Or, if it's not possible to show the global ID of a given selected point in a 2D cut, is it possible to display the coordinates of a point selected by the mouse? I could not find such options.
Thanks, Karen On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Karen Lee <kylka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > I'm wondering, if I do a 2D cut of a 3D model, will the ID shown be a > number assigned for hte point/element in the 2D plane only? The > coordinates don't seem to match with that of the 3D mode and I've no > way of going the middle of the volume plot and seeing everything > clearly and selecting points from there... > > Is there some way I can find the global ID of a given selected point > in a 2D cut? > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Andy Bauer <andy.ba...@kitware.com> wrote: >> Since the selection stuff is somewhat new I'm not sure how it worked in >> 3.6.1. In the latest version in the selection inspector you can highlight >> cells/points and use delete, delete all, and/or new value to the list of >> selected objects. >> >> You can also play around with the selections in the spreadsheet view >> (there's a green dashed box button widget that will only list selected >> points or cells). The selections between the spreadsheet view and 3d view >> are connected so selecting in one selects in both. >> >> Andy >> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Karen Lee <kylka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I seem to have gotten it work. However, I'm wondering if there's some >>> setting I can change such that it only gives the cell that contains my point >>> instead of 15 of them... >>> >>> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Karen Lee <kylka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Andy, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to follow your instructions, but had some trouble with it. By >>>> fiddling around I got the cell which contains my point of interest (by >>>> location, the point is not a node) to be highlighted. I'm wondering if >>>> there's a way for me to get the Cell ID of the highlighted cell? I'm using >>>> version 3.6.1. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Karen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Andy Bauer <andy.ba...@kitware.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure this is exactly what you want but you can select a >>>>> point/cell and then go to selection inspector and go to the point >>>>> label/cell >>>>> label tab and toggle the visible button to show selected point or cell >>>>> ids. >>>>> The selection inspector also allows you to "select cells that include the >>>>> selected points". >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> Andy >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Karen Lee <kylka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Paraview users and developers, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm interested in finding the element number (ID) that's closest to, or >>>>>> containing a given point, or by clicking on the element itself in the >>>>>> diagram (2D cut of a 3D mesh). This seems to be a simple question but I >>>>>> haven't figured out. Can someone pls help? >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Karen >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>>>>> http://www.paraview.org/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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview