Hi Utkarsh, I actually found that this morning when I compiled a later version of PV than the one I was using previously (our clusters are behind on dependencies so I've been reluctant to try and upgrade).
Thanks, Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Utkarsh Ayachit" <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com> To: "Tim Gallagher" <tim.gallag...@gatech.edu> Cc: "ParaView list" <paraview@paraview.org> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:32:24 AM Subject: Re: [Paraview] Creating a surface along a complex path Is this what you're looking for: http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/725 Utkarsh On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Tim Gallagher <tim.gallag...@gatech.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I had an idea I would like to explore but I'm not sure the right way to do > it. I have a 3D vtkMultiblockDataset that is composed of curvilinear > structured blocks. Let's say I create a line source with s = f(x,y,z). This > line source can have a normal vector at each point that is confined to a > particular plane (so for example, if I have s = x @ y = 0, z = 0 there are 2 > normals of s confined to the x-y plane -- (0,1,0) and (0,-1,0)). I would like > to create a slice where the local normal of the slice is oriented with one of > those two normals (it doesn't matter which since a slice is infinitely thin). > > To give my actual example -- I have a fluid flow and I place a single > streamline seed and generate the streamline. In this case, the streamline has > constant z coordinates and is a function of x,y. This streamline represents > the core of my flow. I would like to extract a slice whose profile (side > view) is this streamline. > > And depending on whether that looks cool or not, I would like to try applying > a ribbon to my streamline so I now get a rotated shape based on the local > rotation in the flow, and then I would like to extract a slice that is > locally normal to the ribbon. > > Is there a filter or set of filters that could do this? Do I need to figure > out how to write my own to do it? > > Thanks, > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
