You could try using the Clean filter to merge redundant points, and play with the tolerance to further reduce complexity.
On May 26, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR) wrote: > I'm using custom polydata saved to obj/ply files that was used for other > projects. The other projects needed the detail they provide. I, however, do > not. So to speed up what I'm doing, I'd like to reduce them to a more > manageable size. > > pratik wrote: >> hi, >> Are you just using the default glyphs that come with Paraview? i think they >> include a maskpoints option too. >> On Friday 27 May 2011 01:23 AM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR) wrote: >>> It has cells as well which I'd like to keep. Say it was a Car with lots of >>> detail. I want it to end up still looking like a car but with 4800 points >>> instead of 48000. >>> >>> As far as I can tell, maskpoints will remove the cell data. >>> >>> pratik wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Use the maskpoints filter. >>>> >>>> pratik >>>> On Friday 27 May 2011 01:10 AM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR) wrote: >>>>> I have an obj file and a ply file which both have a lot of detail. The >>>>> ply has around 48000 points (1MB) and the obj has round 6000 points >>>>> (.2MB). I want to use these two as glyphs for each point in my reader. I >>>>> am able to load them, but since they are huge on their own, it bogs down >>>>> ParaView. Is there a way to reduce the amount of points, but maintain the >>>>> basic structure? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Brian Panneton >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
