ParaView internally runs the vtkDataSetTriangleFilter filter to subdivide all cells into tetrahedra.
-Ken On 9/15/11 8:16 AM, "Peter Maday" <madap...@gmail.com> wrote: >Dear Paraview users, > >I have a .vtk dataset containing an unstructured grid with scalars. >Paraview seems to be able to volume render the dataset (and it >mentions vtkOpenGLProjectedTetrahedraMapper in the progress bar while >doing the rendering). The dataset contains not only tetrahedra, but >other cell types as well. > >I would like to do the same volume rendering using VTK only, however >am experiencing some difficulties. The volume rendering mapper gives >an error message stating that only tetrahedral elements are supported >for the rendering. As long as Paraview really relies on >vtkOpenGLProjectedTetrahedraMapper, there has to be a way to modify >the original untructured grid so that the non terahedral cells are >removed / transformed. > >My question is if anyone should have some suggestion about how to do >this conversion, or by what means it should be possible to get the >volume rendering working for this kind of dataset. > >Thanks a lot, >Peter >_______________________________________________ >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
