01 4.188482518459999682e+01 >>>> 5.878381606479999988e+01 >>>> 5.604427505559999645e+01 4.649609805720000111e+01 >>>> 6.210705354470000117e+01 >>>> 5.530048293149999949e+01 4.624494566079999913e+01 >>>> 5.959863344469999902e+01 >>>> 5.467705995490995718e+01 4.355678678950000204e+01 >>>> 5.875568285069999774e+01 >>>> 5.621869458380000140e+01 4.439583221640000232e+01 >>>> 5.924903889080000141e+01 >>>> 5.561998122079999973e+01 4.394605972949999995e+01 >>>> 5.851489735050000007e+01 >>>> 5.690921858690000334e+01 4.582500510620000256e+01 >>>> 6.362092096509999806e+01 >>>> 5.475098914309999998e+01 4.619126324740000200e+01 >>>> 6.049120611730000263e+01 >>>> 5.641635311080000292e+01 4.243341419539999748e+01 >>>> 5.854919389150000342e+01 >>>> 5.621830122240000094e+01 3.991548769199999924e+01 >>>> 5.863887904930000161e+01 >>>> 5.719361166030000021e+01 4.174063668590000020e+01 >>>> 5.835930649010000337e+01 >>>> 5.616689354599999717e+01 4.325470363480000202e+01 >>>> 5.795258720969999899e+01 >>>> 5.579069489220000122e+01 4.498163925800000129e+01 >>>> 5.848915900779999788e+01 >>>> 5.481830772069999824e+01 4.707179765050000242e+01 >>>> 6.105822532359999855e+01 >>>> 5.564110346620000058e+01 3.912246424140000300e+01 >>>> 5.901021183169999773e+01 >>>> 5.621457283520000203e+01 4.152797633419999812e+01 >>>> 5.806957834979999689e+01 >>>> 5.719488688780000274e+01 3.994124700609999934e+01 >>>> 5.900162063970000048e+01 >>>> 5.665532662689999910e+01 4.495426231879999790e+01 >>>> 6.309290282119999915e+01 >>>> 5.580952576610000193e+01 4.721484517420000060e+01 >>>> 6.137584942670000032e+01 >>>> 5.561332834329999741e+01 4.679007541709999884e+01 >>>> 6.043663970149999898e+01 >>>> 5.518545746840000277e+01 4.457136614680000264e+01 >>>> 5.923679874550000335e+01 >>>> 5.647997341979999675e+01 4.154384547210000278e+01 >>>> 5.909534597060000038e+01 >>>> 5.765199147479999908e+01 4.512795159830000102e+01 >>>> 6.337497765989999721e+01 >>>> 5.584302705049999815e+01 4.535378866500000328e+01 >>>> 5.946951471839999925e+01 >>>> 5.562396915850000312e+01 4.236937535799999921e+01 >>>> 5.785716254439999773e+01 >>>> 5.551942573040000184e+01 4.293100157170000131e+01 >>>> 5.873180053770000342e+01 >>>> 5.536439253620000045e+01 4.586432050150000350e+01 >>>> 6.446544382109999560e+01 >>>> 5.601580874620000117e+01 4.532177775110000084e+01 >>>> 6.383980378760995222e+01 >>>> 5.522183270229999863e+01 4.591330843859999788e+01 >>>> 6.239036235070000203e+01 >>>> 5.552475736130995188e+01 4.671884746799999988e+01 >>>> 6.299182048400000156e+01 >>>> 5.569300298889999823e+01 4.574124821929999740e+01 >>>> 6.043186792259999862e+01 >>>> 5.505789659319999885e+01 4.672642824350000268e+01 >>>> 6.394446345749999949e+01 >>>> 5.647888952489999781e+01 4.055610006399999889e+01 >>>> 5.944827188789999894e+01 >>>> 5.512435615700000113e+01 4.330096744890000338e+01 >>>> 5.784002608130000311e+01 >>>> 5.587834371390000143e+01 4.749533078369999828e+01 >>>> 6.238585686929999952e+01 >>>> 5.554561466909999723e+01 4.008492034519999692e+01 >>>> 5.941969696160000325e+01 >>>> 5.513332295810000261e+01 4.791230244629999646e+01 >>>> 6.177737797679999687e+01 >>>> 5.680377349180000124e+01 4.076690689720000194e+01 >>>> 5.847625241530000295e+01 >>>> 5.520251321359999963e+01 4.582912735579999719e+01 >>>> 6.343219189789999746e+01 >>>> 5.499600962339999910e+01 4.554144637859999989e+01 >>>> 5.888039144079999687e+01 >>>> 5.577575750479999783e+01 4.085686345740000291e+01 >>>> 5.873738147630000128e+01 >>>> 5.603135377430000119e+01 4.636511701490000092e+01 >>>> 6.383143826789999764e+01 >>>> 5.642135364429999811e+01 3.952228659610000250e+01 >>>> 5.958435845870000236e+01 >>>> 5.541103635689999862e+01 4.624251213800000215e+01 >>>> 6.131094504189999839e+01 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ParaView mailing list >>>> ParaView@paraview.org >>>> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >>>> >>>> >>> >>> **** Kenneth Moreland >>> *** Sandia National Laboratories >>> *********** >>> *** *** *** email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ** *** ** phone: (505) 844-8919 >>> *** fax: (505) 845-0833 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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