The glyph filter will only work on point data. Try running the "Cell Centers" filter and glyph the result of that.
-Ken On 1/9/13 7:47 AM, "Michael Jackson" <mike.jack...@bluequartz.net> wrote: >I have some code that I am working on where I am calculating normals for >triangles. I am trying to verify the calculation by visualizing the data >in ParaView. I am writing a "Legacy" vtk file of type POLYDATA. I have a >section in the CELL_DATA that starts out: > >NORMALS SurfaceMeshTriangleNormals double > >When I load the data in ParaView I "see" that there is Cell Data called >SurfaceMeshTriangleNormals that has 3 components. When I select the >"Glyph" filter the SurfaceMeshTriangleNormals do not show up in any of >the drop down combo boxes. If I use the "Normal Glyphs" filter isn't >ParaView calculating its own normals? I don't want that. > >I also tried replacing the "NORMALS" with "VECTORS" but that did not help. > >This is with ParaView 3.14.1 (Custom Built) on OS X 10.6.8. > >Thanks in advance for any help or pointers on what I am doing wrong. >___________________________________________________________ >Mike Jackson Principal Software Engineer >BlueQuartz Software Dayton, Ohio >mike.jack...@bluequartz.net www.bluequartz.net > >_______________________________________________ >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